Autocorrect and Autocomplete by Traci Gardner

Affordances

tengrrl — 2014-09-17 05:48:36 UTC

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

Constraints

tengrrl — 2014-09-17 05:49:22 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?

Turns grandma into grandmaster flash

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Don't have to spell so good.

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helps me text and drive. hypothetically. not that i do that ever.

texting quickly

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Helps send a text message faster

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Lets you text while not paying too much attention

Have to spell at least close to the word.

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corrects uncommon words that you actually mean to say- like "Hokie"!

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helps me find words I dont know how to spell

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you can text quickly

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Allows you to not have to think too hard

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sends embarrassing autocorrect messages

gets you into weird situations

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I have never, ever in my life ever meant to say "ducking."

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affords you the ability to send a somewhat coherent message late on Saturday night.

makes really funny wrong corrections

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requires you to understand how settings work to change the defaults

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never spells my last name correctly

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Can sometimes take longer to send a text if you have to change the autocorrect

when less than coherent texting, you can sound coherent

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hey mom!

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saves time

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Turns grandma into grandmaster flash

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I now say HAHAHAHA when I want haha

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Sometimes I feel like Siri just... knows me, you know?

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She reads minds...

allows you to send a message on a saturday night with correctly spelled words that make no damn sense in a sentence together.

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I often don't notice my mistakes so that makes things awkward

Autocorrect finally learned hokies but spells it HOKIES

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when coherent texting, you can sound less than coherent

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Can text without looking

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holds me back from being great

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fixes drunk texts

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constantly reminds you of how terrible a speller you are

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makes me laugh

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Tells your friends that you want to kiss them, when you miss them