Spell check grinding my gears

[eljefino]

In the last couple of months there's been an automatic spell check for what I type. I hope its dictionary allows local control. For example

Carquest has been auto corrected to car quest.
Spellcheck is also considered to be two words.

It "figures it out" when I backspace and retype what I meant to type the first time, so it's not super aggressive.

Maybe this thread could serve as a list of suggestions for the big black book of BITOGisms?

 

[supton]

I turned it off on my iPad. My iPhone seems ok... but then again, I don't type much on it.

In Office it works ok. But dang if it doesn't think HSA is supposed to be HAS. No idea why. I fixed it one time, updating the dictionary... only to have it lose it on some update. I do like the fact that it auto capitalizes, but sometimes I think I'd be better off turning off all the auto stuff and letting me type badly. Squiggle the red lines to let me know it thinks I did wrong... but make me be the one to fix it (because sometimes it's what I actually wanted). If it stopped doing things for me, I'd go back to doing it myself. Like I did... in the bad old days. Which makes me think they weren't that bad after all. You know, when I had to re-read what I wrote, and think about what I wanted to say, and think in the first place, and think about if I really wanted to say that in the end, after typing it all out.

I will admit. I am one of the luddites who wants nothing to do with AI.

 

[eljefino]

Wait, is it my browser or BITOG?

 

[TheLastWord]

AI will fix it

 

[factorytuned2012]

In the last couple of months there's been an automatic spell check for what I type. I hope its dictionary allows local control. For example

Carquest has been auto corrected to car quest.
Spellcheck is also considered to be two words.

It "figures it out" when I backspace and retype what I meant to type the first time, so it's not super aggressive.

Maybe this thread could serve as a list of suggestions for the big black book of BITOGisms?

iPhone has a very aggressive spell check/auto correct it burns me.. Bad

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Spellcheck hasn't got it yet! Maybe after 5 years of AI they'll get it right but don't bet the big bucks on it.

 

[factorytuned2012]

Spellcheck hasn't got it yet! Maybe after 5 years of AI they'll get it right but don't bet the big bucks on it.

my wife understands me more than AI will ever.

 

[99Saturn]

Wait, is it my browser or BITOG?

Pretty sure it's your browser. I don't get autocorrected on BITOG.

 

[supton]

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/can-you-read

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Years ago I read a paragraph in a Reader's Digest magazine that seemed off... until I got to the last sentence, where it delivered the punchline. Not nearly as bad as above. Wish I could find it again.

But get "jive" and "jibe" wrong and the internet will never let you forget.

 

[JRay’07]

Sometimes I use the autocomplete feature in search engines as my spell checking tool. Even words that are spelled correctly can appear wrong to me on occasion. The more I rely on technology the worse my spelling ability gets.

 

[Slick3914]

I turned it off on my iPad. My iPhone seems ok... but then again, I don't type much on it.

In Office it works ok. But dang if it doesn't think HSA is supposed to be HAS. No idea why. I fixed it one time, updating the dictionary... only to have it lose it on some update. I do like the fact that it auto capitalizes, but sometimes I think I'd be better off turning off all the auto stuff and letting me type badly. Squiggle the red lines to let me know it thinks I did wrong... but make me be the one to fix it (because sometimes it's what I actually wanted). If it stopped doing things for me, I'd go back to doing it myself. Like I did... in the bad old days. Which makes me think they weren't that bad after all. You know, when I had to re-read what I wrote, and think about what I wanted to say, and think in the first place, and think about if I really wanted to say that in the end, after typing it all out.

I will admit. I am one of the luddites who wants nothing to do with AI.

The HSA thing drives me bonkers, considering I work in banking.

 

[wwillson]

Wait, is it my browser or BITOG?

Your browser or your phone. BITOG has no spell check.