Spelling Auto-correct Question

[mer4343]

Doesn't work for iPhone either. Must have been fixed with 4.2

 

[Heaviside]

Settings, Keybosrd, Autocorrect = Off.

 

[Darian]

Heaviside; I could just turn it off, but as a couple of us said, I rather like the auto correct. I just thought there'd be simple way to add words (like one's name) to its' dictionary.

I'll keep it on, and just hope one day there will be a way for it recognize odd names, words etc.

Darian

 

[zetmatt]

I have experienced a similar problem when I would type "in", my iPad would autocorrect to "I'n". I don't know how it learned that, but I was able to make it un-learn the wrong word by going into an app where autocorrect functions (just about everywhere), and i typed "in in in in in in in in in in in in" several times, while hitting the little autocorrect "x" that popped up when it was trying to correct me to "I'n". That fixed it.

Just like it can automatically learn new words like my daughter's name, Maggie, it can un-learn any autocorrect word if you hit the little x 10-times or so.

 

[Superbike81]

"I'n" ????

LOL!

iOS is so SMRT

 

[f4780y]

ManualCorrect is a nice Cydia tweak which has really improved things for me.
It changes the default behaviour so you must touch the suggested correction to accept it rather than it being "auto".
Look it up and try it out!

 

[Munky]

I installed it, and it is nice...but could be improved upon. Do you have any idea where the actual dictionary is in the filesystem?

 

[Superbike81]

Nothing is ever perfect, but it's for sure a hell of a lot better than the stock auto-correct.

 

[zetmatt]

Nothing is ever perfect, but it's for sure a he'll of a lot better than the stock auto-correct.

"he'll"... looks like you got corrected by the iPad autocorrect" ;-)

 

[Superbike81]

Haha, I didn't even notice that! I guess the iPad doesn't like strong language. LOL

 

[Blondedaisy]

Hi Munky. I understand your frustration as I call most people hun and I always had to go back and change the 'h' to lowercase. This is easily fixed if you go to settings, keyboard, shortcuts: type 'hun' in phrase and 'hun' in shortcut (both lowercase). From now on all your 'huns' will be lowercase! I have an iPhone 5 so I hope it is the same for iPad

 

[f4780y]

Hi Munky. I understand your frustration as I call most people hun and I always had to go back and change the 'h' to lowercase. This is easily fixed if you go to settings, keyboard, shortcuts: type 'hun' in phrase and 'hun' in shortcut (both lowercase). From now on all your 'huns' will be lowercase! I have an iPhone 5 so I hope it is the same for iPad

Welcome to the forums Blondedaisy.

We very much appreciate your contribution here, and the forums are all about helping folks out.
A word of friendly advice though
Before you reply to a thread, it is good practice to check the date when the posts were made. In this case, the questions were started back in October 2010! After 18 months of inactivity it's pretty unlikely that the OP still has the problem, and resurrecting an old dead thread isn't always a good idea
You may also find that problems no longer exist, because they were fixed by Apple, or the issues are completely different now. One of the messages above suggested the original problem was fixed by Apple back in IOS 4.2!

But again, don't let that put you off. We really do appreciate you joining in and helping the community.
Have fun!