AutoCorrect correct?
By p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
December 14, 2012 9:28am CST
This discussion is being dictated into my iPad. I have no intention of correcting anything that is written. I am sick and tired of AutoCorrect and now I am sharing my frustration with the world. Why does my computer Think that it knows what I want to say better than I do?
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7 responses
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
14 Dec 12
Worse still, computers tend to incorporate American spellings..which I ignore! I don't use spell-checker either as it drives me nuts for that reason..amongst others!
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
14 Dec 12
Because you typed 'our' instead of 'out' as it's a correct word auto-correct doesn't pick it up.
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
14 Dec 12
I've had an iPhone for about five or six years now, and the damn autocorrect makes me so mad! I have learned that if you're patient enough, you can reteach it to leave your bad spelling alone! For instant, I finally got my phone to stop changing sh1t to shut by back spacing and retyping-it takes four or five times, but it will eventually work.
I see that the ability to dictate directly into your iPad would explain the number of new discussions you've started recently-I can just imagine if I got a Mini! I always have my phone with me, so I can just imagine having a mini iPad attached to my hand-I have problems touch-typing on my phone, but to dictate? I'd be in heaven!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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14 Dec 12
Can't you dictate into your iPhone? I suppose it depends upon which version of the operating system you are using. I looked at a mini in the store the other day and I can see the appeal. I got my iPad when I was I'll earlier this year and I confess to being addicted to it! I take it virtually everywhere and the boss says that three of us sleep in the bed! It's a good job that she is so broadminded. LOL. I shall see if I can teach it new tricks; thank you for the tip.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
21 Dec 12
I know exactly what you mean, My Ipod drives me nuts with the auto-correct. Sometimes it is a big help when I don't know how to spell words. But it is annoying however.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
21 Dec 12
Lol, that it does..I am however the bad speller at times.
@BarBaraPrz (51823)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 12
A quick search came up with this advice:
To turn off this feature on the iPad, tap the Settings icon. On the Settings screen, select General and then Keyboard. Next to Auto-Correction, switch the on button to off.
If you want to keep autocorrect on to catch typos — but would like an audio alert when it decides to change a word — go back to the General screen and tap Accessibility.
Tap the on button next to Speak Auto-Text to receive an audible warning when autocorrect is modifying text.
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
14 Dec 12
You're not the only one! Look up "damn you auto-correct" and you'll see some very, very funny auto-corrections. I wonder if it's programmed by non-English speakers?!
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It thinks it's your wife? 
@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
9 Feb 13
hahaha for non native English speaker like me I benefit from it Auto correct.. wheee .. i am so happy that this was even put into computers... sometimes I can see my mistakes and learn from it. Glad to have this really. yepeeeeeeee...
About the American English, I have no problem too for our educational system follows English grammar and spelling.
