- Auto correct
For sometime now I have been threatening to write ups about auto correct. Guess what today is? I Wai type using a set of headphones and a program that prints what I say. I must speak clearly and enunciate correctly. But I also must contend with the nefarious auto correct. It doesn’t always like what I say nor does it know the difference between 22 and two or which witch is which. It amuses me and it frustrates me.
There is a wonderful joke I remember about a woman who is texting her boss to say that she is home sick with a cold. The auto correct sent the message at home in bed with a clown. I laughed myself silly. Now I will admit that day I am being super careful to see how much I can get out correctly. And wouldn’t you know it, today the auto car seems to be taking a break. I spoke too soon but we all go through this.
I was doing an art show a few years ago and they asked me for a bit of a biography. Where did I get my ideas for painting and so on. I wrote about how I had canoed in northern Ontario and swim in the ocean off the Atlantic provinces. And you see auto corrected exactly what someone did to my biography. Instead of using the word swim, no my dictation will not take it. There are three chances, I said tenses: swim, swim, swim. Nope my dictation will not take it. So what I’m going to do is I am going to take this a few paragraphs and correct them. Some of the errors are AutoCorrect and some of the errors are my dictation program refusing to recognize words.
Does this frustrate me? Yes. But life is a continual speedbump. Some of them are easy to step over and some are a challenge. But it sure as hell ain’t boring!
2 . AutoCorrect
For some time now I have been threatening to write a post about AutoCorrect. Guess what today is? I am typing using a set of headphones and a program that prints what I say. I must speak clearly and enunciate correctly. But I also must contend with the nefarious AutoCorrect. It doesn’t always like what I say nor does it know the difference between to, too and two or which witch is which. It amuses me and it frustrates me.
There is a wonderful joke I remember about a woman who is texting her boss to say that she is home in bed sick with a cold. The AutoCorrect sent the message “at home in bed with a clown”. I laughed myself silly. Now I will admit that today I am being super careful to see how much I can get out correctly. And wouldn’t you know it, today the Autocorrect seems to be taking a break. I spoke too soon but we’ll all get through this.
I was doing an art show a few years ago and they asked me for a bit of a biography. Where did I get my ideas for painting and so on? I wrote about how I have canoed in northern Ontario and swum in the ocean off the Atlantic provinces. And AutoCorrect did exactly what someone did to my biography. Instead of using the word swum, they used swam. There are three tenses: swim, swam, swum. My dictation will not take it and neither will AutoCorrect. So, I am going to take these few paragraphs and correct them. Some of the errors are AutoCorrect and some of the errors are my dictation program refusing to recognize words.
Does this frustrate me? Yes. But life is a continual set of speed bumps. Some of them are easy to step over and some are a challenge. But it sure as hell ain’t boring!
Merriam Webster says:
Swim is an irregular verb; swam is the past tense of swim, while swum is the past participle. Swum is used after have, as in “I have swum in that pool before.”
Very frustrating indeed.
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Yes. But it can be amusing.
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Then there are all of those hyphens that the old unautomated dictionary never used. And that spellchecker with its chequered past constantly requires. And please do not try to use one’s full vocabulary. It will vex and it does wreck the spellchecker. If we get too wordy well like you said interesting things happen. Technology is our friend. If the programming is right and the word list is adequate.
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Technology is a tool that occasionally needs to be unplugged.
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And drubbed a few times.
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I have swum in the sea of autocorrect-induced typos many times. It is frustrating. I’ve been taking screen shots of some of the worst examples. Maybe I’ll share dkneday. (I left that one in for you. My autocorrect spells worse than I do).
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hahaha Maybe it’s code!
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Maybe.
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I must read what I type or auto correct takes over, like an evil spoiler.
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I try to be vigilant but I don’t always catch it.
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I don’t either. Sigh!
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Great post. I double check every word I type as I go along. I can’t believe the substitute words autocorrect comes up with.
I have a friend who NEVER proofreads her text. What I get to read is a riot. 😂
Ginger
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It is built in humour!!
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If auto-correct was set up so that you needed to somehow indicate acceptance of their substitution before they substitute, it would help. This is particularly true for texting.
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I don’t it could handle logic! I like the idea.
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I divorced my auto correct, then she sued me for
answersarrogancealtruismsalimony (or all of the above) 😂 🤣LikeLiked by 1 person
hahaha. Fickle bitch!
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Funny stuff, Pam. Thank you.
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Glad you enjoyed it John.
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😊
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I turned off autocorrect the day I got my first computer and have never looked back since. : )
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Smart
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Are use dictation a lot. The name of my town is Naco. Usually when I speak, the computer right knuckle.
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hahah That put a smile on my face!
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I’m always (sometimes) interested in knowing what’s on my auto-correct’s mind, LOL
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hahah. I always thought it was a Black Hole.
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And awaaaaay we gooooo!!!
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This is a delightful little fun pun on the helper that unhelps more than it helps.
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ahaha. What a great way to look at it!
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