Am I doing something wrong here? I am trying to use the Samsung Keyboard with spell check turned on. It seems like it does not correct even the simplest of mistakes as other keyboard apps do.
For instance, if I type "thee dogg", it does not correct it. Those are not words in English. Why doesn't it correct to "the dog"? Instead of correcting these obvious misspellings, it just adds the misspelled words to My Word List. Why the heck would anyone want that? I'm lost on the logic here.
Any help is appreciated.
mitchellvii said:
Am I doing something wrong here? I am trying to use the Samsung Keyboard with spell check turned on. It seems like it does not correct even the simplest of mistakes as other keyboard apps do.
For instance, if I type "thee dogg", it does not correct it. Those are not words in English. Why doesn't it correct to "the dog"? Instead of correcting these obvious misspellings, it just adds the misspelled words to My Word List. Why the heck would anyone want that? I'm lost on the logic here.
Any help is appreciated.
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Check that the keboard language is english /uk or us, not french or german keyboard, this happened to my when I mistaken chosen french
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I have noticed this when typing letters individualy but the swypy thing is decent. I have tried adding in dictionaries to fix it
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Check that the keboard language is english /uk or us, not french or german keyboard, this happened to my when I mistaken chosen french
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Yes, it is in English. I can just use Thumb Keyboard which has decent correction but I would prefer to try the Samsung one due to the extra features. Just odd that it would choose to add misspelled words to your word list rather than fix them. Head-scratcher. I'm looking for a setting that changes this behavior but cannot find one.
Samsung seems to do a number of things software wise that you sort of wonder how it ever made it out of committee. They add so many cool features but then totally whiff on some of the obvious stuff.
smaw51 said:
I have noticed this when typing letters individualy but the swypy thing is decent. I have tried adding in dictionaries to fix it
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I've never been a fan of swype, probably because I can blaze with thumb typing if I have a decent spellcheck. Don't even have to look at the keyboard.
I think it is a jellybean problem, it worket fine for me on ics, it doesn't work on my s3 also after jellybean update, I tried it now but it doesn't add wrong words to the dictionary on s3 , but on note it does!
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I've had a lot of issue with the default keyboard. I have it set to predictive and I have Continuous typing active so it works like Swype but it's choice of words is sometime ludicrous. Even when I swipe slowly to each character it will often (25% of the time) give me a word that starts with a letter at the opposite end of the keyboard from where my swipe started.
I have started using the handwritten input for most things as it seems to work so much better than the actual keyboard.
As long as it has taken Samsung to roll out this JB OTA it is surprising the keyboard is so buggy. I reserve the right to totally be doing something wrong but I can't tell what it is.
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Hi,
When you press the SEARCH key, and typing in the text field ...
Does the keyboard give you text prediction?
And also when you search in the Market app ...
If not, is possible to enable text prediction on all input fields?
Thanks.
Negative on the text prediction for search. I get text prediction in the form of app suggestions on the market, but I don't know if that's quite what you're looking for.
As far as enabling it, I have no idea. I don't recall if any of my past Android devices did text prediction on search. :/
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Take a look at SwiftKey. Text prediction is one of the reasons that my wife and I moved to it. We like this keyboard much better than stock, for us it was well worth the money.
This is common for several fields in several different apps. I work for Swype, so I've seen this myself, but since our keyboard doesn't typically work this way it's only been a curiosity for me. I believe it is considered a "feature" since you might want to explicitly type something else other than what prediction guesses. If you want to give Swype a try, the beta is currently open at: http://beta.swype.com/
Hi there,
Thanks for your info. I still find it odd, to not have this common behavior on all input fields.
Heck, the old HTC_IME hack on HTC Desire works pretty well with all the options to have prediction in all kind of input fields (thanks to the modder, jonasl). I still have this on my signature below.
But recently, I like the new Nexus S keyboard. It look slick, easy to type. But yeah, I missed some of the HTC_IME improvements, like SMILEY button!
As for SWYPE, granted, it is a very nice keyboard. But, I don't use ENGLISH that much I am using south-east asian language which is not supported
So, I am afraid that it does not offer much advantage.
Chinpokomon said:
This is common for several fields in several different apps. I work for Swype, so I've seen this myself, but since our keyboard doesn't typically work this way it's only been a curiosity for me. I believe it is considered a "feature" since you might want to explicitly type something else other than what prediction guesses. If you want to give Swype a try, the beta is currently open at: http://beta.swype.com/
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gogol said:
Hi there,
Thanks for your info. I still find it odd, to not have this common behavior on all input fields.
