I HATE SPELL CHECK!!!!!

[warren5421]

I HATE SPELL CHECK!!!!! If you don't reread several times your eyes sees what you think you typed not what spell check thinks you want.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

I hate filthy mutts running around the neighborhood off the leash, barking and crapping everywhere. I hate their dogs, too.

 

[Mobuck]

We call it 'auto-fill' and it is annoying. Happened a lot when texting cause I'm often in a big hurry.

 

[Chief 101]

I sold a boat motor on Marketplace yesterday and the first replyer wanted to buy a motel. I bypassed him and went to about the 6th replyer that actually wrote somethin in English that was not incorrect computer stuff...

 

[MaxMan]

Yes, I know. It's my worst enema.

 

[BULL'S-EYE]

AutoCorrect is most definitely a PITA...But, is also quite easily disabled.

 

[arfmel]

You guys know you can turn off autocorrect and spell check, right?

 

[Armybrat]

You guys know you can turn off autocorrect and spell check, right?

No, I don’t know how to do that.
Please tell me because I really get mad when it spells something other than what I actually typed…. and missed because I have the bad habit of not proofreading before hitting “submit” or “post reply”.

 

[arfmel]

It varies depending on the device. I'd suggest an internet search of "how to turn off spell check on a (insert device name)"

On my iphone it's

Settings
General
Keyboard

Then slide the green bar by "spell check"
and/or "auto correct" to the left to disable that feature.

 

[gnappi]

It's the programmers not auto correct.

I worked in IBM's labs in the "Natural Computing Center" and back in the 90's we had handwriting and speech recognition down 100% flawless.

The speech reco was so good it had a spell checker with a "forward looking context lexicon" which was infallible and transportable to any keyboard dictionary.

The PHD that developed it sat across the hall from me and when it was near complete her asked me if I could come up with a sentence to try to confuse it, I went there and spoke in the mic...

"I'm going to the Capitol to spend some capital"

It nailed the spelling perfectly and after that not one engineer in the unit could trick it into making an error.

Unfortunately everyone wants FREE technology and AFAIK none paid to use the licensed product.

 

[MaxMan]

Hell Schreck woks grate. I sever hove a insult which it chant fit.

Wow fluent Klingon

 

[RC44Mag]

Was just texting my nephew out in California. He's at the Harold Bray USS Indianapolis dedication in Benicia. Mr Bray was the last Indy survivor to die.
I just texted gibberish to him that a 2nd grader would say WTF is this! I'm not a good typer, small iPhone fat fingers and the auto correct always gets me.

 

[BearBiologist]

Not as bad to use as to try to figure out what someone MEANT when the DID NOT use it!

 

[GasGuzzler]

It's not spell check that's the issue, it's auto-correct that makes us look dumb. Internet forums are proof we need spell check.

 

[TADD68]

 

[vito]

I've made it a habit to proofread every text and email before sending it. Sometimes the autocorrect feature will make some weird choices that totally change the intent of the communication. Proofreading slows the process down a bit, but its worth it.

 

[JiminMaine]

A Priest, a Minister and a Rabbit walk into a bar....

 

[Gopher]

I use a program called Grammarly which corrects spelling as you go and depending on which version you use, your grammar.
I only speak Texan and my spelling isn't the best.

 

[el caminero]

Ghay'cha, qaStaHuls nuq

Thats easy for you to say.

 

[Randyzzz]

Voice to text is the worst, because there is no proofreading before it goes!

 

[Randyzzz]

I use that feature often on my I Phone and have it set to read it back before sending.

I should do that. I was texting a friend to “Just use a magnet on the end of a stick.” Only the stupid thing spelled stick with a “D”. That was good for about 10 minutes of laughs.

 

[JackpineWillie]

Spell check-GOOD, Auto correct-VERY BAD

 

[blume357]

The problem I have with voice to f on my iPhone is the delete button is just below the send button and often when I try correct the stupid interpretation I hit 'send'.

I have always been a terrible speller and now of late my typing ability has gotten bad.... but what I finally have learned... it when I can't get a word spelled right and the dern spell correct can fix it I just ask Siri how to spell the word. The really cool thing is she does and on top of that does not say, "just look it up in the dictionary"... which is what my teachers always said.... how do you look a word up that you don't know how to spell?

 

[Mike J]

The problem I have with voice to f on my iPhone is the delete button is just below the send button and often when I try correct the stupid interpretation I hit 'send'.

I have always been a terrible speller and now of late my typing ability has gotten bad.... but what I finally have learned... it when I can't get a word spelled right and the dern spell correct can fix it I just ask Siri how to spell the word. The really cool thing is she does and on top of that does not say, "just look it up in the dictionary"... which is what my teachers always said.... how do you look a word up that you don't know how to spell?

Good question.

 

[GasGuzzler]

how do you look a word up that you don't know how to spell?

Same as a trouble tree. Start down a path then adapt as you find the spelling.

 

[Fox Mike]

Voice to text is the worst, because there is no proofreading before it goes!

True. My audiologist sent me a message that way and my residence (Havre de Grace) came through as "havertygrace"

 

[ned]

time to recycle an old one

 

[Cofaler]

A few years ago the auto-correct on my phone went through a spell where it seemed to want to correct a lot of stuff with 'anal'. Needless to say, it got me proof reading my stuff very carefully...