| Good morning, Mrs Collins. |
| I just wondered if you could help me with this entry form for the Young Electronic Engineer competition. |
| Hello, John. |
| Oh, you've made the jigsaw for blind children, with the bleeper. |
| When they put a piece in correctly, that's right. |
| Okay, let's have a look at the form. |
| Right, thanks. |
| I've never filled in one of these before, so... |
| Well, let's just do it in pencil first. |
| So, name of designers... |
| Well, Anne helped me with some of the electronics work. |
| Then you must put her name in as well. |
| Right... |
| Ann Ray. |
| Sorry. It's ANNE |
| and her surname is spelt REA. |
| Good start! Okay... |
| REA. |
| And age is easy. You're both 16. |
| What have you called the design? Keep it short. |
| What about jigsaw puzzle design for visually handicapped? |
| Too long. |
| Just say blind puzzle, that'll do. |
| Okay. |
| Right, now, size of equipment? |
| I've got it noted down here... |
| um, yes, length, sorry, width is 20 centimetres. |
| Okay. |
| Length is 50 centimetres, |
| and then the depth is... well, it's very little. |
| What would you say? I think you can be approximate. |
| I'd say 2.5 centimetres. |
| And the electricity supply? |
| Is it mains operated? |
| No it isn't, it's actually battery. |
| Okay, write battery. |
| Fine. |
| Okay. It's the next bit that I'm really not sure what to put. |
| Well, special features means... |
| what is really new about this, you know, suitable for the group you made it for. |
| Well, it's safe for children. |
| That's fine. Put that in. |
| Okay, and of course we think it's educational. |
| There you are, you've done it. |
| Anything else? |
| Well, I think the price is good. |
| That's probably the most important factor. |
| Okay... cheap price. |
| Which brings us on to the next bit. |
| What's the cost? |
| Well, the pieces we made out of old wood... |
| they cost, ooh, $5. |
| And the electrics? |
| They were more expensive... say, $9.50. |
| Brilliant. |
| Now what do they mean by other comments? |
| It's just a chance for you to say anything about the equipment, and problems you envisage. |
| Well, we would really like help with making plastic instead of wooden pieces. |
| Well, put something like, need help to make plastic pieces. |
| Okay. |
| And the other thing is, we'd like to develop a range of sizes. |
| That's fine, then, just put that. |
| And the last bit is, |
| when will you send the equipment? |
| Well, we've got a lot of work on at the moment and... |
| we want to get it as good as we can. |
| Well, say 25th of June? |
| Can't we make it later? |
| Well, the last date is the 1st of July. |
| Why not say that? |
| Okay, that's what I'll put. |
| So, that's the lot! |
| That's brilliant. |
| Thanks very much, Mrs Collins. |
| I'll send it off straight away. |
| Glad to be of help. |
| Very best of luck to you both. |
| Thanks, bye. |
| Bye. |