11:15 Autocorrect and Autocomplete by Traci Gardner

Constraints

tengrrl — 2015-09-30 05:38:17 UTC

How do autocorrect and autocomplete limit your ability to do things you want to do? What do they make difficult for you? Think about which features of autocorrect and autocomplete are intuitive and which features are “hidden” or only available to advanced users. What shortcomings are there to autocorrect and autocomplete?

Affordances

tengrrl — 2015-09-30 05:36:52 UTC

What do autocorrect and autocomplete allow or encourage you to do? What does they make easy for you?

efficiency

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Able to type out messages faster

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ease of typing

Faster typing

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increases typing speed

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Slows down typing process when trying to spell an uncommonly used word/name

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corrects typos

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spell things correctly

Helps those who can't spell

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helps with spelling

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Slows you down if it gives you the incorrect word.

Not knowing exactly what I want to spell all the time

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hinders typing when it guesses wrong

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I don't say duck as much as it assumes

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Creates confusion

Makes it quicker to type long pieces of text

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Help with your spelling and grammar

Text hecka fast

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Doesn't take no for an answer

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can slow down typing if autocorrect guesses your words wrong

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don't even have to type full words

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I second this statement

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lets you quickly use uncommon words you use

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spells out acronyms

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Wastes less time typing out a word

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Carefree

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Type Faster

Doesn't always make the right corrections

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Hokie autocorrects to Homie

usually adds in correct punctuation

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Wont recognize non-words

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creates illusion of spelling and grammar proficiency

When you cant spell something

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Grandmaster flash is there with suggestions for you

Spelling those tricky words

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predictive typing

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Misinterpret spellings of names or other words it does not recognize, so sometimes it adds more time because you have to go back and re-spell things

Hard to type slang words

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Creates some awkward situations

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doesn't punctuate your sentences

Automatically corrects to a word that was not your intended word choice

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Can make embarrassing corrections

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Create embarrassing shortcuts on your friend's phone

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sometimes it saves my misspellings as real words

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A good "hidden" feature is you can click on a word that is underlined in red and it will give you spelling suggestions

makes swype typing possible

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Remembers words I use often and that I don't even have to fully type

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I wanna or gotta, not want to or got to

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I have different length options for "haha"

i hope everyone knows this

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send awful inappropriate texts accidentally because it changed one word

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"Jon Snow" always becomes "JON SNUUUUHHHHHHH"

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