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September 24, 2026: Approved feedback

The app improvements approved after the meeting with Lisa Groom, and where each one landed.

App improvements

Improvement Status
A small, friendly avatar: a low-poly emoji of a senior man in fencing costume Done. On the start screen. Source is apps/mobile/assets/images/avatar/fencer-avatar.svg; pnpm avatar:render redraws the PNGs.
Haptic feedback on the Start button Done. A medium impact when Start is pressed.
Skydiving as the first video sample Done. Tom's skydiving memory plays the family's tandem skydive video, muted and looping behind its song.
Keep the elevator ride as is; define a memory illustration scenario Done. The elevator ride keeps its words and song, and now shows the first memory illustration, "Beckanna". See Memory illustrations.
Explore generating memory illustrations where no real photograph exists Explored. The definition, labeling rules, and open questions are in Memory illustrations. The first illustration was made outside the app.
Babe Ruth: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and an authentic photograph Song done (Gene Kelly and Betty Garrett, from the 1949 film). The photograph is waiting on Thomas.
Each question appears only once per session Done. A session no longer reshuffles and repeats.
Limit the question set to five unique questions Done. A session draws up to five memories, each once.
A Quit or Exit button once finished, and the quit screen Done. The last memory offers Exit in place of Next. The quit screen shows a large question mark and "So, what did you think of the experience today?"

Action items for Thomas

  • [x] Obtain a skydiving video sample, and put it in the inputs/ folder.
  • [ ] Collect an authentic photograph of Babe Ruth, and confirm its license or public domain status before use.