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Text: Marketing: Is this okay? Project Manager: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> So. Right. You ready back there? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at <unk>disfmarker<unk> for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess <unk>disfmarker<unk> Industrial Designer: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Project Manager: And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Industrial Designer: Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it is? <unk>vocal Question: Why did Marketing disagree with Project Manager when Project Manager proposed the setting price? Answer:

The setting price of each remote control that Project Manager proposed was twenty-five, but Marketing had doubts about the profits. Marketing wasn't sure that if the mark-up of fifty percent is normal for a product, and preferred sixty percent.

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Text: Marketing: Is this okay? Project Manager: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> So. Right. You ready back there? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at <unk>disfmarker<unk> for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess <unk>disfmarker<unk> Industrial Designer: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Project Manager: And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Industrial Designer: Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it is? <unk>vocalsound Question: What did Project Manager think of the necessity of setting the selling target? Answer:

Project Manager thought that setting the selling target was of high importance for a big international company making marketing plans including sales target.

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Text: Marketing: Is this okay? Project Manager: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> So. Right. You ready back there? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at <unk>disfmarker<unk> for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess <unk>disfmarker<unk> Industrial Designer: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Project Manager: And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Industrial Designer: Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it is? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Question: Summarize the discussion about the design of the remote control. Answer:

User Interface presumed that the remote control was only for the television, and suggested that the technical functions should be simple and removed the superfluous functions. They also suggested setting the theme of the remote control as Hello Kitty, and making it in bright colours.

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Text: Marketing: Is this okay? Project Manager: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> So. Right. You ready back there? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at <unk>disfmarker<unk> for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess <unk>disfmarker<unk> Industrial Designer: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Project Manager: And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Industrial Designer: Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it is? <unk>voc Question: What did User Interface think about the technical function design of the new remote control? Answer:

User Interface argued that the simplicity of the remote control of high importance, which means superfluous functions such as subtitles and mute should be removed from the remote control and be controlled through the menu.

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Text: Marketing: Is this okay? Project Manager: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> So. Right. You ready back there? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at <unk>disfmarker<unk> for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess <unk>disfmarker<unk> Industrial Designer: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Project Manager: And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Industrial Designer: Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it Question: Why did User Interface agree with Industrial Designer's opinion when discussing the adapted product of the remote control? Answer:

User Interface held the same opinion as Industrial Designer that different remote controls that were incompatible with each other brought inconvenience to users. User Interface still presumed that this remote control was only for television.

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Text: Marketing: Is this okay? Project Manager: Uh yeah. Fine now. Oh, it's not liking us, it went that-a-way. Computer adjusting. Oh. Uh. Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> So. Right. You ready back there? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Uh okay. Welcome everyone. Um this is the kick-off meeting for the day. Um we're the new group uh to create a new remote control for Real Reaction. As you can see our agenda is to open up the meeting, um become acquainted with each other, um have a little training on tools, uh create a plan, discuss things and and we only have twenty minut twenty five minutes total. Okay. The new remote control is to be original, trendy and user-friendly. That, Steph, is your part, is the user-friendliness. The originality um is gonna take all of us. Um the trendiness we'll probably go look at <unk>disfmarker<unk> for some marketing research information from you, Sarah. Um and we'll get on with it. Okay, so we'll have a functional design individual work um with meeting and then conceptual design t and then detailed design. Okay? Right. Everybody's supposed to try out the whiteboard. Kate, why don't you try it first, if you can either bring your things with you, I guess <unk>disfmarker<unk> Industrial Designer: Uh yeah, if I can pick up with all these bits and pieces, hang on. Project Manager: And while you're doing that we'll try and figure out how to hook these things on as well, 'cause we're all gonna have to be able to walk around. Industrial Designer: Uh right, so you want an animal and the characteristics of that animal. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Do you have to be able to recognise what animal it is? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>disf Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

Project Manager introduced the agenda of the meeting, and the group became acquainted with each other. The selling target of the remote control would be set as four million. The group discussed industrial design, working design including the theme of Hello Kitty and bright colours. They also decided that the remote control was only for television, and its technical functions must be simple and marketing the user requirements specification.

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Text: Industrial Designer: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, Marketing: Yeah. Industrial Designer: so in that sense <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Yeah, sure. Industrial Designer: so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Project Manager: Okay, well <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of <unk>vocalsound<unk> talking about action and design as opposed to background. Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Everything I have is kinda background. Project Manager: Okay we all ready to go? Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Well how um on the <unk>disfmarker<unk> in this meeting then if we um <unk>disfmarker<unk> I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um <unk>vocalsound<unk>. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: Is there anything <unk>disfmarker<unk> have I forgotten anything? Industrial Designer: No. Project Manager: Is that everything? Marketing: Uh that sounds <unk>gap<unk>. Project Manager: Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of <unk>disfmarker<unk> that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, and we'll have all the discussion Question: Summarize the presentation on market trends. Answer:

Marketing presented on market trends and suggested strategies including innovation in a fancy look and feel of the remote control, the European fashion theme in fruit and vegetable shapes as well as a soft and spongy material trend.

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Text: Industrial Designer: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, Marketing: Yeah. Industrial Designer: so in that sense <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Yeah, sure. Industrial Designer: so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Project Manager: Okay, well <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of <unk>vocalsound<unk> talking about action and design as opposed to background. Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Everything I have is kinda background. Project Manager: Okay we all ready to go? Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Well how um on the <unk>disfmarker<unk> in this meeting then if we um <unk>disfmarker<unk> I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um <unk>vocalsound<unk>. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: Is there anything <unk>disfmarker<unk> have I forgotten anything? Industrial Designer: No. Project Manager: Is that everything? Marketing: Uh that sounds <unk>gap<unk>. Project Manager: Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of <unk>disfmarker<unk> that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, and we' Question: What did Marketing think of technology innovation when presenting the market trend? Answer:

Marketing mentioned that market research emphasized technology innovation which was the ease of use in the functionality. So Marketing suggested when they focused on the trend of fruit and vegetable themes, they should know how to fit in with something which was not specifically electronics and how to quickly create a remote in fruit shape.

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Text: Industrial Designer: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, Marketing: Yeah. Industrial Designer: so in that sense <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Yeah, sure. Industrial Designer: so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Project Manager: Okay, well <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of <unk>vocalsound<unk> talking about action and design as opposed to background. Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Everything I have is kinda background. Project Manager: Okay we all ready to go? Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Well how um on the <unk>disfmarker<unk> in this meeting then if we um <unk>disfmarker<unk> I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um <unk>vocalsound<unk>. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: Is there anything <unk>disfmarker<unk> have I forgotten anything? Industrial Designer: No. Project Manager: Is that everything? Marketing: Uh that sounds <unk>gap<unk>. Project Manager: Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of <unk>disfmarker<unk> that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, and we' Question: Why did Marketing propose lemon or lime when proposing the market trend? Answer:

Because Marketing recommended the group took some features of Mac or iPod and made it a more comfortable type when associating people in terms of texture, shape, and colours. Marketing also suggested they could incorporate gimmicky features that buttons would light up when touching the button.

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Text: Industrial Designer: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, Marketing: Yeah. Industrial Designer: so in that sense <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Yeah, sure. Industrial Designer: so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Project Manager: Okay, well <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of <unk>vocalsound<unk> talking about action and design as opposed to background. Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Everything I have is kinda background. Project Manager: Okay we all ready to go? Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Well how um on the <unk>disfmarker<unk> in this meeting then if we um <unk>disfmarker<unk> I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um <unk>vocalsound<unk>. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: Is there anything <unk>disfmarker<unk> have I forgotten anything? Industrial Designer: No. Project Manager: Is that everything? Marketing: Uh that sounds <unk>gap<unk>. Project Manager: Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of <unk>disfmarker<unk> that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, and we'll have all the Question: Summarize the decision discussion about remote concepts. Answer:

The group discussed the final remote concepts after three presentations. Therefore, they decided to have a small-sized remote with the speaker, the power with the chip on print, a transparent case, and rubber incorporated into the case. However, they would not go for an LCD partly because they needed an input device instead of output and the cost would be added.

