I do exactly but you make a very interesting point and I wish someone like yourself could explain it to me. I sware for instance that a text message read by Talks from my very closest friend sounds different to say a text from 'just someone'. Now is that my brain working over-time? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:36 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face Hi Barbara No, not really. There is often a good reason for using a symbol like that. If you text somebody, and you want to convey something, but don't want it to sound offensive, aggressive, or not keen to alter the tone of your message, then it's good to put a smiley face in there. Particularly with Talks reading your message, it can sound stern or rather brisk without the intention. So I find it sometimes quite nice to put a smiley face in to convey I am actually smiling. I don't know if this makes sense, but I know what I mean even if nobody else does! (smile). Jackie Cairns Braille Specialist Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Tel: 01604 798024 Mob: 07887 883815 www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson Sent: 29 October 2009 13:10 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face All this bother for something we can't see! 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: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:09 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
I've done it, but then you have to do it both with the dash and
without if
you want both to be recognised. It's a bit of a bore having to enter all these things. I wonder if
anyone
knows why it is that they appeared to be included and to work in
previous
versions of Talks. -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a ---- Original Message ---- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:32 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily FaceI think it was you who first suggested that Carol. Give it a go! It will work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:22 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily FaceThat's what I thought we'd have to do, Eleanor, but I haven't tried it yet. -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a ---- Original Message ---- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:46 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily FaceOK Jackie I have now discovered that I needed to put these in to my User Dictionary for Talks on e71 and now it works but what a pain doing the three key strokes each time. Do you have a Template for it or just do it as you go? Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:07 AM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face Hi Eleanor I love these. For a smile, press colon dash and right bracket. For a sad face, do colon dash left bracket. You have to
have
punctuation on Talks set to none or even some to make it say "smiley face" or "sad face" though. I'm
not
aware of any other ones that Talks describes in this way. My son did explain that the positioning of these three symbols makes it look like a sort of
smile
or sad face, but I'm not brave enough to elaborate more than that
as
I've never seen what they look like anyway. (smiley face). Jackie Cairns Braille Specialist Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Telephone: 01604 798024 Fax: 01604 798090 Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 26 October 2009 23:01 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] Smily Face i forget how to write this when I write a text message. I think Carol is one person who can tell me how to do it. How is it that talks is able to recognize the image and call
it a
smily face. Actually if there is a down or miserable face too, and any other facial expression, just a frown or whatever I would like to know it. I am not looking for a list
of
moticans, just the ones one might use when sending a text.
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