iPhone auto-correct pisses mr off
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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 17 Jul 2010 10:04 On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:52:49 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >On 2010-07-17 10:09:40 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > >> On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:55:03 +0100, Sak Wathanasin >> <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: >> >>> In article <0001HW.C86636AD0015188CB01029BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, >>> Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: >>> >>>> Why does the iPhone auto-correct change 'me' to 'mr'. Does it annoy everyone >>>> else the way it annoys me? >>> >>> All auto-"correction" annoys me - I always turn it off in whatever >>> appl/device I'm using. >> >> I had a great one the other day. I aimed to finish a text with "I'll >> give you a call in the morning", and missed the final space. Rather >> than hitting delete I managed to hit send, and what went out was "I'll >> give you a call on theism". > >And now they think you're some kind of Jehovah's witness or religious >nutjob? (No offence to any Jehovah's witnesses or other religious >nutjobs reading :-) Boringly I followed up with another text with the correction, but we did have a giggle about it next day. I really can't get used to the autocorrect - poke to cancel (rather than accept) is exactly the opposite of what I expect, even after two years typing on an iPhone. I was watching my little sister tapping away on a T9-using phone today, she was composing and sending texts at about 5 characters per second without looking (and without a 3 keycap, come to that!). I have a little more understanding of why some people don't like virtual keyboards now. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Time's fun when you're having flies" - Kermit the Frog
From: zoara on 17 Jul 2010 12:47
ray <datasmog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > >> Mark wrote >>> Doesn't it 'learn' after a while? >> >> Yes, but I don't think it 'unlearns'. >> > It can in as much as you can reset it. > settings/general/reset/ reset keyboard dictionary. > Me me me me mr - nope, that doesn't work... -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |