Well I couldn't sleep last night, so tried to conquer predictive text. I have to say now after just a few goes I'm a convert! Don't like the auto correction thing on the E71 so have turned it off. Tried to write RNIB and it kept changing it to ribs! 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: Alex Stone - CW To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:18 AM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement Steve, I’ve tried a couple of times over periods of ten days to two weeks, and I just can’t see the point! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 18 August 2009 17:45 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement Hi, That is because you don’t take the time to learn it. If you did, you’d realize how bloody fantastic it is. All the best Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Angela McTigue Sent: Tuesday 18 August 2009 17:15 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement alex and i agree yvonne it ios bloody awful love angela mctigue alex stone's fiancee --- On Tue, 18/8/09, Yvonne Oliver <yvonne.oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Yvonne Oliver <yvonne.oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Spell Word announcement To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, 18 August, 2009, 2:07 PM predictive text is bloody awful whoever thought of it needs their brain removed Yvonne ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal 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 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. 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