I am going to have to consult on my old notes because I can remember doing this when I very first got the E 71 and I think it has something to do with that character key.
> On 11 Aug 2015, at 02:12, Don Moore <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > Yes, I thought that was the fn key, but no luck with that either. Also, I > tried to type a text message, but predictive text is on there as well. > Somehow, I'll have to find a way to turn it off. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of Eleanor Martha > Burke > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:59 PM > To: Talks Mailing List <talks@talksusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact > > The FN key is on the bottom left. > > > >> On 11 Aug 2015, at 01:52, Don Moore <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi Eleanor and Stephen, >> >> On my E71, the key to the right of the number 6 is the pound key, or the >> number key. When I press that key twice, it puts 2 number signs on the >> screen, which Talks reads as "number number." >> >> I checked the Talks manual and it says to press fn plus Space, but I don't >> know which key is the fn key??? >> >> Don >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of Eleanor >> Martha Burke >> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:40 PM >> To: Talks Mailing List <talks@talksusers.com> >> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >> >> okay we are both right in our respective ways. my apologies I was thinking >> of the numeric phone even though you had said before you have 71. there is a >> hash key on the E 71. it is to the right of the number six key. incidentally >> above that you have the Starkey and below it you have zero key. no I think >> you will have to turn predictive text off in a different manner through the >> menus but at the moment it is what we might call here in London the middle >> of the night and so I cannot tell you right now as I am dictating on a >> different phone which is a non-mentionable on this list. I am getting ready >> to go to Ireland in about eight hours time and I will try and get back to >> you at sometime in the morning. however Stephen might respond to you before >> then. I did ask you to write a text message because I wanted to establish >> from myself if you are actually on a predictive text or not but you did not >> do this. give it a go and let me know and then hopefully we can progress >> from here. I do have the E 71 so I will definitely look it out in the next >> couple of hours. >> >> >> >>> On 11 Aug 2015, at 01:07, Stephen Giggar <sgig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The E71 doesn't have an HASH key. It is a qwerty keyboard phone and not a >>> numeric keypad phone. I know you can do it through the settings but being I >>> don't own that phone can't tell you where to find it in the settings or >>> what key to press to be able to turn it off. >>> >>> >>> Signed: Stephen Giggar >>> Skype: dr-phone. >>> >>> Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works. >>> No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 6:29 PM >>> To: Talks Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>> >>> quickly press the hash key twice. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 11 Aug 2015, at 00:23, Don Moore <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Stephen, >>>> >>>> How do I turn off predictive text??? >>>> >>>> Don >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>>> Stephen Giggar >>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 4:53 PM >>>> To: 'Talks Mailing List' <talks@talksusers.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>> >>>> You probably should update to the 5.50 version of Talks for your phone. It >>>> is a free update for you. >>>> >>>> You need to turn off predictive text on your phone otherwise you will need >>>> to press space bar after typing a word to select the word before you can >>>> arrow down. This is why the arrow keys work after you initially type a >>>> word and pressing right arrow then you can probably press down arrow. >>>> >>>> >>>> Signed: Stephen Giggar >>>> Skype: dr-phone. >>>> >>>> Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works. >>>> No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 10:46 AM >>>> To: Talks Mailing List >>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>> >>>> Have you taken out y our battery and put it back in again? Other thing is >>>> if you go to a text message and start writing it, does all that work fine? >>>> >>>> Eleanor >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Don Moore" <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> >>>> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <talks@talksusers.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 4:34 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Eleanor and Stephen, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, my version of Talks is 5.21.3 >>>>> >>>>> I live in Canada. >>>>> >>>>> Don >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>>>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 12:24 PM >>>>> To: Talks Mailing List <talks@talksusers.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>>> >>>>> To get your version of Talks, press the Talks key followed by a >>>>> long press of soft key 1. Once in the Talks programme, then press >>>>> soft key or option key as it is also called. Then arrow up, yes I >>>>> said up, until you hear About and then select. You will then get >>>>> the version of Talks you are currently running. >>>>> >>>>> Eleanor >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Don Moore" <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> >>>>> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <talks@talksusers.com> >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 3:42 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Stephen, >>>>>> >>>>>> To answer your questions: >>>>>> >>>>>> Have you tried turning off and on your phone to see if that clears >>>>>> things up? >>>>>> Answer: Yes, that was the first thing I tried. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you arrow to the different fields when you first open a new >>>>>> contact without entering anything to start with? >>>>>> Answer: Yes, I can. >>>>>> >>>>>> I do not recall what phone you said you had. What phone is it? >>>>>> Answer: Nokia E71 >>>>>> >>>>>> What version of Talks are you using? >>>>>> Answer: I don't know how to determine this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you try using your Left and Right arrows in place of using the >>>>>> Up/Down arrows? >>>>>> Answer: Yes, I just tried it now and this is what happens: it >>>>>> moves the cursor horizontally and then I am able to use the down >>>>>> arrow to move to the next field. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Stephen Giggar >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 5:35 AM >>>>>> To: 'Talks Mailing List' <talks@talksusers.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>>>> >>>>>> Have you tried turning off and on your phone to see if that clears >>>>>> things up. >>>>>> Can you arrow to the different fields when you first open a new >>>>>> contact without entering anything to start with? >>>>>> I do not recall what phone you said you had. What phone is it? >>>>>> What version of Talks are you using? >>>>>> Did you try using your Left and Right arrows in place of using the >>>>>> Up/Down arrows? Sounds like your screen may have gotten turned 90 >>>>>> degrees. In that case, the Up/Down will not work. This is easy to >>>>>> do with a slider phone. >>>>>> Again closing and opening the phone should fix this. Nothing else, >>>>>> turning off and on the phone will also fix it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Changing the cursor type isn't going to change how Talks works >>>>>> when entering items into the contacts. Other settings comes down >>>>>> to how you want your phone to work. There isn't an correct and >>>>>> incorrect way. Just the way you want to use the phone and have >>>>>> things spoken when typing things. IE Spelling, Echo Characters, >>>>>> Words, both and or None. Comes down to what you want. >>>>>> >>>>>> Initially it sounds like the dictionary is working correctly based >>>>>> on your initial message. Remember when using T9(dictionary), you >>>>>> only need to press each number once. So if you wanted to enter >>>>>> Mike, you would press on a numeric keypad phone 6 4 5 3 and it may >>>>>> say Mike. If it says something different like Mile, then you would >>>>>> press the Star to cycle through all the enters of words that can >>>>>> be made up with those 4 key presses. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed: Stephen Giggar >>>>>> Skype: dr-phone. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works. >>>>>> No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:57 AM >>>>>> To: Talks Mailing List >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>>>> >>>>>> are you in the UK alternatively are you on Skype this way we could >>>>>> work on it together so that I could hear what is going on. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10 Aug 2015, at 02:25, Don Moore <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Eleanor, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I tried all your suggestions and still no luck! What is really >>>>>>> strange is that the dictionary seems to be part of the problem; I >>>>>>> don't recall this happening in the past. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would appreciate any help with this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Don >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of >>>>>>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 8:09 PM >>>>>>> To: Talks Mailing List <talks@talksusers.com> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Don, I don't have my Talks phone to hand but I can think of a >>>>>>> few things you need to check. Now when I am writing on my Talks >>>>>>> phone, I like to set key echo and it can be set as follows, key >>>>>>> echo none, key echo words and key echo characters and words. >>>>>>> This is done by pressing the talks key followed by the number one >>>>>>> on your key pad and cycling through those options. Now another >>>>>>> thing is the spelling alphabet and I think you need to change that. >>>>>>> Again without the phone, I recommend you press Talks followed by >>>>>>> the number >>>>>>> 3 on your keypad and go through the various settings by pressing >>>>>>> again Talks and the number 3. Finally it also depends on how >>>>>>> your cursor is set, ensure it is not set to origional as this is >>>>>>> not the setting when inputting text. >>>>>>> Checking cursor settings press Talks followed by the number 2 and >>>>>>> again go through those settings Talks and number 2, I think I >>>>>>> recall that there are about 3 different settings. Not sure if >>>>>>> you have predictive text set but I don't recommend it for a beginner. >>>>>>> Try out the above suggestions first and if they don't work then >>>>>>> press the hash or pound key twice quickly in succession and see >>>>>>> if that helps. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eleanor >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> From: "Don Moore" <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> >>>>>>> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <talks@talksusers.com> >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 9:56 PM >>>>>>> Subject: [Talks] Problem entering new contact >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi List, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have entered several new contacts many times, but now I am >>>>>>>> having a >>>>>>>> problem: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I opened my contacts list. Then, I pressed SoftKey 1 and >>>>>>>> cursored down to new contact and pressed Select. Then Talks >>>>>>>> said, "First name text, dictionary upper case." Then, I typed >>>>>>>> the first letter of Mike and it said, "Caps M." Then, I typed >>>>>>>> the letter I and it said, "Caps Mike." Then, I typed the letter k and >>>>>>>> it said, "Caps Mike" again. >>>>>>>> Then, I typed the letter e and it said, "Caps Mike" again. After >>>>>>>> all of that, I couldn't cursor down to the field for the last name. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I must have pressed something by mistake that has changed my >>>>>>>> settings to get all of this happening. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can anyone help??? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Don >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Talks mailing list >>>>>>>> Talks@talksusers.com >>>>>>>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>>>>>>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. >>>>>>>> http://www.talknav.net/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Talks mailing list >>>>>>> Talks@talksusers.com >>>>>>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>>>>>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. >>>>>>> http://www.talknav.net/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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