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I agree that the iPhone autocorrect is utterly frustrating and asinine. It is the worst aspect of the iOS platform. And it's even worse on the iPad, because t

I agree that the iPhone autocorrect is utterly frustrating and asinine. It is the worst aspect of the iOS platform. And it's even worse on the iPad, because the text and the autocorrect UI are that much further away from the keyboard. The problem with disabling autocorrect is that you no longer get the obvious corrections: i -> I, dont -> don't, etc. And even if you leave autocorrect enabled, the iPhone may decide to stop doing those obvious corrections. It's just a complete mess. Let's not forget that the iPhone also has no way for the user to add their own corrections or create custom text expansions. Apple needs to separate the basic text replacement from the more advanced (and problematic) predictive auto-correction. The corrections need to be utterly consistent, easily undoable and redoable, and all without leaving the keyboard. I think for anyone who's used a BlackBerry or, say, TextExpander on the Mac, it's obvious what Apple needs to do to solve the problem. And I really hope they do, because right now iOS devices are not really suitable for typing anything longer than a single sentence.

philwelch 15y ago
"Let's not forget that the iPhone also has no way for the user to add their own corrections or create custom text expansions." That's not true. I've noticed the iPhone autocorrect add words to its dictionary after I use them a few times.
- Jgrubb 15y ago
  Mine, however, just doesn't seem to catch on to the fact that I mean fuck instead of duck, no matter how many times I use the word.
  - uxp 15y ago
    After typing "fuck", which gets replaced to "duck" when you continue on, backspace to the end of the word, and iOS4 will hover a new bubble that "asks" if you would like to undo the correction, as well as list any other suggestions that may be relevant for that case. This is a quick way to train the algorithm into learning your spelling habits.

philwelch 15y ago

"Let's not forget that the iPhone also has no way for the user to add their own corrections or create custom text expansions." That's not true. I've noticed the iPhone autocorrect add words to its dictionary after I use them a few times.

Jgrubb 15y ago
Mine, however, just doesn't seem to catch on to the fact that I mean fuck instead of duck, no matter how many times I use the word.
- uxp 15y ago
  After typing "fuck", which gets replaced to "duck" when you continue on, backspace to the end of the word, and iOS4 will hover a new bubble that "asks" if you would like to undo the correction, as well as list any other suggestions that may be relevant for that case. This is a quick way to train the algorithm into learning your spelling habits.