Barbra, 2 done three times will likely give you the word cab. Neil Barnfather TalkNav TalkNav is a Nuance Accessibility software reseller and authorized distributor of Wayfinder products, with product activation codes delivered direct to your mailbox, why not try TalkNav today? www.talknav.com www.wayfinderaccess.com Telephone from the UK: 0844 412 1062 Telephone outside the UK: +44 161 277 7997 -----Original Message----- From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson Sent: 19 November 2009 07:55 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Predictive Text Hi Amro Ah, I'm with you now. Stupid me, I was pressing the keys too many times. For example, to get a c I was pressing 2 three times and of course this lead to utter confusion. thanks for the very clear and logical explanation. Working brilliantly now and this is even faster than my own qwerty keypad. Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amro Bilal" <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Predictive Text > Hi Barbara, I reckon if I give you an example you'll figure it out. So > here goes. To type "good" you press 4 6 6 3. To type "gone", you again > press 4 6 6 3 but then you cycle through the suggestions using the star > key until you get the word gone. The word gone is the third on the list of > suggestions. If you pressed the star key too many times you can press soft > key 2 to go back through the list of suggestions. If the word you need > isn't in the dictionary you'll hear a beep sound when the phone runs out > of suggestions and soft key one becomes spell to let you manually enter > the word you need. > > BTW, to type a space you press 0 once, and pressing 0 three times quickly > starts a new line. > > HTH, > Amro > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Wilson" <barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "talks-uk" <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:57 PM > Subject: [talks-uk] Predictive Text > > >> Hi >> >> I never liked predictive text until I really gave it a go. Now I use it >> on my E71 and could not imagine texting without it. However, I have been >> trying to show a friend how to use predictive text on a phone with a >> standard numeric keypad with little success. >> >> I am finding that whenever I type predictive text kicks in to suggest a >> word. On the E71 if this is not what I want to type, I simply continue to >> type and my characters are inserted instead. I am finding on this phone I >> can't seem to change what is suggested and if I keep typing the suggested >> word changes. For example, if I try to type c, a word is predicted which >> begins with either a or b. If I continue to type my word, the suggested >> word changes but not to my word beginning with c, but one beginning with >> a or b. >> >> Apologies if I am not making this clear, but hopefully someone is >> understanding me and can help? >> >> Kind Regards >> >> >> Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs >> Barbara Wilson >> M: 07917710779 >> T: 02887784046 >> E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Skype: creativeeyes >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 4618 (20091118) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4618 (20091118) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4621 (20091119) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > >