Predictive Text---Auto Correct

bigredsfan83 · Feb 18, 2014

I like the idea of predictive text making it quicker to type email, searches, etc, however....

I find that the keyboard will auto correct certain words that I do not want corrected, as if they don't recognize them as words. It drives me nuts, and the only way to get something to work is not type with spaces. Is the fix as simple as disabling the auto replacement option?

ceva321 · Feb 18, 2014

I'm trying to find the answer to that too. ...

Caker188 · Feb 18, 2014

bigredsfan83 said:
I like the idea of predictive text making it quicker to type email, searches, etc, however....

I find that the keyboard will auto correct certain words that I do not want corrected, as if they don't recognize them as words. It drives me nuts, and the only way to get something to work is not type with spaces. Is the fix as simple as disabling the auto replacement option?

Are you saving those words you don't want corrected to your dictionary? If so, it shouldn't auto correct them.

bigredsfan83 · Feb 18, 2014

Caker188 said:
Are you saving those words you don't want corrected to your dictionary? If so, it shouldn't auto correct them.

Can't add a word it won't recognize it's not spell check

evohicks · Feb 19, 2014

bigredsfan83 said:
Is the fix as simple as disabling the auto replacement option?

It may be, I use predictive text but I just get the replacement words above my keyboard to use if I need them, very handy for spelling.

Bodycount · Feb 19, 2014

bigredsfan83 said:
Can't add a word it won't recognize it's not spell check

Yeah how do you add words to the dictionary so they are never auto corrected again? Can't seem to find the function. Have to keep correcting the auto correct when I text someone my daughters name.

bigredsfan83 · Feb 19, 2014

was typing something on my daughters instagram page last night and wanted to say"'I got 111 on flappy birds, you suck"...all I could type was yousukkkk...lol

Caker188 · Feb 19, 2014

Obviously the word I typed in isn't a word. Just tap on the word and it'll ask you if you want to save it to your dictionary. I'm using Swype keyboard.

bigredsfan83 · Feb 19, 2014

It auto corrects certain words like sick etc....see I typed s u c K and got sick

Caker188 · Feb 19, 2014

Was "suck' in your words list? Since the "i" and "u" are next to each other, It must have went in alphabetical order unless you select the word "suck".

bigredsfan83 · Feb 19, 2014

No it wasn't an option. I went to type suck and it wen to sick corrected....yet know it worked here..and below

Such
Such
Shirt
Duck

See?

Caker188 · Feb 19, 2014

Well, Im out of options. Sorry.

drexappeal · Feb 19, 2014

Turn off auto correct! That was actually my biggest complaint about friends that would text me from iPhones. The auto correct always sucked and they'd have no clue, until I texted them back that their message didn't make sense...LOL.

I turn off auto-correct and just rely on the predictive text to pop-up suggestions on the tabs above the keyboard. It's much faster for me, and also allows the dictionary to start remembering short-hand texting like "ur" or "i c" or "brb", to save characters.

One thing I can say for sure is that Swiftkey is still so much better than Samsung's stock software, at predictive text. Because of the special pop-up I found, to enable s-pen writing when I want, I decided to go back to full time use of Swiftkey keyboard. With the ability to create a 1-handed setup on Swiftkey, there wasn't much reason to stick with Samsung's OEM.

bigredsfan83 · Feb 19, 2014

drexappeal said:
Turn off auto correct! That was actually my biggest complaint about friends that would text me from iPhones. The auto correct always sucked and they'd have no clue, until I texted them back that their message didn't make sense...LOL.

I turn off auto-correct and just rely on the predictive text to pop-up suggestions on the tabs above the keyboard. It's much faster for me, and also allows the dictionary to start remembering short-hand texting like "ur" or "i c" or "brb", to save characters.

One thing I can say for sure is that Swiftkey is still so much better than Samsung's stock software, at predictive text. Because of the special pop-up I found, to enable s-pen writing when I want, I decided to go back to full time use of Swiftkey keyboard. With the ability to create a 1-handed setup on Swiftkey, there wasn't much reason to stick with Samsung's OEM.

I don't see an option to turn off auto correct but did turn off auto replacement so suck an egg works I think lol...I dont mind the keyboard really used swiftkey on my s3 though

drexappeal · Feb 19, 2014

bigredsfan83 said:
I don't see an option to turn off auto correct but did turn off auto replacement so suck an egg works I think lol...I dont mind the keyboard really used swiftkey on my s3 though

Sorry...I meant auto replacement. That's what I meant.

bigredsfan83 · Feb 19, 2014

drexappeal said:
Sorry...I meant auto replacement. That's what I meant.

Yep same here seems fine now.

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