Hi Barbara, Because you will text even faster if you learn it. Let's consider the word Chocolate. Just one word. To type that without predictive, you would type this:- (Note that I have spaced between the letters for clarity only. 222 44 666 222 666 555 2 8 33 Bring predictive into the mix, and you type:- 2 4 6 2 6 5 2 8 3 So instead of 18 key presses you actually perform 9. The way predictive works is this. You hit each letter only once. If the word is wrong that it guesses, you press Star to cycle through the words. So for example, Good and Home have the same numbers, 4 6 6 3. If you just type 4663, you will get Good. If you want home, just press Star. Now that has to be better than typing 4 666 666 3 for Good, doesn't it? Come on people, give it a try, you may even find you like it. In fact I reckon most of you are frightened of it that don't like it <Smile>. All the best Steve _____ From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson Sent: Tuesday 18 August 2009 14:59 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement I never got the hang of it either. Probably could if I bothered to try. Guess I'm just to lazy. But if you can text quick enough without it then why put yourself to the effort! 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: Yvonne <mailto:yvonne.oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx> Oliver To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:07 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement predictive text is bloody awful whoever thought of it needs their brain removed Yvonne ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal <mailto:Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:43 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement Predictive text is brilliant with or without a qwerty keypad! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Saqib <mailto:Saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:25 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement Hi Angela if you have a querty keypad then pridictive texting is brilliant. I use to struggle with it when I had a numeric keypad phone. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Angela McTigue" <jamfordel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:58 PM To: <kevin_russell@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement > I cant cope with predictive text on my fones i can only text the normal > way > > Kevin Russell wrote: >> For many years I used a Nokia 6600 with >> Talks. When writing a message in predictive text mode and I wrote >> a word that the predictive text dictionary didn't know, Talks would >> announce >> something like 'spell word'. I would then press Key 1 to go into >> Spell mode, enter the correct word and press Key 1 again to accept the >> word and go back to writing my message. >> I'm now using an N82 and although I >> hear the beep to tell me that Spell mode is required, I don't get the >> announcement. >> Is there anyway I can get Talks to announce >> Spell Word or is this just a quirk with the N82. >> I'm using Talks Premium V4. >> Cheers >> Kevin >> Kevin Russell >> CICS Test >> IBM UK Ltd >> MP 102 Hursley Park >> Winchester, Hampshire >> United Kingdom. SO21 2JN >> Tel: +44 1962 815531 >> (internal 245531) >> Internet: kevin_russell@xxxxxxxxxx >> Unless stated otherwise above: >> IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number >> 741598. >> Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 >> 3AU > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4344 (20090818) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4344 (20090818) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.60/2311 - Release Date: 08/18/09 06:03:00 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4345 (20090818) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com