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Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

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[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 46 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t inderstand, my phone knows that when I type stormloght, what I really mean is Stormlowght instead. (This happened yesterday)

Auto carrot is amazing.

[–] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think it's going good to go home and get a new car and ride the bike and get a ride home and take it easy and take care of it and take care and take care and get some sleep and sleep and relax for me and you can go to sleep and sleep well too if you want to come home to help with me to work on the bed if you want it to work with you and you can come over for me to come over for a little bit if I don't have a chance for -

Inhale

apples and eggs for the night and then I'll get them in my mouth to you when I come home for you if you don't get it or you don't have a lot of money and then you will get a hold on it for the first one and I will get it for you to get the rest for you to do it for them to be done for the next few days and they will get it done before they get there so we can get it and then they can go back and see it and get them done and get the money to get it to you and then you can get the -

Inhale

Bepsi and then go to the store to get the money for you and your family and you will be there for you to go to the house and get the money and you can get a hold up for me to go to your place and get the money for it and get the money for the money and pay it for it to be a little more than a little bit of the way to get you in the back of the house to get it to you to be honest to you and your family and I can go to the store to go out and go to the bank to see if you can go back to work and get a ride home if that's ok if you want me and I don't -

Gboard suggestions are very bizarre.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bepsi

[–] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I have to give it a word to start with for every paragraph. I was wondering if anyone would get that far!