Predictive text!

Don't you just hate predictive text?

Why does a computer or an ipad or a phone think that it's clever enough to know what you want to write?

Predictive text absolutely does my head in.  A machine does not have emotions.  It does not know how I'm thinking.  It does not know what I want to write.  It is not cleverer than me.

How many times have any of you had a text message that you cannot understand because the 'predictive text' has turned the message into gobbledygook?  On numerous occasions I have to text friends back to say that I don't understand their message.  Which brings me to another problem of 'predictive text'........................

..................Why do people who send text messages never actually read through the message before they press the send button?  When I was at school in the 1960/70s we were taught to read through all our work before we handed it in.  It was drummed into us that before any work was marked we had to make sure that it was exactly how we wanted it to be.  These days, nobody seems to read through anything because they seem to think that 'predictive text' will correct all their mistakes.

As far as I am concerned Mr 'predictive text' gets things wrong far more than humans do.

And the other thing that is really annoying.........................  Most of todays youth don't seem to think that there is anything wrong with 'predictive text'.  It's like this whole 'nanny state' thing................  They fire off messages that no one can understand because they haven't read through their messages first and then blame 'predictive text' for not spelling things correctly or writing things grammatically.  I'm surprised that we haven't seen ads on the TV advising us how to sue for compensation because our phones have sent messages that we didn't actually want to send.

I'm sure 'predictive text' is probably a very useful tool if it were to be used correctly.  Predictive text is very good at spelling (but only if it knows what word you want to spell).  Predictive text is very good at finishing off your sentences (but only if it knows what you want to say).  Predictive text is a very speedy way of communication (but only if when it has finished writing for you, you check it's work over).

.....................And there lies the answer to Mr 'predictive text'!!!

...............He's not perfect!!!  As with life in the good old days - anything that Mr 'predictive text' writes, has to be read, checked and OKed before it is sent off anywhere.