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Text: Industrial Designer: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, Marketing: Yeah. Industrial Designer: so in that sense <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Yeah, sure. Industrial Designer: so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Project Manager: Okay, well <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of <unk>vocalsound<unk> talking about action and design as opposed to background. Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Everything I have is kinda background. Project Manager: Okay we all ready to go? Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Well how um on the <unk>disfmarker<unk> in this meeting then if we um <unk>disfmarker<unk> I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um <unk>vocalsound<unk>. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: Is there anything <unk>disfmarker<unk> have I forgotten anything? Industrial Designer: No. Project Manager: Is that everything? Marketing: Uh that sounds <unk>gap<unk>. Project Manager: Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of <unk>disfmarker<unk> that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, Question: Why did the group decide not to go for an LCD when discussing the remote concepts? Answer:

When discussing the LCD functionality, the group found that it was not necessary to have it because they had the speaker and no need for a talk-back for the remote. Also, the LCD tended to be output as opposed to an input and it would be added to the cost of the remote, so the group agreed not to go for an LCD.

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Text: Industrial Designer: 'S to do now is to decide how to fulfil what your stuff is, Marketing: Yeah. Industrial Designer: so in that sense <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Yeah, sure. Industrial Designer: so it does kind of make sense, yeah. Project Manager: Okay, well <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: It kinda does make sense, doesn't it, because when we get into the end of meeting we're kind of <unk>vocalsound<unk> talking about action and design as opposed to background. Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Okay. Marketing: Everything I have is kinda background. Project Manager: Okay we all ready to go? Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: Well how um on the <unk>disfmarker<unk> in this meeting then if we um <unk>disfmarker<unk> I'll just just recap on the minutes from the last meeting. And we uh decided on Industrial Designer: Yep. Project Manager: decided on our our target group being fifteen to thirty five, Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and we decided that it was gonna be non-rechargeable battery-powered, that we're gonna group our audio-visual and other functions into into those categories, um <unk>vocalsound<unk>. And I told you guys about the three new requirements about ignoring teletext, ignoring everything except the T_V_, and trying to incorporate the the uh corporate colour and slogan. Um so that was the last meeting. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: Is there anything <unk>disfmarker<unk> have I forgotten anything? Industrial Designer: No. Project Manager: Is that everything? Marketing: Uh that sounds <unk>gap<unk>. Project Manager: Okay. Um so if we have the three presentations, and then if you have anything to kind of <unk>disfmarker<unk> that you know you're gonna want to discuss, maybe just make a note of it, and we'll have all the discussion at the Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

This meeting was about the conceptual design of the remote control. Firstly, Marketing presented on the market trend and suggested a remote control with a fancy look and feel, technology innovation, and spongy material. Next, User Interface presented on conceptual design and recommended the control itself should use an inconsistent colour scheme. Then, Industrial Designer presented on the component design and that the cost, the complexity, and the size would have an impact on their remote design and reminded there would be a restriction on grouping plastic and rubber cases together. Lastly, the group discussed remote concepts and decided to have a small size remote with the speaker, the chip on print for the power, and a rubber case.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart. This is how today seems to be going to work Question: What did the group discuss about project finance and the new remote control design? Answer:

Project Manager informed the team of their financial target, which was 50 million Euros. Each 25-Euro remote control would make a profit of 12.5 Euros. The team members had many ideas on the remote control design. User Interface recommended an integrating remote control for several different devices. Marketing spotted a niche in the game market and thus suggested adopting a bar-code design.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart. This is how today seems to be going to work Question: Summarize User Interface's opinions towards the new remote control design. Answer:

User Interface initially believed that there would be an emerging market for the touch screen remote control which could be programmed in a sophisticated way. Users could redesign their remote controls to their own needs. Remote controls originally designed for different devices could now be integrated. Project Manager, however, reminded User Interface about the budget issue. User Interface then admitted that a conventional push button would be a better choice than a touch screen.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart. This is how today seems to be going to work Question: Summarize Marketing's opinions towards the new remote control design. Answer:

Marketing noticed that gaming on TV was getting popular and hoped that the new remote control could become a specialized keypad for game players. Marketing desired buttons that would not get worn out too easily for the new remote control. A bar-code design was desirable as well.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart. This is how today seems to be Question: What did the group discuss about the keypad and ergonomic design of the new remote control? Answer:

When discussing the basic functionality, the team agreed that it was the most important to meet the user requirements. Industrial Designer suggested that the team could consider incorporating a keypad for the better game experience. User Interface went on making a contribution. An ergonomic curve design was recommended by User Interface and appreciated by Project Manager, for it would make the remote control look more stylish.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart Question: What did Project Manager think of the special button design for game players when discussing keypad and ergonomic design of the new remote control? Answer:

Marketing desired to design self-intuitive buttons for game players. Industrial Designer expressed a preference for a game control keypad rather than big separate buttons. Project Manager accepted the latter suggestion, for keypads on consoles were common and user-friendly nowadays, so it would also be feasible to incorporate one on the remote control. Besides, Project Manager pointed out that a keypad would allow easier navigation and be used as a joystick.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart. This is Question: Why did User Interface think of a curve design when discussing keypad and ergonomic design of the new remote control? Answer:

According to ergonomics, the remote control was expected to fit as comfortable as possible into the hand. In addition, User Interface hoped that the remote control could have an unconventional and attractive shape. A small and stylish curve was User Interface's final choice to make the remote control look more unique.

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Text: Project Manager: Okay, well I think we're ready to begin. Right, my name's Adam Duguid, we're here because of real reaction, um, we have in the group Marketing: Oh, Ebenezer Ademesoye. Would you like me to spell that? Project Manager: Um, yeah, Marketing: S Project Manager: go for it mate. Marketing: Um, N_E_Z_ Project Manager: N_ E_ Z_. Marketing: E_R_. Project Manager: Ebenezer. And your role is? Marketing: I'm the Marketing Expert. Project Manager: You're the Marketing Expert, okay. Next we have? Industrial Designer: Tarik Rahman. T_A_R_I_K_. Project Manager: T_ R_ I_ K_. And your role in this is? Industrial Designer: Industrial Designer. Project Manager: Industrial Designer. And, lastly we have? User Interface: Uh, Dave Cochrane. Project Manager: And you're going to be the User Interface, User Interface: User Interface Defin Designer, yes. Project Manager: is it? Designer. Okay. Right. This is the agenda for today's meeting. As you can see, w opening, acquaintance, tool training, project plan discussion, and closing. Um, we already got n through opening, and partially through acquaintance. So, the reason we're here, we're gonna design a new remote control, as you probably all know. The very broad overview is original, trendy, and user-friendly. Course, we'll have to go into a bit more um detail than that, but uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> personally I think that the original is gonna be a very key aspect to this design. Um, there's a lot of remote controls out there anyway, so we're gonna need something that's really gonna set it apart. This is how today seems to be going to work. We're gonna have Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

The team members introduced themselves and their positions respectively. Project Manager announced the plan for the three-phase remote control project. The team members drew their favourite animals to get more familiar with each other. Project Manager informed the team of their financial target, which was 50 million Euros. Each 25-Euro remote control would make a profit of 12.5 Euros. The team members had many ideas on the remote control design. User Interface recommended an integrating remote control for several different devices, as well as an ergonomic curve design. Marketing spotted a niche in the game market and thus suggested adopting a bar-code design. Industrial Designer added that the team could consider incorporating a keypad for the better game experience.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of their primary school period in Question: Summarize the extent that the experts consider that the money is being targeted appropriately. Answer:

According to Kirsty Williams, when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions of PDG should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals; but in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention. One of the things that they've used PDG for is the focus on the concept of growth mindset in school, a universal thing that they've trained all the teachers in. There are some other ways to drive the potential of talented and able children, like the example of "a window on the world bus" paid for by schools.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of their primary Question: What do the group think of the question whether the eligibility for free school meals is the best measure? Answer:

According to Kirsty Williams, it's probably the best that they've got at present, and will continue to have discussions with local government about whether there are different ways. Officials are working all the time in conjunction with the department in England, to understand their thinking in this area so that we are in a position to make some decisions about what a notional eligibility for free school meals will look like going forward, but before I make any decisions, I want to assure everybody that there will be a full public consultation on that.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end Question: How do the group think of the extent and condition that schools actually make good use of that funding of PDG? Answer:

As identified by Estyn, most schools are using this money to good effect. When PDG first started,in some schools it was spent on investing in tracking children, because they had never thought about tracking these children, they didn't have systems in place to look at the performance of these children and to have a system in place. Now they have moved from spending money on the infrastructure around support for FSM children into actual inputs in terms of teaching and learning. And they have appointed regional PDG advisers to better deploy the fund.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the Question: How would the group assess the impact of PDG on attendance and subsequent engagement with education from children having free school meals? Answer:

Over the period of the last inspection report, they have seen improvements in attendance, but still need to look at again how PDG can support this particular agenda. There are some excellent examples of how schools use the money to address this, some schools send the staff out and create walking buses, so that they walk the children into the school. Despite these good measures, there is still a gap between the attendance of free-school-meal pupils and non-free-school-meal pupils. It gets more challenging the older the children get.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of Question: Summarize the discussion about why children on free school meals were less resilient in the exam system last year. Answer:

According to Kirsty Williams, there is no specific answer. There's no single reason why there seems to be less resilience in this cohort of children. They think that they can't draw broad-brush conclusions. The challenge is to go into individual schools and understand what was happening in that particular school that ensured that their children did really well. They continue to have discussions with Qualifications Wales to get a better understanding of this, and in May, they'll be doing a deep dive into this particular subject.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-me Question: What is the role of schools with PDG for looked-after children as compared to the regional consortia in this field? Answer:

The most awareness around PDG is around free school meals, and there is less awareness around the availability of PDG to support looked-after children. In the nature of the cohort, there are more children subject to free school meals than are subject to being looked after. The thinking behind that at the time was around a greater strategic deployment of that resource and to try and drive a greater impact than how it was being used previously, so the looked-after PDG is held at a regional level.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, Question: What does the group think of the EAS consortium's approach to using the looked-after and adopted PDG as part of a broader approach targeted at vulnerable learners? Answer:

They believe that if they can get it right for our most vulnerable learners, they'll be getting it right for all of our learners. An emerging theme is the impact, the growing awareness and the growing numbers of children who have attachment disorder, and how schools are best able to respond to that in their children. So, vulnerable learners, regardless of their background, will benefit from having teachers who are better trained, understanding and have intervention strategies in place to be able to address that need. And this is an action applied across four regions.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of their primary school period in school are equivalent to Question: What does the group discuss about the dataset on tracking adopted children? Answer:

According to Kirsty Williams, they are actively looking at whether they should try and find a way of collecting this data. They can't force parents to divulge information that is a matter for them. But there is an active discussion going on at the moment about whether they could create a dataset where people divulge this information and we can then track the children through. They can't see the educational attainment of looked-after children just being a job of education. It has to be a job of social services and the health service as well.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their Question: What does the group think of the exclusion rates amongst looked-after children (over six times more likely to be given a fixed-term exclusion)? Answer:

According to Kirsty Williams, people should look at exclusions and also have to read across about how the whole system works, not just the PDG element of the system. 66% of looked-after learners have some additional learning need, so they can't just look at it in terms of this particular source of funding. It can't be just the job of the PDG.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at Question: What lessons the Government is taking from that three-year investment of Schools Challenge Cymru into the school improvement agenda? Answer:

They are looking at systems and processes, the placement of comprehensive systems of tracking and processes within the school. They are looking at the teacher quality — how can they ensure that we have got consistent strategies in place to drive up pedagogy and teacher quality in the classroom. And also, collaborative activity. One of the key themes of the national mission is a self-improving system, so collaborative working is necessary where schools are looking outside of each other, learning from best practice from other schools.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of their primary school period in school are Question: What is the progressing condition of the Schools Challenge Cymru? Answer:

Some of the Schools Challenge Cymru schools are making sustained improvement now that the programme has come to an end. Like the example of Tredegar, where we have seen continual improvement and moving up through the categorisation system. The challenge is for those schools that Schools Challenge Cymru didn't work for, and they haven't seen the progress of how to use the school improvement system now to continue to work with those schools . So now the focus is a whole-system approach, rather than choosing 39 schools to get that level of support. Schools Challenge Cymru would probably need about five years to really have the impact that it was intended to have.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of their primary school Question: Summarize the discussion on the roles regional consortia and Cabinet Secretary should play. Answer:

According to Kirsty Williams, she expects their challenge and support advisers to be having conversations that they need to have when they are with that school, to know about how they are using their PDG, and how they're demonstrating an impact for those resources. It's a fundamental role for the challenge and support advisers in the regional consortia in their school improvement work.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children Question: What does the group think of the extent they'd like to see the PDG used to track the progress of eligible pupils? Answer:

Kirsty Williams thinks that it's absolutely crucial that we track performance. Where they weren't tracking pupils at all, initial investment in PDG was used to establish these systems within schools. One of the outcomes from the schools challenge review, and one of the lessons learnt was the importance of individual tracking of pupils throughout their school career. But they can't dictate a single system.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received no apologies for absence. Can I ask Members who are present if they wish to declare any interests? Okay, thank you. Item 2 this morning is our final evidence session for our inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Steve Davies, director of the education directorate; and Ruth Conway, deputy director, support for learners division. Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your attendance and also for the paper that you've provided in advance. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions, and the first questions are from Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr Gruffydd AM: Bore da. I just want to start by asking some questions around the targeting of the pupil development grant because, clearly, we've had a lot of evidence around this apparent blurring of eligibility to an extent. I'm just wondering how comfortable you are that the money is being targeted appropriately because, clearly, it's being targeted more widely than just those eligible for free school meals, from some of the evidence we've had, but also that it seems to be predominantly focused on low-attaining frees—pupils who are eligible for free school meals. Kirsty Williams AM: Thank you, Llyr. I think it's important to be absolutely clear that when it comes to individual interventions, those individual interventions should only be targeted at those children who are eligible for free school meals. But in some cases, schools may use their PDG funding to provide a universal intervention, but we would want to—in challenge advisers' discussions in schools—we'd want to have evidence that that universal intervention would have a disproportionate effect on the outcomes for children on free school meals. So, for instance, if I give you an example in your own region, Llyr: at Brynteg County Primary School in Wrexham, if you look at that primary school in Wrexham, their results for free-school-meal children at the end of their primary school period in school are equivalent to their non-free-school Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

The conference is about an inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes in the Wales education system. First, they primarily discussed the Pupil Development Grant, its targeting, eligibility, use and impact. Then, the group discussed care of looked-after children and adopted children. They discussed the condition and impact of another student support program the Schools Challenge Cymru program and the advisory role of regional consortia, Cabinet Secretary.

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The first phase of the data collection has finished. There is a new wizard for phase two, during which subjects will be given more complex scenarios. Also finished are the modifications on SmartKom: the remaining glitches will take no more than a day to iron out. A big part of the meeting was covered by the presentation of the PRM of the proposed system.

