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Disable the autocorrection!
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You can add words to the dictionary by adding them as contacts' names or nicknames. I have an entire category in my address book called "Spelling" and my own, user-created "All" category as well (which excludes the Spelling entries, of course) ... Kind of a hack, but works well.
I've tried English, Swedish and Swedish+English, yeah.Um ... have you tried adding the Spanish (or any international) keyboard?
Doesn't help.
The thing with two enabled keyboards is that ever so often, one dictionary tries to override the other. When I write in English it will often replace English words with Swedish words, and vice versa, and when I throw in the occasional English word in Swedish text (like, I dunno, "cool"), it will attempt to replace it with a Swedish word.
In short, it's a mess.
hahaha ... ya kinda, I guess. I mean, I think most dictionaries would have a hard time if you're bouncing around multiple different languages mid-sentence.
But you're right ... the iPhone should just know exactly what you're thinking.
Okay, first, great example. I laughed but I can see where that would be a problem.
While I like the idea of adding to the dictionary, I think the option to disable is probably a good compromise.
But that's just it -- it couldn't possibly know, but it tries anyway.But you're right ... the iPhone should just know exactly what you're thinking.
By asking for an option to disable the autocorrection we are in fact asking for the ability to disable a piece of very dimwitted AI. Or just giving it the courtesy to ask first and destroy text later. On / Off, or Passive / Active, or Pre / Post.
I laughed too, but the phrase came out of my subconscious so I may have to see someone about that.
Not the most elegant solution but this works quite well.
Enable caps lock in the keyboard options. Hit shift twice. Type away, the phone will not attempt to correct anything in caps mode.
Enable caps lock in the keyboard options. Hit shift twice. Type away, the phone will not attempt to correct anything in caps mode.
call me good but were you by any chance trying to type
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I have to agree that typing in two different languages can be a pain. I write in english to all my friends but when testing my family I write in german. It just sucks when it wants to suggest words that I've used while typing english. I wish it would keep the two separate.
Also, adding to the dictionary would be a nice feature.
I have to agree that typing in two different languages can be a pain. I write in english to all my friends but when testing my family I write in german. It just sucks when it wants to suggest words that I've used while typing english. I wish it would keep the two separate.
Also, adding to the dictionary would be a nice feature.
You can disable it if you jail break your phone
yes, in my jailbroken Iphone, autocorrection is disabled!
I understand all the only-English speaking people. Auto-Correction is a nice feature!
BUT: Here in Switzerland we speak & write Swiss-German... And NOT German! It's a big difference; there's no orthography for example. You write it like you say it. And everybody speaks/writes different, so there can not be a dictionary or something like that.
The petition is called "Let US disable...".
It wouldn't be much to do for Apple, just a simple On/Off Switch.
BUT: Here in Switzerland we speak & write Swiss-German... And NOT German! It's a big difference; there's no orthography for example. You write it like you say it. And everybody speaks/writes different, so there can not be a dictionary or something like that.
The petition is called "Let US disable...".
It wouldn't be much to do for Apple, just a simple On/Off Switch.
Actually, that's not true. Swiss-German is a spoken language. There's no orthography because no reasonable man would ever write in that language. Who would ever want to read something like that:
Bi ois idr schdat schiint halzunne di ganz nacht.
Actually, that's not true. Swiss-German is a spoken language. There's no orthography because no reasonable man would ever write in that language. Who would ever want to read something like that:
Bi ois idr schdat schiint halzunne di ganz nacht.
I want!
I mean, every Swiss-speaking person writes SMS, mails or messages in communities in Swiss-German. I often do this on my iPhone, so auto-correction annoys me.
I don't.
You can turn off auto-correction by typing any letter, and than moving back one character (with the looking-glass). No need for a petition.
You can turn off auto-correction by typing any letter, and than moving back one character (with the looking-glass). No need for a petition.
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I was browsing through macosxhints.com and I came upon this little workaround.
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ORIGINAL LINK
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I thought the same thing - thread title is very misleading. It's like saying 'Enable Copy/Paste' in a thread title