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T9™ text entry
T9™ text entry is a predictive text entry method. It uses a built-in dictionary to
predict the word you are typing. You can choose the correct word from the
suggestions on the bottom of the screen. By reducing the number of keystrokes,
the T9™ text entry method helps some users to type messages more quickly.
Whenever you press a key, a list of possible characters or character
combinations appears on the screen. To enter text, use the
up and down
navigation key to find the character combination you want. Press Select and the
characters appear in your message text. If you make a mistake, press Clear.
Here is an example of how to enter a word using T9™ text entry.
1. Let’s say that we want to write the word “baby.”
2. First press the
key. The choices a, c, b appear on the screen.
3. Scroll to b, then press Select.
4. Press the
key again. The first choice of characters is cc. The
screen also changes to cc. Do not worry that your first choice has been
deleted.
5. Scroll to the pair ba and press Select. The letters ba now appear on the
screen.
6. Press the
key once again for the third letter b. cab is the first
character combination that appears on the screen,
7. Scroll to bab, select, and bab appears on the screen.
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