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Text: Grad A: Why? Grad D: Um. Grad E: I'm known. I <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad A: No, cuz she already told me it, before she told you. Grad E: No, she told me a long time ago. She told me <unk>disfmarker<unk> she told me like two weeks ago. Grad A: Oh, well, it doesn't matter what time. Grad B: OK. You know how to toggle the display width <unk>pause<unk> function <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad A: Well maybe she hadn't just started transcribing me yet. Grad D: Wow. Grad A: Anyway. Grad D: What is it? Grad E: Let me explain something to you. Grad D: Um, Grad E: My laugh is better than yours. Grad D: there. Grad A: I beg to differ. Grad B: Yo. Grad D: Um, OK. Grad A: But you have to say something genuinely funny before you 'll get an example. Grad E: Yeah. Grad D: The thing is I don't know how to get to the next page. Here. Grad E: No. You should be <unk>disfmarker<unk> at least be self - satisfied enough to laugh at your own jokes. Grad D: Actually I thought <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad A: No, it's a different laugh. Grad D: There. Grad A: Ooh, wow! Grad D: How weird. Grad E: Oh! Holy mackerel. Grad A: Wow. Whoa! Grad D: What?! Oh. OK. I wasn't even doing anything. <unk>vocalsound<unk> OK. Grad A: Uh. Grad E: Eva's got a laptop, she's trying to show it off. Grad D: That was r actually Robert's idea. But anyhow. Um Professor F: O K. So, here we are. Grad E: Question: What is the future for data collection? Answer:

As the data collection is going into its second phase, more complex scenarios will be used to generate more intricate dialogues. Subjects can be recruited from within the Psychology department students, since such participation in experiments is compulsory in their syllabus.

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Text: Grad A: Why? Grad D: Um. Grad E: I'm known. I <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad A: No, cuz she already told me it, before she told you. Grad E: No, she told me a long time ago. She told me <unk>disfmarker<unk> she told me like two weeks ago. Grad A: Oh, well, it doesn't matter what time. Grad B: OK. You know how to toggle the display width <unk>pause<unk> function <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad A: Well maybe she hadn't just started transcribing me yet. Grad D: Wow. Grad A: Anyway. Grad D: What is it? Grad E: Let me explain something to you. Grad D: Um, Grad E: My laugh is better than yours. Grad D: there. Grad A: I beg to differ. Grad B: Yo. Grad D: Um, OK. Grad A: But you have to say something genuinely funny before you 'll get an example. Grad E: Yeah. Grad D: The thing is I don't know how to get to the next page. Here. Grad E: No. You should be <unk>disfmarker<unk> at least be self - satisfied enough to laugh at your own jokes. Grad D: Actually I thought <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad A: No, it's a different laugh. Grad D: There. Grad A: Ooh, wow! Grad D: How weird. Grad E: Oh! Holy mackerel. Grad A: Wow. Whoa! Grad D: What?! Oh. OK. I wasn't even doing anything. <unk>vocalsound<unk> OK. Grad A: Uh. Grad E: Eva's got a laptop, she's trying to show it off. Grad D: That was r actually Robert's idea. But anyhow. Um Professor F: O K. So, here we are. Grad E: Once Question: Summarize this segmen Answer:

An alternative representation of the Bayes-net, it depicts context features as classes, and dependencies as relations between them. The current outputs show the desirability of a site, as well as its EVA mode. The fact that this model allows for instantiations of classes fits the research purposes much better than the extended belief-net.

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The first phase of the data collection has finished. There is a new wizard for phase two, during which subjects will be given more complex scenarios. An alternative representation of the Bayes-net, it depicts context features as classes, and dependencies as relations between them. Following this, a visiting researcher presented an overview of a parallel project at the International University. It attempts to build a smart tutoring system for a computer science course. The assumption is that document searches can give more personalised results, if they take into account contextual parameters (user, situation). There were also further suggestions for meetings with ICSI researchers.

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Text: Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Hello. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Dang it. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. Marketing: Alright. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. User Interface: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. Marketing: What? User Interface: No mouse needed? Marketing: I've got a touch-pad. User Interface: Mm. Marketing: Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: A touch-pad? Marketing: No, my laptop. User Interface: Slap it. Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: Is <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: No. Yeah. Try the power button. Marketing: Oh. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on, move it. User Interface: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: Now, wake up, bitch. Project Manager: Huh. User Interface: F_ five. F_ five <unk>gap<unk>. Industrial Designer: I've lost my screen. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Yeah, so did I. User Interface: I don't. Marketing: I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on. Get back to me. Yes. Industrial Designer: Yes. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: I closed the <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: I closed it. User Interface: You've got your name. <unk>voc Question: What did the group discuss about adding support for DVD players to the remote controls? Answer:

Project Manager suggested designing a remote control useful for multiple devices such as TV and home stereo. Marketing disagreed by pointing out that TV was mostly used with VCR or DVD player or recorders, functions for which should be included, rather than with a stereo. Against this point, Project Manager argued that DVD players and home cinema sets usually doubled as stereo hi-fi sets. The discussion took a turn when the User interface disagreed and suggested designing a remote control only for televisions. Project Manager insisted on including other functions as most remote controls did and everyone was on board in the end.

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Text: Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Hello. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Dang it. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. Marketing: Alright. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. User Interface: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. Marketing: What? User Interface: No mouse needed? Marketing: I've got a touch-pad. User Interface: Mm. Marketing: Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: A touch-pad? Marketing: No, my laptop. User Interface: Slap it. Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: Is <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: No. Yeah. Try the power button. Marketing: Oh. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on, move it. User Interface: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: Now, wake up, bitch. Project Manager: Huh. User Interface: F_ five. F_ five <unk>gap<unk>. Industrial Designer: I've lost my screen. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Yeah, so did I. User Interface: I don't. Marketing: I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on. Get back to me. Yes. Industrial Designer: Yes. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: I closed the <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: I closed it. User Interface: You've got your name. <unk>voc Question: What did User Interface think of adding support for DVD players to the remote control? Answer:

User Interface disagreed on adding support for DVD players to the remote control as the email stated that it should be a television remote control.

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Text: Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Hello. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Dang it. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. Marketing: Alright. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. User Interface: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. Marketing: What? User Interface: No mouse needed? Marketing: I've got a touch-pad. User Interface: Mm. Marketing: Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: A touch-pad? Marketing: No, my laptop. User Interface: Slap it. Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: Is <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: No. Yeah. Try the power button. Marketing: Oh. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on, move it. User Interface: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: Now, wake up, bitch. Project Manager: Huh. User Interface: F_ five. F_ five <unk>gap<unk>. Industrial Designer: I've lost my screen. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Yeah, so did I. User Interface: I don't. Marketing: I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on. Get back to me. Yes. Industrial Designer: Yes. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: I closed the <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: I closed it. User Interface: You've got your name. Question: What did Project Manager recommend to do when discussing adding support for DVD players to the remote control? Answer:

Project Manager recommended to consider the practical value of adding support for DVD players to the remote control. If it was believed to be useful, then this idea would be adopted.

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Text: Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Hello. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Dang it. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. Marketing: Alright. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. User Interface: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. Marketing: What? User Interface: No mouse needed? Marketing: I've got a touch-pad. User Interface: Mm. Marketing: Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: A touch-pad? Marketing: No, my laptop. User Interface: Slap it. Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: Is <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: No. Yeah. Try the power button. Marketing: Oh. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on, move it. User Interface: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: Now, wake up, bitch. Project Manager: Huh. User Interface: F_ five. F_ five <unk>gap<unk>. Industrial Designer: I've lost my screen. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Yeah, so did I. User Interface: I don't. Marketing: I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on. Get back to me. Yes. Industrial Designer: Yes. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: I closed the <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: I closed it. User Interface: You've got your name. <unk>vocalsound Question: What did the group discuss about features to make the remote control trendy? Answer:

Project Manager suggested a can opener beneath the remote control, three players inside it, and different fronts on it. The rest of the team remained silent about the first idea and negative about the other two. Moreover, Industrial Designer pointed out that it needed to go with fashion; and User Interface shared the idea of keeping it simple and using an international standard.

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Text: Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Hello. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Dang it. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. Marketing: Alright. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. User Interface: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. Marketing: What? User Interface: No mouse needed? Marketing: I've got a touch-pad. User Interface: Mm. Marketing: Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: A touch-pad? Marketing: No, my laptop. User Interface: Slap it. Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: Is <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: No. Yeah. Try the power button. Marketing: Oh. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on, move it. User Interface: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: Now, wake up, bitch. Project Manager: Huh. User Interface: F_ five. F_ five <unk>gap<unk>. Industrial Designer: I've lost my screen. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Yeah, so did I. User Interface: I don't. Marketing: I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on. Get back to me. Yes. Industrial Designer: Yes. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: I closed the <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: I closed it. User Interface: You've got your name. Question: What did User Interface recommend to do when discussing features to make the remote control trendy and why? Answer:

When discussing features to make the remote control trendy, User Interface recommended to keep the remote control simple in order to gain a whole market and to use a standard as it was aimed at an international market.

