Is there any way to set the standard predictive text to use most common words? I'm sick of dropping down the list to search for the right word.
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Dion.
I have no problems with it since I use.full English and very little slang. If you use a lot of slang then your going to have to add the words to the dictionary. I have added a few words already. But overall, it is the best predictive text I've ever used
No offence mate but that doesn't help at all. For instance the first word I typed, ''No'' was predicted as on so I chose No but it still uses on as the first prediction it does this with any common word I use.
Ok that is weird. Try turning it off or reboot your phone or something. It works a dream for me and I just typed in no and it was fine. Check words like amd which should come up as and. I couldn't tell you what the problem was. I just guess that it its that bad for you then just fully disable it
It's not a big deal, but I wanna know if this irritates anyone else. When I try to type "it's" in lower case letters, it keeps wanting to auto correct to "its". Seriously, they are two different words with two different meanings so why doesn't Android keyboards (HTC's or Stock's) recognize "it's" as a word?
There's a bunch like that, but "it's" is the one that, by far, gets to me the most. Anyone know a fix or is anyone else at least irritated with Android's apparent hatred for proper grammar?
Simple answer to a technical quesiton....
programmers are better at programming then they are at grammar. Computer science, not English major, ya know.
AbsolutZeroGI said:
It's not a big deal, but I wanna know if this irritates anyone else. When I try to type "it's" in lower case letters, it keeps wanting to auto correct to "its". Seriously, they are two different words with two different meanings so why doesn't Android keyboards (HTC's or Stock's) recognize "it's" as a word?
There's a bunch like that, but "it's" is the one that, by far, gets to me the most. Anyone know a fix or is anyone else at least irritated with Android's apparent hatred for proper grammar?
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I've run into the same problem. It is rather annoying and I've found now fix for it. Before I rooted, it recognized that when I would type "its" that I primarily meant "it's," although it provided options for "its" and "it's." I don't know what happened, if it was a fluke in the system and completely unrelated to rooting, or what.
Also, trying to press the arrow for more options when having typed "its" provides no option "it's," I've noticed. One workaround, I've found, is to only type "it" and the option for "it's" will usually be the fourth option listed, without the need to press the arrow to look for other suggestions.
Just something I've noticed.
Is does come with the option to add words, correct? Is it hard to add a word that you deem should be there? When I type it's with the HTC keyboard nothing else shows up. Unless I forget the ' then it shows its and It's...
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craigbailey1986 said:
Is does come with the option to add words, correct? Is it hard to add a word that you deem should be there? When I type it's with the HTC keyboard nothing else shows up. Unless I forget the ' then it shows its and It's...
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On the HTC keyboard, that's my primary problem. Can't add "it's" because it's already in the dictionary. If I want the grammatically correct "it's" I either have to type the apostrophe myself or settle for it being capitalized.
As for the gingerbread keyboards. I don't think there is a fix. It's in the dictionary, but typing "i", "it" or even "its" doesn't pop the option up.
I guess I'm doomed to avoiding that word entirely or just sucking it up and typing it out.
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swype has "it's" and it can be swyped very easily. Maybe it's time I adopted it entirely and used it exclusively.
AbsolutZeroGI said:
On the HTC keyboard, that's my primary problem. Can't add "it's" because it's already in the dictionary. If I want the grammatically correct "it's" I either have to type the apostrophe myself or settle for it being capitalized.
As for the gingerbread keyboards. I don't think there is a fix. It's in the dictionary, but typing "i", "it" or even "its" doesn't pop the option up.
I guess I'm doomed to avoiding that word entirely or just sucking it up and typing it out.
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swype has "it's" and it can be swyped very easily. Maybe it's time I adopted it entirely and used it exclusively.
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Well grammatically speaking you would have to put the apostrophe there, so I assume you are looking for it to automatically be there with out you imputting it?
**Also cant check now because I am changing roms and phone stuck on htc screen, but have you checked the down arrow to see if it shows "it's" in lower case?
So let me get this straight, you are complaining that tapping "its" outputs "its" and that you have to tap "it's" to output "it's" right?
PS: not that I don't trust you but being that this is on the internet I need proof of a sample sentence to prove you are using the proper "its/it's."
