Ged MaheuxMar 3, 2023
I swear to god I’m spending way too much time correcting autocorrect these days. It’s gotten SO bad. 😩
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It’s gotten so bad I have re-read my own posts several times before I send them to scan for words I DID NOT TYPE. Like things out of the complete blue that make no sense or typos of letters that are not anywhere near each other.

Thank goodness for Mastodon’s ability to edit posts, I swear. It’s like iOS is gaslighting us with the keyboard and it’s crazy maddening.

Mar 3, 2023 at 1:55pmIvory for iOS
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 3, 2023
My wife just sent me this. OMG. 😂
Show threadmartynpieMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm A++ gif game.
Show threadjpetticrewMar 3, 2023

@gedeonm Have you seen where if you start a sentence with “well” it will autocorrect to “we’ll” but if you leave it alone, when you complete the sentence, it will switch it to “well?”

Which is what I typed in the first place…

Show threadGed MaheuxMar 3, 2023
@jpetticrew Yep, one of the worst autocorrect offenders.
Show threadCarlRJMar 3, 2023
@jpetticrew @gedeonm woe be unto you if you try to start a sentence with the capitalized version of “ill” - say, “Ill winds are blowing.” Every single time, AutoCarrot will “helpfully” “fix” this to “I’ll”, which MAKES ZERO SENSE.
Show threadSaid Aljabri Mar 3, 2023
@gedeonm
Show threadJeremy GonisMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm my favorite is We'll and well. Seriously. Take the initiative to know, from context clues, that I mean well, and not we will. "Machine learning" my ass.
Show threadJustin ScholzMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm the only true answer is
Show threadCarlRJMar 3, 2023
@jmovs @gedeonm 😂😂😂 if we were on Reddit I’d be giving you some sort of award for that - here I can only favorite and boost.
Show threadCarlRJMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm actually, this is also shows a related problem I run into - getting “n” or “m” instead of <space>. And it happens a lot. And I can’t be the only one. And AutoCarrot NEVER takes this into account (hmm, that one long incorrect word has an “m” in the middle, and if you change the “m” into a space, the result is two legit words that work fine in this context, so, you know, •do that• - or at least suggest it).
Show threadZak8022 Mar 3, 2023
@carlrj @gedeonm I’m with you… I regularly get “b” instead of space.
Show threadCory OldweilerMar 5, 2023
@gedeonm I’m just glad to see I’m not the only person who hits m instead of the space bar. It is SO frequent that it boggles my mind why it isn’t recognized. Between that and changing “in” to “I’m” every. single. time. it makes me want to just dictate everything.
Show threadConorMar 5, 2023
@gedeonm I wonder if the thing where you type it and then press the X3 times to decline still works
Show threadSamMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm glad it’s not just me. Autocorrect is insisting lately that nee is a *far better* word than new here
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 3, 2023
@purplelime
Show threadJohn HoodMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm I feel your pain, buddy!
Show threadSpacewizard! (Ed H)Mar 3, 2023
@gedeonm Add me to the data set. Autocorrect is constantly choosing uncommon words when a far more common word is available
Show threadRob ParkerMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm My wife and I have talked about this for the last few years. We feel so stupid, like we’re just too old and dumb to be able to hit the right keys. I’m sure that things have changed over the last several years because it never used to be this bad. Glad to hear it isn’t just me.
Show threadjgeorgeMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm Mine likes to change “(“ to “(a “ for some random reason, which messes up parenthetical elements (which I use all the time, it’s a writing quirk). Case in point:
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 3, 2023
@jgeorge Wow.
Show threadmrpommerMar 9, 2023

@jgeorge @gedeonm in my case “ (and ” always becomes “ (Zan’s ”.

Who is Zan?

Show threadrardk64Mar 3, 2023
@gedeonm sometimes I find a keyboard reset is helpful. But we can only do so much to stop autocorrect from fighting against me 😤
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 3, 2023
@rardk64 How do you do this if I may ask? cc @Verso
Show threadrardk64Mar 3, 2023

@gedeonm @Verso I posted a quick screen recording in this reply here

in short: settings>general>Transfer or Reset>press Reset and choose Reset Keyboard Dictionary

https://mastodon.social/@rardk64/109960230370901728

Show threadrardk64Mar 3, 2023
@gedeonm @Verso this won't magically fix all of autocorrect's issues of course, but it helps to unlearn some of the crazier accidental saves that I do sometimes (by hitting this option when typing for example, that'll save it to the keyboard dictionary usually)
Show threadrardk64Mar 3, 2023
@gedeonm @Verso and this will also unlearn some useful things you've taught it over the years, but you can pretty quickly teach those by again selecting that leftmost suggestion box after typing it
Show threadKelly GuimontMar 3, 2023

@rardk64 @gedeonm first, THANK YOU for posting this!! I'll be sad to lose autocorrupt but honestly if it means my phone never thinks I meant to type "nee" or whatever other stupid thing it keeps insisting on, that's a fair trade at this point.

Second, I appreciate the followup video so much! You win at Friday. An explainy post after my own heart. (: 💚💚

Show threadrardk64Mar 3, 2023
@Verso @gedeonm happy to help! I think they buried this setting a bit recently, I wish they wouldn't. I also wish they'd just let us have more manual control of the dictionary it uses, but hey that's Apple 😄
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 3, 2023
@rardk64 @Verso Thanks!
Show threadMikeMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm I have the same experience. What is crazy are the words it autocorrects to. They are not real words. Wtf is happening there.
Show threadelle mundyMar 4, 2023
@gedeonm the swipe keyboard is so bad sometimes
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 4, 2023
@exchgr I’m curious if it’s that bad with predictive turned off or not. But yeah, wow.
Show threadelle mundyMar 4, 2023
@gedeonm yep, still pretty bad
Show threadGed MaheuxMar 4, 2023
@exchgr Just crazy! Thx for that.