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Marketing first of all suggested focusing on elderly people who really got problems with remote controls and then pointed out the unclear button allocation on remote controls. To solve this problem, Marketing put forward that the remote control buttons should be grouped based on functions they serve. Project Manager agreed.

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Text: Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Hello. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Dang it. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> And then you have to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot. Marketing: Alright. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: It's important to place your laptop exactly on the marked spot over here. User Interface: Okay. No, that's okay. Joost, your mouse. Marketing: What? User Interface: No mouse needed? Marketing: I've got a touch-pad. User Interface: Mm. Marketing: Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: A touch-pad? Marketing: No, my laptop. User Interface: Slap it. Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> You with your brilliant ideas. I don't know if I can touch the power button. Do you know how how I can wake it up? User Interface: Is <unk>disfmarker<unk> Project Manager: No. Yeah. Try the power button. Marketing: Oh. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on, move it. User Interface: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: Now, wake up, bitch. Project Manager: Huh. User Interface: F_ five. F_ five <unk>gap<unk>. Industrial Designer: I've lost my screen. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Yeah, so did I. User Interface: I don't. Marketing: I closed it. That wasn that wasn't very smart, I guess. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: Come on. Get back to me. Yes. Industrial Designer: Yes. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: I closed the <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: I closed it. User Interface: You've got your name. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Yeah, Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

This is a kick-off meeting for a new remote control project for television sets. Project Manager started it with a review of project objectives and then the team got acquainted with each other and tools. Through discussion, the team decided to design a remote control with grouped buttons, useful with DVD players and carrying some special features to be confirmed.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. <unk>vocalsound Question: Summarize the discussion about Marketing's presentation on user requirement. Answer:

Marketing mainly focused on users' frustrations and expectations for remote controls. Apart from the requirements for a fancier look, shock-resistance, and limited but usable buttons, other expectations were also raised by users, such as the need to be found, to easily use, to light in the dark, and the need of ergonomic design. Moreover, LCD and speech recognition also seemed important, especially for people between 15 and 25 who watched TV a lot. Last but not least, the previous plan for a generic remote control for everything failed due to the imbalance between the long developing time and the timely need to be on the market.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Question: What did User Interface think of the ergonomic need for remote controls when discussing the user requirement? Answer:

User Interface agreed with Marketing's proposal of more ergonomic design and mentioned that a strange position of using computers might well end in tendonitis and hurt one's wrist.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Question: Why did Project Manager decide to cancel the previous plan for a generic remote control when discussing the user requirement? Answer:

Considering the message from the management board, Project Manager emphasized the marketing competitiveness of remote controls over the costly and time-consuming need for making a generic remote control for everything. Therefore, the plan for a generic one was cancelled.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. <unk>vocal Question: Summarize the discussion about Industrial Designer's presentation on technical design. Answer:

Industrial Designer first briefly described the components of the remote control, including a battery power supply, a user interface, an array of push buttons or a LCD, an electronic chip, an infrared component, and a UC as the central unit. Subsequent to the brief description, Industrial Designer pointed out the eight-month-long time problem for designing speech recognition, while the designing time for the standard one button was only one month. Moreover, Industrial Designer proposed the idea of configuring remote controls for the expert users and could better fit the market.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Question: What did User Interface think of the easy-to-learn design of remote controls when discussing the technical design? Answer:

User Interface proposed a paradox here. On the one hand, being simple and easy to use might be achieved at the price of losing individuality; on the other hand, being individual unavoidably meant that everybody must learn to use it first.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay Question: What did Project Manager think as the main frustrations of designing the remote control when discussing the technical design? Answer:

Project Manager considered easy-to-use and easy-to-find as the two main frustrations in designing remote controls. But at the same time, such frustrations may pronounce a serious competitive advantage for the project without making too complex stuff or using too much time to develop.

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Text: Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. Project Manager: Okay everyone's ready. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: So we are here for uh for uh functional design. User Interface: <unk>gap<unk> Project Manager: Okay? So we are here for the functional design meeting mm <unk>vocalsound<unk> so first I will show the agenda so we will uh I will take notes during this meeting so I will try to summarise it and put that summary in the shared folder if you want to look at it afterwards User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: so then uh each of you will uh lead a presentation on the task that has been required last time so user requirement specification, technical function design and working design. Then I will uh present you some new project requirements I received from uh the management board. Then we will take uh the decision on on the remote control uh needed functions and then I will assign you the task for the next part of the meeting. Of the <unk>disfmarker<unk> of the process. So uh who want to start the the presentation of what they did? Industrial Designer: F do you want to start? User Interface: Make a start yeah. Project Manager: You can start. User Interface: So. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Cable, camera. Project Manager: You have uh PowerPoint? User Interface: Should be in my <unk>disfmarker<unk> in their folder no? Project Manager: Ah yeah maybe there. Okay. User Interface: Up. Project Manager: Who are you? <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: Um at three I think. Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: No? <unk>vocalsound<unk> Mm. Project Manager: Ouch. And <unk>disfmarker<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: Okay. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: We have Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

As an extension to the previous discussion, this meeting basically dealt with the functional design of the remote control, for which User Interface, Marketing and Industrial Design respectively gave presentations on user requirement specification, subjects' main frustrations and expectations for remote controls and technical design. Subsequent to individual presentations, Project Manager then presented the new requirements from the management board, based on which the decisions on the needed functions of the remote control were made and the pre-arrangement of the next meeting was subsequently told.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The third path Question: Summarize the discussion on looking at feature streams Answer:

The team used OGI features that then passed through a contextualized KLT, an MLP, and a low-pass filter. The highly mismatched Italian part was still not working well. The team tried using silence detection to improve performance, but the results were not too promising.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The third path is Question: What did PhD C think about silence detection? Answer:

PhD C explained that there was no room left for silence detection because of the server side delay. They were working out a compromise between the handset delay and the server delay, but the delay was too large at the moment.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The third Question: What did the professor think about the silence detection problem? Answer:

The professor thought that the results in the experiment without silence detection were okay as well. He thought some sort of weighted measure between other features should result in good performance.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The third path is Question: Summarize the discussion on fixing the system Answer:

It was time for the team to rely on the models they had created so far to fix the system. They were deciding when to fix it. The professor explained that they should do so by Tuesday, and when they get new data later in the week, they need not train on it.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The Question: What did the team think about a single KLT? Answer:

PhD C thought that it would be worthwhile to test on a single KLT. The professor agreed that since it would be pretty low-maintenance, the team should do that, but only if they can fit it in.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The third Question: What were the professor's concluding comments? Answer:

The professor noted that the most important improvements over the years have been due to finding bugs. He also informed the team of some IBM processors that were available to them at the University of Washington. He finally congratulated them on their efforts.