PPS: I use Swype and often you have to Swype over the apostrophe to get certain words to work right. "Don't" for example can be picky if not Swyped exactly (comes up doubt a lot for me, but I'm a sloppy Swyper).
rstuckmaier said:
So let me get this straight, you are complaining that tapping "its" outputs "its" and that you have to tap "it's" to output "it's" right?
PS: not that I don't trust you but being that this is on the internet I need proof of a sample sentence to prove you are using the proper "its/it's."
PPS: I use Swype and often you have to Swype over the apostrophe to get certain words to work right. "Don't" for example can be picky if not Swyped exactly (comes up doubt a lot for me, but I'm a sloppy Swyper).
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My problem, good sir, is that when I want to type "it's", it wants to auto correct to "its". Therefore, every time I type out "it's", I must also tap on "it's" in the auto correct bar so that it stays that way.
Proper usage:
"It's a nice day outside." A contraction of it and is. It can also be a contraction of it or has. Thus, "It's been a good time, man!"
"I don't know what it is, but you should probably get out of its way." "Its" being a possessive pronoun in that sentence. You can tell if you want to tell the difference, you can substitute "her" or "his". If it still fits, then you're using the possessive pronoun version and not the contraction version.
The problem is the keyboard only wants to enter the possessive pronoun and not the contraction.
As for swype, I love that you can just swype over the apostrophe without having to change tot he symbols keyboard or hold down the symbols keyboard button and move over to select it. Most of my friends don't even care, but I kind of do.
craigbailey1986 said:
Well grammatically speaking you would have to put the apostrophe there, so I assume you are looking for it to automatically be there with out you imputting it?
**Also cant check now because I am changing roms and phone stuck on htc screen, but have you checked the down arrow to see if it shows "it's" in lower case?
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The option for "it's" doesn't even come up in the auto spell and yes, I'd like it to. I would like to type "its" and have the option to choose "its" or "it's" but I do not get that option. I know on the Gingerbread keyboard, you have to type "Il" to get "I'll" to pop up in the auto spell, but it won't pop up for "ill". It's silly, I know, but it's also stupid. Someone in the programming chain needs to add contractions to the dictionary and make them options. To be frank, it would not be that hard.
AbsolutZeroGI said:
My problem, good sir, is that when I want to type "it's", it wants to auto correct to "its". Therefore, every time I type out "it's", I must also tap on "it's" in the auto correct bar so that it stays that way.
Proper usage:
"It's a nice day outside." A contraction of it and is. It can also be a contraction of it or has. Thus, "It's been a good time, man!"
"I don't know what it is, but you should probably get out of its way." "Its" being a possessive pronoun in that sentence. You can tell if you want to tell the difference, you can substitute "her" or "his". If it still fits, then you're using the possessive pronoun version and not the contraction version.
The problem is the keyboard only wants to enter the possessive pronoun and not the contraction.
As for swype, I love that you can just swype over the apostrophe without having to change tot he symbols keyboard or hold down the symbols keyboard button and move over to select it. Most of my friends don't even care, but I kind of do.
The option for "it's" doesn't even come up in the auto spell and yes, I'd like it to. I would like to type "its" and have the option to choose "its" or "it's" but I do not get that option. I know on the Gingerbread keyboard, you have to type "Il" to get "I'll" to pop up in the auto spell, but it won't pop up for "ill". It's silly, I know, but it's also stupid. Someone in the programming chain needs to add contractions to the dictionary and make them options. To be frank, it would not be that hard.
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Well hope you figure something out, obviously it's really bothering you.... though I don't think it's that big of a deal. The time it takes you to look for the "it's" in the auto correct feel you could have hit the '.....also I tried to add it to the dictionary and guess what it added it!!!!!!
Once I type "it" it's shows up in the auto correct field!!!!!!!!!!
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AbsolutZeroGI said:
My problem, good sir, is that when I want to type "it's", it wants to auto correct to "its". Therefore, every time I type out "it's", I must also tap on "it's" in the auto correct bar so that it stays that way.
Proper usage:
"It's a nice day outside." A contraction of it and is. It can also be a contraction of it or has. Thus, "It's been a good time, man!"
"I don't know what it is, but you should probably get out of its way." "Its" being a possessive pronoun in that sentence. You can tell if you want to tell the difference, you can substitute "her" or "his". If it still fits, then you're using the possessive pronoun version and not the contraction version.
