excellent.I think it was really a joint effort between Stephen and myself and it was Stephen from the start and realised that it was the predictive text problem where as I was going a different route!
> On 11 Aug 2015, at 12:53, Don Moore <donmo...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > Hi Eleanor, > > That worked! Thank you so very much for your persistence! > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talks [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] On Behalf Of Eleanor Martha > Burke > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 10:56 PM > To: Talks Mailing List <talks@talksusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact > > okay here goes. > One go to control panel. > 2 go to settings. > three go to general. > for > go to personalisation. > five go to language. > > six Eric down until you are here predictive text. in your case it should say > on. I would imagine you would then press the select key to turn it off. The > text predictive is the third one down in your list. > you should have success. do letters know. apologies for the few minor errors > with my dictation. > >> 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 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