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Text: Professor B: OK So uh today we're looking at a number of uh things we're trying and uh fortunately for listeners to this uh we lost some of it's visual but um got tables in front of us. Um what is <unk>disfmarker<unk> what does combo mean? PhD C: So combo is um a system where we have these features that go through a network and then this same string of features but low - pass filtered with the low - pass filter used in the MSG features. And so these low - pass filtered goes through M eh <unk>disfmarker<unk> another MLP and then the linear output of these two MLP's are combined just by adding the values and then there is this KLT. Um the output is used as uh features as well. Professor B: Um so let me try to restate this and see if I have it right. There is uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> there is the features uh there's the OGI features and then um those features um go through a contextual <unk>disfmarker<unk> uh l l let's take this bottom arr one pointed to by the bottom arrow. Um those features go through a contextualized KLT. Then these features also uh get um low - pass filtered PhD C: Yeah. Yeah so yeah I could perhaps draw this on the blackboard Professor B: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: Yeah. PhD D: The graph, yeah another one. Professor B: Yeah, that's good. PhD C: Professor B: So PhD C: So we have these features from OGI that goes through the three paths. Professor B: Yeah. Three, OK. PhD C: The first is a KLT using several frames of the features. Professor B: Yeah. Yeah. PhD C: The second path is uh MLP also using nine frames <unk>disfmarker<unk> several frames of features Professor B: Yeah. Uh - huh. PhD C: The third path is this low - Question: Summarize the meeting Answer:

The meeting participants discuss results from experiments and challenges that the model was facing. There was a significant server side delay, so they could not accommodate silence detection. Members noted that reducing model dimensions had a detrimental effect on model performance. The professor wanted to know the size of words that the word error rate was calculated on and explained that there would be no new training. From this point, they can start talking about future directions and work on fixing the system.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Secondly um Question: Summarize the discussion about the result of marketing research and fashion trends. Answer:

From the marketing's point of view, fancy was the highest priority, followed by technologically innovativeness and ease of use. The marketing expected the feel of the material to be spongy.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Secondly um that our remote control needs to Question: Summarize the discussion about use convenience. Answer:

User interface thought that the feature easy to use was more important than being fancy. He mentioned that the more frequent buttons should be larger and be placed in good positions. He preferred to put some buttons in special places and cover these buttons, or put some buttons inside the remote control. And the remote control also had to be easily taken in hands and energy-saving.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Question: Summarize the discussion about the size of the device when discussing the overall requirements. Answer:

The group members firstly made sure how big the seven-inch TFT screen was in reality. And they thought that the remote control should not be too big or too small, it should be fit in hands. Then they discussed how the screen and buttons could be reasonably put on the remote control.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Secondly um that Question: What did the industrial designer think of solar cell when discussing energy problems? Answer:

The industrial designer thought that the solar cell was necessary for speech recognition. He mentioned that the daylight was enough for recharging. And he supposed that the remote control would be in the room which was usually lightful.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Secondly um Question: Summarize the discussion about the size and shape of the remote control. Answer:

The user interface said that no matter large or small, taking in hand easily was the most important thing. The project manager also wanted the shape to be fashionable. Considering that the colour of their company was yellow, they decided to make the shape of the remote control like a banana.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Secondly Question: Summarize the discussion about the first layer when talking about detailed shape design. Answer:

The group members thought that the first layer would be spongy. It might be magnetic and would be like a plastic cover covering some buttons or USB interface. Users could open this cover like peeling a banana.

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Text: Project Manager: Hello, uh this meeting we are it's fo should be focused on the conceptual design of the remote control. Marketing: Hello. Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm. User Interface: Hello. Project Manager: Um the goal of this meeting is to reach a decision at the end on the concept and I think the last time we talked about an a lot and we had a rough idea of what is going to be, but uh in th at the end of this meeting we have to to reach a decision. So, uh we will have again three presentation, from all of you, and uh I hope it will be fast because I would like to have time to for long discussion and and decisions. So, who wants to start? Okay. User Interface: I s Marketing: Okay. User Interface: No, no, you you can start. Project Manager: So start, uh Marketing: Okay, I'll start. Can you open my presentation, Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: please. Project Manager: Uh. <unk>gap<unk> Marketing: I'm number four. Project Manager: This one? Marketing: Trend. Yep. Can you pass the mouse, please. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Oh okay, that's fine. Project Manager: Turn. Marketing: Okay. Um so basically I just want to presented to you <unk>disfmarker<unk> present to you some recent results we've had from um looking at uh um some remote control market research and some fashion trends around the world. Um the fashion trends we got from talking to our our contacts in the fashion industry based in Paris and Milan. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> so f from our market research basically we've come to the conclusion that a fancy look and feel, um as opposed to a functional look and feel, is our number one priority. Um fancy is is is is the, you know, highest priority. Project Manager: Hmm. Industrial Designer: Hmm. Marketing: Secondly um that our remote control needs to be tech Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

The meeting was mainly about the conceptual design of the remote control. Firstly, marketing introduced market research and fashion trends around the world. While the user interface emphasized that easy to use was more important. Then the industrial designer talked about the overall requirements from the engineering point of view, including the size of the device and source of energy. The group members spent time figuring out the real size of the TFT screen and energy problem. After that, they discussed the shape of the remote control and decided to make it like a banana. Based on this shape, they talked about the detailed design of the appearance and user interface.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and Question: Summarize the discussion about evaluation, investment and responsibility of the draft strategy. Answer:

There was no exact evaluation but Dr Frank Atherton did think they should have a strong one. The draft strategy also made an estimate in investment which would be £8 million to £10 million a year. Investment would be spent on different sources and they should pay more attention to extending them. Speaking of leadership, Dr Frank Atherton agreed to its importance and made his own opinion that local leadership was essential and they should also have national oversight at the same time.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and young people Question: What did Dr Frank Atherton think of having a target? Answer:

Having a target is more of its deliverability than just having it according to Dr Frank Atherton. Since there had been not that successful examples, Dr Frank Atherton considered that they must balance deliverability with challenge. Also, Dr Frank Atherton thought a target was one tool in the box that they could use, but moreover, an evaluation which could help them know where they are was very needed. At the same time, there was still a lot to achieve.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and young people as well. Question: What did Dr Frank Atherton say about investment? Answer:

Investment needed to implement the plan was more about resourcing. Dr Frank Atherton said they currently did make investments in a number of areas that related to child health generally, and, of course, obesity and overweight in particular. And now, according to existing programmes, a figure of £8 million to £10 million a year had been bandied around as a broad kind of area of what they might need. Dr Frank Atherton also put priority in thinking about the totality of the £7 billion they spent in health and social care and how they could divert and channel some of that towards broad prevention initiatives in general, and towards tackling being overweight and obesity in particular.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children Question: Summarize the discussion about data on obesity in children and beyond and its use. Answer:

There main data source was the child measurement programme, which collected information on children entering school aged four or five, showing that under a third of children at that age are overweight or obese. Dr Frank Atherton spoke of the frequency of being asked to have a longitudinal view over time of what's happening to Children, which was obviously essential for our schools and for the system and helpful for the strategy evaluation.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and young people as well Question: What did Dr Frank Atherton say about the data? Answer:

Dr Frank Atherton first gave a very latest data showing that under a third of children at four or five are overweight or obese. The data showed that the situation was not getting radically worse but also not getting any better. They have a figure for the severely obese for the first time, which is about 12 per cent, which is quite shocking, in a way.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need Question: What did Dr Frank Atherton's answer to how would any gaps in their data be addressed? Answer:

Dr Frank Atherton put out one “often asked” question and attached some importance to having a longitudinal view over time of what's happening to Children, which meant children were measured at school entry and then again at age 11 or 12. That would have significant resource implications, not just for the funding, but also for schools and for the system to deliver it. And also, according to Dr Frank Atherton, the longitudinal data would be helpful in strategy evaluation.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that Question: Summarize the discussion about legislation and sports infrastructural construction to make a healthy environment. Answer:

Dr Frank Atherton was first asked about legislations in the draft plan and their ideas on those things. The use of legislation was affirmed by Dr Frank Atherton but it was just one of the tools they have got, they need to employ them all. Then as to sports infrastructure, Dr Frank Atherton, though not an expert in that field, also supported it as a good one to pursue not only in schools but also in a broadening area.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children Question: What did Dr Frank Atherton said about legislation to build a healthy environment? Answer:

According to Dr Frank Atherton's answer to legislations' timing, it was very clear that the implementation of legislation to build a healthy environment was very approved by Dr Frank Atherton and even by a large group in the consultation. Dr Frank Atherton reviewed that they needed a mirror to see what had been happening in this country and legislation was a good way and took some examples of food takeaways which showed that they needed to consider effectiveness things.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and young Question: What did Dawn Bowden AM mean when he talked about sports infrastructure? Answer:

