VIDEO: Funniest Autocorrect Fails

That autocorrect function can be really annoying, am I right?!

I mean, it’s kind of useless, actually, when it corrects “expect”, turning it into “execute”!

The only good thing about it is that some extremely funny texts end up being sent on a daily basis.

This video brings together the funniest autocorrect fails!

According to Wikipedia, text replacement is an automatic data validation function commonly found in word processors and text editing interfaces for smartphones and tablet computers.

Its principal purpose is as part of the spell checker to correct common spelling or typing errors, saving time for the user. It is also used to automatically format text or insert special characters by recognizing particular character usage, saving the user from having to use more tedious functions.

Additional options include recognizing words with two initial capital letters (e.g. “EXample”) and correcting them, capitalizing the first letters of sentences, and correcting accidental use of caps lock (e.g. eXAMPLE).

The replacement list for text replacement can also be modified by the user, allowing the user to use shortcuts. If, for example, the user is writing an essay on the industrial revolution, a replacement key can be set up to replace “ir” with “industrial revolution”, saving the user time whenever they want to type it.

For users with the patience, this facility can even be used to create a complete keyboard shorthand system, along lines similar to those of Dutton Speedwords, but with short forms instantly replaced by full forms.

Some stand alone programs allow global text replacement across the operating system, and apply to text typed into any other application.

The list of terms within the default Microsoft AutoCorrect application in Microsoft Word can be replaced by words, terms, expressions, etc., other than the default set. Doing so in a wise, comprehensive and strategic manner can immensely improve the keyboarding productivity and accuracy in high-production work settings.

To get the most from the autocorrect routine, one may best exploit the fact that the most common words typed are the best candidates for which to deploy shortcuts. For example, using “t” for “the” ; “w” for “with” ; etcetera can maximize the keystroke-to-production ratio.

Any system such as developing a technique requires a learning curve to achieve mastery, but experience in developing a database of expressions has proven that to ensure most effective use of autocorrect, shortcuts must be easy to recall.

For example, the threshold of characters in the chosen word is no less than three (3) except when the 2-letter word is within a longer expression, e.g., “aamof” for “as a matter of fact”.

One technique in developing a system of large database of terms is using prefixes and suffixes in the formation of a shortcut.

Whether one requires either a robust or moderate exploitation of the autocorrect, this feature may be best used by first deleting the default terms that are supplied by the manufacturer.

Those default terms typically include those words most commonly mis-typed. Including those terms, e.g., “teh” for “the” invites careless and/or thoughtless actions whereas excluding them invites a learning process, or greater productivity.