Hi Carol
Are you saying it isn't working on your phone with the
latest Talks release either, even with punctuation
selected to none?
Jackie Cairns
Braille Specialist
Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sight and Sound Technology Ltd
Welton House North Wing
Summerhouse Road
Moulton Park
Northampton
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-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol
Pearson Sent: 29 October 2009 13:11
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
Well, that's interesting because the previous versions of
Talks worked for me too.
Perhaps I should escalate this one as it must be that on
certain phone it doesn't work ...
--
Carol
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a
---- Original Message ----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:58 AM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> Hi Carol
>
> How strange. On all the handsets I work with, I can
> honestly say I always try out the smiley face, and it
> works a treat. I haven't done anything to the
> dictionary, I just do colon dash and right bracket, and
> it says "smiley face", or "sad face" to colon dash left
> bracket. And I've used Talks for a long time, with most
> of the versions doing this ok. It definitely only
> works for me though when I set punctuation to none
> which is my preference anyway.
>
>
> 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
> Carol Pearson Sent: 28 October 2009 23:09
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
>
> OK, Jackie, this gets more weird!
>
> I've switched punctuation to "None" and written my
> message and still nothing! Weird!
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:57 PM
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
>
> > Hi Carol
> >
> > Right, I have tried writing a smiley face with colon
> > dash right bracket using my work N82 which has the
> > very latest edition of Talks
> > on there. And when I Talks and up arrow, or move the
> > arrow key up then down to read the line again -
> > whichever is your preference - it
> > says "smiley face", so it does definitely work. I
> > have punctuation set to none. Setting it to some,
> > most or all does not say "smiley face" and, to my
> > knowledge, never has.
> >
> > I hope this clarifies for anyone wanting to try it.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> > Jackie Cairns
> > cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Carol Pearson Sent: 28 October 2009 18:36
> > To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >
> > Hi Eleanor,
> >
> > OK, sorry ...
> >
> > I need to backtrack.
> >
> > I used to use it a lot in Version 3 and it worked, as
> > it were, out of the box!
> >
> > I have used it in Version 4 but just written in the
> > key strokes and not really read the result. When I
> > did, I too found that it didn't read the "smiley
> > face" to me.
> >
> > I am pretty sure that in Version 3 there was a
> > dictionary (in Talks)
> > that defined these smileys.
> > There no longer seems to be this dictionary by
> > default, so we possibly have to put them into the
> > user dictionary ourselves in order that they will
> > speak again.
> >
> > Can anyone confirm this or work out what the problem
> > is from what I'm saying.
> >
> > Sorry, Eleanor, my head's all over the place this
> > week and I wasn't too coherent when last I wrote
> > because I should have explained that I hadn't really
> > checked it all out in Version 4.
> >
> > Anyway, now perhaps someone will help us both sort
> > it, but I rather thank that we have to enter the :]
> > (Smiley) into the User Dictionary.
>
> > ...
> >
> > Hope someone can help further, please.
> >
> > --
> > 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 5:12 PM
> > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >
> >> It did not work Jackie, that is my problem. Also
> >> Amro had a suggestion about pressing the No 1 key on
> >> the keypad if predictive text is turned on, that
> >> does not work for me either. I think Carol
> >> was going to try it.
> >> How about it then Carol? ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jackie Cairns"
> >> <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:23 PM
> >> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Eleanor
> >>
> >> I haven't used the E71, so don't know anything about
> >> it.
> >> But I can't imagine it being much different from any
> >> of those I have used.
> >> Presumably you have punctuation set to none or some,
> >> in which case,
> >> you should hear Talks say "smiley face". As for
> >> writing one in a message, then hearing it, press up
> >> arrow and then down arrow to read the last few words
> >> you have written, including "smiley face", or Talks
> >> and down arrow to read the entire message you have
> >> written. If
>
> >> doing all this doesn't work, I'm stuffed! (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
> >> 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
> >> Eleanor Burke Sent: 28 October 2009 10:08
> >> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >>
> >> Hi nobody has been able to answer my query, I do not
> >> have talks say
> >> smily face when I write it in a text message on my
> >> e71. Like I said
> >> I
>
> >> just get some sort of 'click'
> >> sound. Strange that as when someone sends one to me,
> >> it says smily face.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Carol Pearson
> >> <mailto:carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:
> >> talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:52 PM
> >> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >>
> >> Ah! I must give that a go and not go the long way
> >> round!
> >> That will get me to use them more!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Carol
> >> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a
> >>
> >> ---- Original Message ----
> >> From: Amro Bilal
> >> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:50 PM
> >> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >>
> >>> That's right, Carol. You can do them with or
> >>> without the dashes. Actually if predictive text is
> >>> turned on, pressing number 1 twice gives you the
> >>> smiley face. If you press number 1 twice then cycle
> >>> through the predictions with the star key the sad
> >>> face is the second
>
> >>> or third item on the list of predictions.
> >>>
> >>> HTH,
> >>> Amro
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Carol Pearson
> >>> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:07 PM
> >>> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Smily Face
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jackie's given you them, Eleanor.
> >>>
> >>> I thought the dash wasn't used but maybe you can do
> >>> it either way.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Carol
> >>> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a
> >>>
> >>> ---- Original Message ----
> >>> From: Eleanor Burke
> >>> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:01 PM
> >>> 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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