Dawn Bowden AM asked for Dr Frank Atherton's ideas on community sport infrastructure of new schools, and pointed out that Welsh Government has ploughed a huge amount of money into the twenty-first century schools programme. At the end of speech, Dawn Bowden AM thought they should be making sure that they have those kinds of facilities so that they become accessible to the wider public. At the same time, Dawn Bowden AM gave advice on making a recommendation of sports infrastructure to Dr Frank Atherton.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and Question: Summarize the discussion about physical education and food provision for pupils in schools. Answer:

Dr Frank Atherton first gave a look at a primary school education embedded with physical activity at an early stage and assures its benefits not only on healthy benefits but also on socialization and mental issues. Then Dr Frank Atherton delivered sparkles on making pupils more engaged with physical education, which was tailoring things to different audiences. When it came to school meals, Dr Frank Atherton did not gave personal views because things related still needed more consultations and surveys.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been Question: Why did Dr Frank Atherton make a commitment to embedding physical activity at an early stage in primary school education? Answer:

Dr Frank Atherton considered that just in terms of the physical activity, it was a really important dimension and they found that their children were not that physically active and couldn't meet the various guidelines. Embedding physical activity at an early stage in primary school education might not have the same effect as the dietary issue did to healthy weight, but it was vital to pupils socialization and mental health.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to Question: What was Dr Frank Atherton's opinion on providing a more varied diet for pupils? Answer:

In fact, Dr Frank Atherton did not give an exact opinion on providing a more varied diet for pupils. It would be something needing consultation and consideration, then they might decide whether it was worth carrying out. The quality of food, rather than preparing school meals or not, was more important to Dr Frank Atherton.

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Text: Lynne Neagle AM: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We've received apologies for absence from Michelle Brown and Jack Sargeant; there are no substitutions. Can I ask if Members have any declarations of interest, please? No. Okay. We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is our scrutiny of the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy, and I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government. Thank you, both, for attending this morning. We're very much looking forward to hearing what you've got to say. If you're happy, we'll go straight into questions. If I can just start by asking about the fact that 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' is an all-age strategy, really, and how confident you are that it will deliver for children and young people. Dr Frank Atherton: Well, we're very confident. I mean, it has to, quite clearly. We do need to think about the present generation, the problems faced by the current generation. We have high prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults—we know that, and we can't walk away from that because that's translating into demand on health services. But we have to take a focus, a future generation's focus, almost, on the next generation. I don't write off the current generation, we can't afford to do that, but we do need to think about what can we do that would be different for the next generation so that they don't get into the sorts of problems that we're currently seeing with overweight and obesity. We know that the consequences of that for our young people are going to be enormous if we don't do something and something quite soon. We know that overweight children go on to become overweight adults, unfortunately, and that brings all the consequences of multiple disease issues—diabetes is often cited—cancer risk et cetera. So, we have to focus on children, and, in fact, during the consultation, we've been very clear that we need to engage with children and young people as well. Perhaps we'll Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

The meeting with Dr Frank Atherton, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and Nathan Cook, who is the head of the healthy and active branch at Welsh Government, was mainly about the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' draft strategy in Wales and subsequent questions about it. To start with, Sian Gwenllian AM proposed questions like the strategy's evaluation, investment and principal. Dr Frank Atherton, at the same time, indicated that there was a n exact evaluation and the nation has already imposed tax on sugar and the first Minister will definitely be the ultimate man at the wheel. Then they paid much attention to existing data measuring child obesity and decided to put it in great use in tackling obesity. Meanwhile, the meeting talked about government legislation for some sort of things like restricting price promotions and banning energy drinks, and sports infrastructure in schools as part of efforts to make a healthy environment. What's more, they went into details on how healthy settings constructions and whom that would be the one to take responsibility. Also, they had a discussion on physical education and school meals for pupils. Finally, the meeting participants gave some supplements of education and the draft strategy and the chair concluded the meeting with the future universality of the draft strategy.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out Question: Summarize the recap of the last meeting regarding the presentation by User Interface. Answer:

The main function of the remote would be sending messages to the TV. For the interface, it should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons and switches to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etc. Interface Designer said that looks would be very important for the remote so the remote should be child-friendly with few buttons and could be colourful with star-shaped or other shaped buttons. An oversized remote was presented but was challenged by the team. Speech recognition was a feature that Interface Designer wanted to include.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out Question: Summarize the recap of the last meeting regarding the presentation by Industrial Designer. Answer:

Making a recyclable and colourful case out of plastic that was strong without using harmful materials was proposed. For the components, there would be a resistor, a capacitor, a diode transistor, resonator, and if possible, a rechargeable battery. Also, it should have an integrated circuit board that was highly sophisticated, temperature resistant and inexpensive. Furthermore, it was hoped that there would be a timer or alarm. For the working design, morse code would be relayed to the generator for amplification after buttons were pressed. The team thought push buttons were better than scroll wheel as the former was more practical and cheap.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of Question: Summarize the recap of the last meeting regarding the presentation by Marketing. Answer:

Apart from being small, easy to use and eye-catching, the remote should have buttons, a soft feel and a trendy design, possibly incorporating fruit and vegetable elements. Marketing proposed having one or two star features that the campaign could be built on and speech recognition could be one of the options. Also, the energy source should be a battery. It was highlighted that the remote should get to the market before the competition.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case Question: What did Industrial Designer say about the appearance during the discussion about the design of the prototype? Answer:

The prototype was attractive, bright blue and snail shaped with buttons in different colours such as yellow. It was compact so it could easily fit in the hand and buttons could be easily accessed. Moreover, the material for the case would be plastic but the buttons would be made with soft rubber. For the light emitting diode of the LED, it would be fluorescent green and it would be a bulb like an ordinary infrared. Last but not least, there would be an oyster-shaped holder for the remote.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic that Question: What features did User Interface present regarding the design of the prototype? Answer:

Features of the remote include signal-emitting LED, on-off switch, mute button, nine channel buttons, two buttons for increasing or decreasing volume, two buttons for scrolling up or down channels and menu button at the centre, which would control the colour, sharpness, brightness etc. Also, there would be an elongated shaped swapping button that was slightly flexible. If it was turned to the left, the TV would change to the previous channel that the user was watching and if to the right, the next channel. The remote has an inbuilt voice recognizer that would recognize the user's voice and act accordingly.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic that is very Question: What was the feedback regarding the prototype of the remote? Answer:

Marketing liked how users could reach all the buttons with one thumb, even for someone with a small hand, so users did not need to shift it around or operate with two hands. Also, it was good that the on-off button was in a prominent place and the colours of the remote were attractive. Mute buttons were on either side so it would work for left- or right-handed people. On the other hand, channel buttons would be inscribed with numbers and the rest would be marked with easily recognized symbols that would be ideal for the international market.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic Question: What did Marketing suggest during giving feedback for the prototype of the remote? Answer:

Marketing suggested that they could do something funny for the shell as the snail was known to be slow and they could have a comic effect about how this was a rapid snail. User Interface and Industrial Designer agreed.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of Question: What were the special features for the remote discussed during feedback for the prototype? Answer:

Voice recognition would be a major selling point as it was unusual and there were no remotes that had this function in the same price range. Another selling point would be its appearance as it would be the cutest remote control. The snail image could be used as a visual attraction. Practicality would not be one of its special features because all competition would feature this.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic that is very strong Question: Summarize the financing of the remote. Answer:

Battery would be the energy source and the electronics would be regular chips on print. For the case, it would be double-curved and made from plastic in special colours, whereas buttons would come in different forms and colour and would be made in rubber or wood. In addition, there would be no clock. With the cost of eight twenty, the remote was within budget with the cost of voice recognizer excluded. Only four thirty euros was left to cover it so they would have to settle with what they get within the budget with no money for other special features.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic Question: What were Marketing's comments on the remote during the project evaluation? Answer:

The prototype should be shown to people of various age and socio-economic groups to see if there should be any fine-tuning. Also, it should be shown to consumer research groups for feedback. Marketing concluded that the prototype reached the goal of being biomorphic, soft and compact with bright and warm colours and felt good in hands. All in all, Marketing believed that it was a great product and would be saleable in the market.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic that Question: Summarize the product evaluation that was during the project evaluation. Answer:

On a scale of one to seven, with one being good and seven being the worst, everyone rated the shape and colour of the remote with a one. The size was given a mark of four by Marketing, a two by Project Manager and the others gave it a one. For the feel, which included texture and comfort, it scored a three with User Interface and a two for the rest. Functionality was given a two by User Interface and Marketing and a three by the other two. All in all, the team was satisfied with the product.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic that is Question: What was discussed for improvement of the remote during project evaluation? Answer:

Industrial Designer suggested that there could be more buttons and the buttons could be smaller. If having the speech recognition feature was feasible, buttons would be added for recording speech so Marketing suggested that one of the mute buttons could be eliminated to make room and Industrial Designer and User Interface agreed. Marketing also suggested volume control could be put on one button.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made Question: What was the feedback for leadership, teamwork and means used during the pro evaluation? Answer:

Marketing, User Interface and Industrial Designer thought Project Manager did a good job. Project Manager believed that the teamwork was great and this opinion was echoed by the other three team members. Whiteboard was used during the meeting but digital pens were not and the team agreed that they could have used the whiteboard a bit more. The team mostly used the slide because it was better positioned.

