{"id":3092,"date":"2022-04-27T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/autocorrect-sucks-sometimes-admits-feature-creator-ken-kocienda-but-there-are-reasons-and-solutions\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:55:27","slug":"autocorrect-sucks-sometimes-admits-feature-creator-ken-kocienda-but-there-are-reasons-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/autocorrect-sucks-sometimes-admits-feature-creator-ken-kocienda-but-there-are-reasons-and-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Autocorrect sucks sometimes, admits feature creator Ken Kocienda, but there are reasons \u2013 and solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Autocorrect sucks sometimes, admits feature creator Ken Kocienda, but there are reasons \u2013 and solutions<\/div>\n
\n
\n

If I had a dollar for each time I\u2019ve heard someone complain that autocorrect sucks, I\u2019d be able to buy an Apple Polishing Cloth. <\/p>\n

But yeah, people do complain, and even the guy who created the feature \u2013 Ken Kocienda \u2013 admits that sometimes it can be more of a hinderance than a help. Indeed, if you think that it\u2019s gotten worse rather than better over the years, that can actually be true \u2026 <\/p>\n

<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

The reason, paradoxically, is that autocorrect has grown more intelligent over the years, and the more we ask it to do, the more potential there is for new types of errors.<\/p>\n

The WSJ\u2019s<\/a><\/em> Joanna Stern went on a mission to learn more about why autocorrect can sometimes be ducking annoying.<\/p>\n

First, she tried living without it for a day, and discovered that however much it may annoy us, being without the feature is even worse. Then she tracked down Kocienda, as well as current Apple employees, to learn more about how the feature works.<\/p>\n

Autocorrect draws on four sources:<\/p>\n