Autocorrect not working on some words

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mazz0310
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Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by mazz0310 »

Cyril,
I don't know if it's just me or not, but in addition to I'll, I also have a problem with a lot of other words like:
youre -> you're
dont -> don't
cant -> can't
id -> i'd
Im -> I'm

And in addition to that, occasionally the first letter isn't always capital.
jetrost
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by jetrost »

I was having similar issues, but Cyril released an update to the built-in dictionary yesterday (two updates over the course of the day, in fact) and many, if not all, of these autocorrection problems disappeared.
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cyril
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by cyril »

Hi
the problem with all those words, is that now I have a bigger dictionary, which includes them.
So if you type "dont", it will suggest "dont" as it is already in the dictionary, and not "don't"
So the easiest workaround I see is just to remove these words from the list, as I did for "il". I'll do it in the next version, and if you think about other similar words, I'll remove them too
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by Agrajag »

What morons put "dont" and "youre" in a DICTIONARY?

The laziness of people and the acceptance of it is just nuts these days. Thanks for finding a solution for this lunacy Cyril.
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by cyril »

Actually the word list is computed automatically from various sources on the internet (cf http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionar ... ency_lists), so there may be incorrect words in it, if they occur frequently. I cannot just take the words out of a real dictionary, as I also need a frequency information for each word. But if you know a good word list (including flexions and frequency!) I can use it ;)
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by mazz0310 »

Haha
@Cyril: I figured it was just in the dictionary and it would be an easy fix like I'll, but figured I would bring it to attention. If there are more words I will let you know, thanks a lot.
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by cyril »

OK, this is fixed in v1.1.0, at least for the words you gave me
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Re: Autocorrect not working on some words

Post by mazz0310 »

Cool, after that update I'll let you know if I run into any others.

(Not trying to be a pain, helping out the app)
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