The KU/K-State team had an hour-long phone conference on Monday night (Sept. 3) and here are the highlights of what we discussed. We decided to continue exploring ways we could further develop and add depth to Better Letter and still retain its simplicity. Towards that goal, team members divided themselves into groups to explore the following (1) ways we could integrate video into the design of the product to allow users alternative ways of communicating. One possible solution could be to simply insert a link that would connect users to video-hosting sites that already exist (2) the possibility of incorporating Google maps to help public figures identify the geographic areas generating particular issues
(3) Research and identify open source voice recognition software that can easily be integrated into the site to allow citizens with disabilities to be part of the conversation.
(4) Incorporate a comments and Talk About feature into the design.
(5) The team is in need of a computer coder who can help design a prototype that would incorporate the above features.
(6) We further decided to explore the possibility of Beta testing the product on the sites of K/State and KU student media.
(7) The team will adopt the name Team Kansas.
(8) Each member will continue to research other innovative ways of improving our product.
(9) We will move the conversation to our blog and continue to be actively involved in blogging.
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