The problem is the keyboard only wants to enter the possessive pronoun and not the contraction.
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Very well then. I must have misread or mistook someone else's post. I didn't realize you were, in fact, using the apostrophe. In that case I am of no help. These weren't the droids I was looking for.
craigbailey1986 said:
Well hope you figure something out, obviously it's really bothering you.... though I don't think it's that big of a deal. The time it takes you to look for the "it's" in the auto correct feel you could have hit the '.....also I tried to add it to the dictionary and guess what it added it!!!!!!
Once I type "it" it's shows up in the auto correct field!!!!!!!!!!
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It does it for pretty much all 3 letter contraction (I'll, it's, etc) which keyboard are you using? It definitely won't work on Gingerbread because that's what I'm using right now. HTC IME is sketchy, it depends on whether it's stock or themed; or so it would seem. It's not a problem so much as being annoying. If I'm not paying attention, it'll enter the wrong word. Then, because I'm OCD about my spelling and grammar (at least in text messages), I gotta go back and change it.
rstuckmaier said:
*snip* These weren't the droids I was looking for.
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Darn, thank you for your time, sir!
AbsolutZeroGI said:
It does it for pretty much all 3 letter contraction (I'll, it's, etc) which keyboard are you using? It definitely won't work on Gingerbread because that's what I'm using right now. HTC IME is sketchy, it depends on whether it's stock or themed; or so it would seem. It's not a problem so much as being annoying. If I'm not paying attention, it'll enter the wrong word. Then, because I'm OCD about my spelling and grammar (at least in text messages), I gotta go back and change it.
Darn, thank you for your time, sir!
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I am using a regular HTC IME keyboard. But not the one with the arrows, but it is working for me
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For what it's worth I used all three keyboards I have installed (Swype, Gingerbread Stock, and Swiftkey) and typed (or Swyped) its and all three had it's as an option. In fact, with Swiftkey I only typed it and it was an option. If you hurry Swiftkey is free from the Amazon App Store today only.
This could be because of my own dictionary so take it for what it's worth.
craigbailey1986 said:
I am using a regular HTC IME keyboard. But not the one with the arrows, but it is working for me
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I'll have to give it a try, I've only used the one with the arrows. Maybe there's a difference?
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I'm torn between the overall aesthetic of the Gingerbread keyboard and the usefulness of HTC's autocorrect. I've used both extensively, and while the GBread keyboard is average with autocorrect, HTC's somehow turns even the most drunken gibberish into exactly the word I was looking for. Half the time I have problems trying to find something it CAN'T fix.
Is there a way to somehow sideload HTC's autocorrect genius into the stock's library? Alternatively, I guess, I could theme HTC's to look just like GBread but I like too many things about the usefulness of the GBread keyboard's layout. Really, I just want it to be as good/sensory as the one that came with the phone. Is the keyboard's prediction/correction stored in a .lib file that I can mesh with stock's or something?
sobis1dm said:
I'm torn between the overall aesthetic of the Gingerbread keyboard and the usefulness of HTC's autocorrect. I've used both extensively, and while the GBread keyboard is average with autocorrect, HTC's somehow turns even the most drunken gibberish into exactly the word I was looking for. Half the time I have problems trying to find something it CAN'T fix.
Is there a way to somehow sideload HTC's autocorrect genius into the stock's library? Alternatively, I guess, I could theme HTC's to look just like GBread but I like too many things about the usefulness of the GBread keyboard's layout. Really, I just want it to be as good/sensory as the one that came with the phone. Is the keyboard's prediction/correction stored in a .lib file that I can mesh with stock's or something?
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+1 I'd love to know this too. Plus, getting the "user dictionary" to work on a GB keyboard.
I think you can make a user dictionary just by double tapping the word up in the autocorrect suggestions that the GB keyboard DOES have. It'll just say "tap again to save."
sobis1dm said:
I think you can make a user dictionary just by double tapping the word up in the autocorrect suggestions that the GB keyboard DOES have. It'll just say "tap again to save."