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Text: Project Manager: Well hi everyone again. User Interface: Hello. Industrial Designer: Hello. Marketing: Hello Project Manager: Um <unk>vocalsound<unk> like before we uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> I have to redo the meetings from <unk>vocalsound<unk> <unk>disfmarker<unk> n th the minutes from the last meeting Marketing: Mm-hmm. Project Manager: and so here we go. Uh it was discussed in the last meeting uh which was opened by the presentation from the interface um designer <unk>vocalsound<unk> that uh looks would be very important on this new remote User Interface: Designer. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Marketing: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: and um it is to send messages of course to the T_V_. It should have nine channel buttons, a next button, volume buttons, subtitle buttons, switch to control features, colour contrast, sharpness etcetera. It should have a memory switch, a mute button in case the telephone rings or something. Uh speech recognition is one of her very f favourite personal uh features she would like see d d to be integrated in this um in this new remote. Um. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Should be child friendly design with few buttons, colourful maybe with s star shaped or other shaped buttons. Um she uh presented also an oversized remote which she guarantees nobody will ever be able to lose. User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: Um <unk>disfmarker<unk> Marketing: And she was challenged on that point <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: <unk>vocalsound<unk> that's right. <unk>vocalsound<unk> User Interface: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Yes. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Industrial Designer: <unk>vocalsound<unk> Project Manager: But uh her very f personal favourite really she, she would very much like to see a speech recogniser integrated in this remote. The industrial designer um presented her uh <unk>vocalsound<unk> thoughts on the issue. She would like a special case made out of plastic that is very strong, not Question: Summarize the whole meeting. Answer:

Project Manager first recapped the previous meeting, concluding that the remote should be compact, user-friendly and could function like speech recognition. Next, the presentation of the bright blue snail shaped prototype was made by Industrial Designer and User Interface, introducing the appearance and features of the remote. Then, feedback was given regarding the prototype, which was mainly positive and speech recognition and cute appearance were decided as its star feature. Afterwards, the team discussed the financing of the remote, which should be within the budget of twelve fifty euros. Finally, the meeting ended with a project evaluation, which everyone was satisfied with the product and dynamic of the team, and team building.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you <unk>dis Question: What did PhD A say about microphones? Answer:

Use of dissimilar microphones adds an extra, unwanted variable to individual speaker recordings. Similarly, differences in the type of recording equipment used and the manner in which microphones are worn by speakers causes problems for the transcription effort.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you <unk>d Question: What did the team say about incorporating video recordings Answer:

Setting up a microphone array and performing video recordings (in a possible collaboration with NIST) are problematic due to the types of changes in infrastructure they require.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you Question: What decision was reached about microphones nonuniformity? Answer:

To achieve greater uniformity in across-speaker recording conditions, the group decided to purchase three additional head-mounted microphones.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you <unk>disfmark Question: What was said about IBM transcription? Answer:

IBM has a team of people employed to transcribe meeting data, and who are transcribing single versus multiple channels.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you <unk>d Question: What was suggested for the transcribers? Answer:

The group discussed the potential for assigning additional tasks to ICSI's transcriber pool, including tagging more fine-grained acoustic information, and discourse and disfluency tagging.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you <unk>dis Question: What’s the current status of transcription? Answer:

The transcriber pool has been performing within the expected range of work completed per the amount of time spent transcribing.

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Text: Professor B: Are we on? We're on. OK. PhD E: Is it on? PhD D: Yeah. Professor B: Yeah. OK, PhD D: One, two <unk>disfmarker<unk> u OK. PhD A: Why is it so cold in here? Professor B: so, uh, we haven't sent around the agenda. So, i uh, any agenda items anybody has, wants to talk about, what's going on? Postdoc G: I c I could talk about the meeting. Grad H: Does everyone <unk>disfmarker<unk> has everyone met Don? Postdoc G: Yeah. Professor B: It's on? PhD C: Now, yeah. PhD D: Yeah. Grad H: Yeah? OK. PhD D: Yeah. Grad F: Hello. Professor B: OK, agenda item one, PhD D: We went <unk>disfmarker<unk> Grad F: Yeah. Professor B: introduce Don. OK, we did that. Uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> PhD A: Well, I had a <unk>disfmarker<unk> just a quick question but I know there was discussion of it at a previous meeting that I missed, but just about the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the wish list item of getting good quality close - talking mikes on every speaker. Professor B: OK, so let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> let's <unk>disfmarker<unk> So let's just do agenda <unk>pause<unk> building right now. OK, so let's talk about that a bit. PhD A: I mean, that was <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor B: Uh, @ @ tuss close talking mikes, better quality. OK, <unk>vocalsound<unk> uh, we can talk about that. You were gonna <unk>disfmarker<unk> starting to say something? Postdoc G: Well, you <unk>disfmarker<unk> Question: Summarize the meeting Answer:

The group discussed recording equipment and setup issues, recent developments in the transcription effort, other potential types of tagging to be assigned to transcribers, and the post-processing of waveforms. The discussion was largely focused on efforts to facilitate transcriptions, including the improvement of strategies for transcribing overlapping speech, and achieving greater uniformity in the type of equipment used during recordings and the manner in which recording devices are worn by speakers.

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Text: PhD E: Yeah. Professor B: Um, so. If we can't, we can't. But uh we're gonna try to make this an abbreviated meeting cuz the <unk>disfmarker<unk> the next <unk>disfmarker<unk> next occupants were pushing for it, so. Um. So. Agenda is <unk>disfmarker<unk> according to this, is transcription status, DARPA demos XML tools, disks, backups, et cetera and Grad H: Does anyone have anything to <unk>pause<unk> add to the agenda? Professor B: OK. Should we just go in order? Transcription status? Who's <unk>disfmarker<unk> that's probably you. Postdoc A: I can do that quickly. Um I hired several more transcribers, They're making great progress. Professor B: Seven? Postdoc A: Seve - several, several. Professor B: Oh. Postdoc A: And uh <unk>disfmarker<unk> and uh, uh I've been uh finishing up the uh double checking. I hoped to have had that done by today but it's gonna take one more week. Grad H: Um PhD D: I g Grad H: as a somewhat segue into the next topic, um could I get a hold of uh the data even if it's not really corrected yet just so I can get the data formats and make sure the information retrieval stuff is working? Postdoc A: Certainly. Yeah I mean, it's in the same place it's been. Grad H: So can you just <unk>disfmarker<unk> Oh, it is. Postdoc A: Uh - huh. No change. Grad H: OK. Just <unk>disfmarker<unk> So, " transcripts " is the sub - directory? Postdoc A: Uh <unk>disf Question: Summarize the discussion on XML tools and meeting data quality Answer:

The team had started moving to XML as their general format to standardize their data. Though, there is still concern about the limitations of XML. The participants noted that sometimes the mic of one subject catches sound from another. They also discussed implementing tools to help participants know when the quality of their audio is bad.