How come there's no bloody autocorrect for browsers?
- Thread starter Chrissy
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Chrome does it for me without a plugin
Chrome refuses to autocureect fer mey
I dont means pel chek, A h mean autoocorrect
as in i don't have to do anything, The ballsed up sentence above shoulda' fixed itself as i was typing it
Or, learn to type? Not to be harsh but I hate autocorrect on my phone as it is almost always making errors. Just relax, slow down a bit , and type it correctly. Also helpful, read what you typed before you hit enter. Autocorrect and other contrivances are what is making today's society appear illiterate. I swear it seems 90 percent of the posts I read online are so poorly written I can't even discern the meaning. I don't want to appear to be flaming you personally, just venting frustration on people in general relying on far from perfect software, when the solution is a simple re-read.
Celestialphoenix
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From what I've seen- autocorrect has a habit of picking the wrong words, and as you're relying on it instead of proof-reading it can make things a lot harder to read. The human mind can easily skip past a spelling mistake or mistype but random words really bananna people off.
But yeah- use chrome, its fairly good at highlighting your spelling/grammar.
But yeah- use chrome, its fairly good at highlighting your spelling/grammar.
Anyone know how to change it from american-english to proper english?
chrome://settings/languages
That will take you to the change for you to change it.
Changed from to English(Australian)
Actually, proofreading is less important when editing the wiki. The staff or I personally check over each edit to make sure it "flows" with the rest of the article and doesn't cause confusion. Spelling mistakes, however, are harder to spot on the review screen especially when large chucks of text are changed.
IMHO, the best way of proof reading, especially where spelling errors and consistency errors are concerned, remains to print the document in double line spacing and read the hard copy with a pen in hand to mark the mistakes...
It's because it's spelled "Homo sapiens" and is two words. The heuristics used by autocorrect doesn't usually look that far for suggestions.
@jinbobo: as a language trainer that is indeed my biggest objection to spell/grammar checks: they are mostly incapable of translating the gist of a sentence, let alone an entire text, because they cannot "read between the lines".
As humans we know (mostly) the literal meanings of words but also the metaphoric meanings (though perhaps not all of course). As such, we are able to read sentences/texts and determine which meaning is most appropriate for said context. Especially when translating, the literal meaning is sometimes needed yet at times a metaphor works better...depending on circumstances
In short...people should first learn to use language adequately and appropriately before resorting to auto-whateveryounamethem.
Bel*.
As humans we know (mostly) the literal meanings of words but also the metaphoric meanings (though perhaps not all of course). As such, we are able to read sentences/texts and determine which meaning is most appropriate for said context. Especially when translating, the literal meaning is sometimes needed yet at times a metaphor works better...depending on circumstances
In short...people should first learn to use language adequately and appropriately before resorting to auto-whateveryounamethem.
Bel*.
I can thoroughly recommend Mavis Beacon's typing tutor software, if it's still available. I used it a long time ago to learn to touch type, and I'm pretty fast and fairly accurate. If you can touch type well then autocorrect is not required. I'm with those that find it irritating, not helpful.
Chrome's Autocorrect is still crap regardless. There are multiple occasions I've gotten angry with it of which I can't think of at this precise moment.
IMHO, even though touch typing itself is a valuable asset, it doesn't change the fact that you first of all need a proper command/understanding of the language you're using.
An example is the age-old discussion of whether it's your or you're. If you touch type but don't know which of the two you need to use then the fact that you're touch typing doesn't alter the mistake of using your when you should really be using you're...
Because most people hate autocorrect and it causes more typos than it fixes? Also it takes all of 3 seconds to READ what you've typed before hitting Post.... I mean FFS, if you can't be bothered to proof read what you're writing, then honestly I can't be bothered to read it at all.