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It does, but very occasionally I'll do it too fast (type a word, double tap) and realize that it's spelled wrong. Then, I can't go back in and change the word. That and every time I flash a Rom, I gotta slowly input all my spellings back in (I'm a hockey fan, so there's a lot of Bryzgalov, Kostitsyn, Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, etc). I tried backing it up on Titanium, but restoring it never does anything.
Oh well. I hope you get an answer to your question though (kinda using our conversation as an excuse to bump for ya lol).
But go to Koni's Elite Series III and check out the keyboard his rom uses. it's kind of like GB but still has a superior auto spell. Could be the best of both worlds if this idea doesn't work.
Help me please. It's driving me crazy I can't get my Samsung keyboard to allow me to type and curse word. It always changes it to something else. It's very frustrating to tell someone that
"You're full of shipping you funding pig"
This is not a troll post. Lol I'm an idiot. This is just too funny. Please I'm serious.
Why is it doing this. Where is the setting to fix this it is major annoying.
Ps for the slow to catch on. Shipping is supposed to be a curse word. And funding is too.
Lol its just so funny. It's like my phone is a born again Christian all of a sudden. It used to curse like a sailor
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Have you gone into settings> language and inputs> click the settings icon to the right of Samsung keyboard> predictive text-click it to turn it off
Yea I did it. And I don't want it to stop it completely. I just want to add words to the phones internal dictionary I guess. I just can't figure how.
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Not sure what's up, personally prefer Swype, you can type out the word, tap on it and add it to your dictionary...played with the samsung and couldn't figure it out either...it says it will learn the words and phrases you use most...guess you just have to keep trying...
I'm not sure what you mean as the Samsung keyboard does not have auto-correction. Whatever I type is what it sends. I know that there is prediction, but that is only if I click on the predicted word, then it will choose that word or else if I type "lets" it won't automatically change to "let's". If there is an option to do that, I would love to know where do I turn it on?
Just type the word a pick it from the list it wont auto correct but use the word enough it'll show up in prediction area, not sure why you think it's auto correct
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Ok so this is just an annoying pet peeve...but as one example, I often mistype the word "just" as "juat," and I've never clicked to save the word or have in my personal dictionary, but now the keyboard autocorrect stops changing "juat" to "just." Other words included are "thks" for "this," "garvage" to "garbage" and "lll" to "lol." To clarify, thks problem comes with the LG Optimus keyboard, it's not like the standard/stock ice cream sandwich one. Not sure exactly how to describe it...I included a picture.
Just wondering if anyone else had this issue as well...not a dire hazard but it's extremely annoying. If anyone has experienced this, what did you do? Again, these words aren't in the phones dictionary, they actually come up as spelling errors and are underlined in red while composing text.
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frankp124 said:
Ok so this is just an annoying pet peeve...but as one example, I often mistype the word "just" as "juat," and I've never clicked to save the word or have in my personal dictionary, but now the keyboard autocorrect stops changing "juat" to "just." Other words included are "thks" for "this," "garvage" to "garbage" and "lll" to "lol." To clarify, thks problem comes with the LG Optimus keyboard, it's not like the standard/stock ice cream sandwich one. Not sure exactly how to describe it...I included a picture.
Just wondering if anyone else had this issue as well...not a dire hazard but it's extremely annoying. If anyone has experienced this, what did you do? Again, these words aren't in the phones dictionary, they actually come up as spelling errors and are underlined in red while composing text.
Thanks!!
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If you check Settings<Language and Input<SpellCheck, you could disable that. I believe an option to see the contents of your personal dictionary are there too. Just in case you accidentally added those words.
I myself am a sloppy typer, often missing letter in a word, so I've found that the stock 4.2.2 keyboard that Google offers in the play store, has a better correction engine. And it offers swype, which is convenient with our huge phones! I'd also look into Swiftkey as well, as that is also an amazing keyboard I've used with previous phones, although it adheres to a more rigid correction system. Just my two cents!
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If you check Settings<Language and Input<SpellCheck, you could disable that.
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Unfortunately, I did not see the option for "SpellCheck" unless it is somewhere else. The issue I'm having is not with the personal dictionary, as I have checked in there and there is no entry for such words as "juat" and "thks." The issue is with the actual keyboard and how it corrects, because right now it is failing to correct some of these errors I make. The system does not recognize them as correctly spelled words, but the keyboard still lets them get through. Not sure if there's another remedy for this