Thanks Stewart. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Lawler" <stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Sending Text Messages > Hi Eleanor, > > The Talks manual is a good describer of how to send texts as well, although > others on this list, Flor in particular, have described the process just as > well! > > If you do want the manual though, feel free to contact me off list and I'll > send it along. > > Stuart. > > -----Original Message----- > From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke > Sent: 30 April 2008 19:32 > To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [vip_students] Re: Sending Text Messages > > Thank you very much flor, that was a good starter tutorial and have made me > feel positive about starting. As you say it is only with practice. > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:18 PM > Subject: [vip_students] Re: Sending Text Messages > > > > sHi Eleanor, > > > > First, my condolences with you on your dog pedrro's passing. > > > > As you have observed, you often need to press a key more than once, on > > occasion as many as 4 times, to get the desired letter. Pressing the 1 > > key, for example, from 1 to 4 times gives comma, full stop, question mark, > > and exclamation mark. The alphabet: > > > > number 2 once for a, twice for b, three times for c. > > Number 3, d e f. > > Number 4, g h i. > > Number 5, j k l. > > Number 6, m n o. > > Number 7, p q r s. (You hit 7 four times to get s). > > Number 8, t u v. > > Number 9, w x y z. > > > > Other characters may be got from the Add Symbols dialogue, or whatever it > > may be called on your phone, as well as by pressing some of tthe above > keys > > five, six, or even seven times. It may be helpful to have Talks echo each > > keystroke as you type, for the moment. Talks will usually cycle through - > > so that if you press 7 four times, you will probably hear, "7, q, r, s". > > You may get more (and better) feedback on these things from more > experienced > > texters than me. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:53 PM > > Subject: [vip_students] Sending Text Messages > > > > > > Has anyone worked out an effecient way of doing this, say using the talks > on > > vodafone. I am looking for a quick fix, have never sent text messages but > > would like to give it a go. I know that one has to hit keys a certain > > number of times to get each diffeent letter but maybe someone has made out > a > > list like how many times to hit for a b c etc rather than having to think > > and work it out at each letter as one goes along, like I think for e one > has > > to hit the 2 twice. > > > > Eleanor > > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments > is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of > the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify > the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to > delete it and any attachments from your system. > > NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated > by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, > it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are > transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. > > Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email > and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily > represent the views of NCBI > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > >