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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eleanor Martha Burke Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:59 PM To: Talks Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Talks] Problem entering new contact The FN key is on the bottom left. > On 11 Aug 2015, at 01:52, Don Moore <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eleanor > Martha Burke > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:40 PM > To: Talks Mailing List <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> How do I turn off predictive text??? >>> >>> Don >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Talks [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> Stephen Giggar >>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 4:53 PM >>> To: 'Talks Mailing List' <[email protected]> >>> 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:[email protected]] 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" <[email protected]> >>> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <[email protected]> >>> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 12:24 PM >>>> To: Talks Mailing List <[email protected]> >>>> 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" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <[email protected]> >>>> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>> Stephen Giggar >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 5:35 AM >>>>> To: 'Talks Mailing List' <[email protected]> >>>>> 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:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Eleanor Martha Burke >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 8:09 PM >>>>>> To: Talks Mailing List <[email protected]> >>>>>> 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" <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: "'Talks Mailing List'" <[email protected]> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> 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 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