Heck, the old HTC_IME hack on HTC Desire works pretty well with all the options to have prediction in all kind of input fields (thanks to the modder, jonasl). I still have this on my signature below.
But recently, I like the new Nexus S keyboard. It look slick, easy to type. But yeah, I missed some of the HTC_IME improvements, like SMILEY button!
As for SWYPE, granted, it is a very nice keyboard. But, I don't use ENGLISH that much I am using south-east asian language which is not supported
So, I am afraid that it does not offer much advantage.
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The built in Gingerbread keyboard does have a smiley button. It's a "smart" keyboard, it knows what you're doing and shows you the appropriate keys/features/functions.
Go write a txt message, and you'll see a smiley key on the bottom right.
They should've taken out the period and extended the space bar. Its very frustrating when I'm trying to type fast. IPhone still had the best touch keyboard available
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Thanks, I did not know that.
Obviously because I am using Nexus S keyboard on my HTC Desire! Probably it does not work fully as designed (I did not see that smiley button).
But, does that smiley button also appear when you type in EMAIL or TEXT AREA like replying to forum like this using the web browser?
Or when typing comments on Facebook app! That would be very nice.
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The built in Gingerbread keyboard does have a smiley button. It's a "smart" keyboard, it knows what you're doing and shows you the appropriate keys/features/functions.
Go write a txt message, and you'll see a smiley key on the bottom right.
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gogol said:
Thanks, I did not know that.
Obviously because I am using Nexus S keyboard on my HTC Desire! Probably it does not work fully as designed (I did not see that smiley button).
But, does that smiley button also appear when you type in EMAIL or TEXT AREA like replying to forum like this using the web browser?
Or when typing comments on Facebook app! That would be very nice.
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I only see it in the Messaging app.
For anyone else that is doing the Swype beta v3 is it saving words to the dictionary? Mine isn't.
xnifex said:
For anyone else that is doing the Swype beta v3 is it saving words to the dictionary? Mine isn't.
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not having any issues here with the latest beta :\ you tried reinstalling.
yep, no luck unfortunately. gonna email swype
xnifex said:
yep, no luck unfortunately. gonna email swype
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in your swype settings, do you have word prediction ticked?
you always need to tick that on installing! lol
so just go to keyboard setting, or tap the swype key when your writing then pres options, andmake sure its ticked
. that should cure it.
word suggestion& auto-correction are on.
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word suggestion& auto-correction are on.
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definitely puzzling. Did you download a new installer. Then the beta. If you downloaded english spanish beta. Try fill or vice versa
Swyped from my HTC Sensation Pyramid using my thumb and eyes
I tried both. i even uninstalled, cleared all swype data & tried that, no dice. charging phone now to do a hard reset & see if that works
Just did a hard reset & still getting this stupid bug.
For me to add a new word that doesn't exists, I first have to manually type it and select it on the word suggestion bard (because auto correct will try to suggest a "correct" word). After I select the word, the option to "add <word> to dictionary" will appear for me on the word suggestion bar and pressing it will add it to the dictionary (Somewhat like stock gingerbread keyboard).
yeah I do that & it says that it added the word, yet when I reswipe it it's not added. I can do this 10 times in a row & it still won't stick
So I'm apparently an idiot & my Swype does work. I was under the impression that when it said 'Add "xnifex" to the dictionary' it was notifying me that that's what it was doing. I wasn't aware that you had to tap that notification for it to work. On the HD2 if you manually type in a word it's automatically added to the dictionary so I thought it was the same behavior. Yay for the swype team helping me out.
http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?3769-Can-t-add-words-to-dictionary-on-brand-new-install
Did you actually clicked on "add <word> to dictionary"? Unlike on Froyo, where Swype saves a word after hitting space, now the users have to confirm the action by clicking on the right above the keyboard.
I was so used to the old swype, it took me 2 days to realize that...
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Did you actually clicked on "add <word> to dictionary"? Unlike on Froyo, where Swype saves a word after hitting space, now the users have to confirm the action by clicking on the right above the keyboard.
I was so used to the old swype, it took me 2 days to realize that...
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Yep, now I know this too. Had the admin brian over on the swype forums tell me about it. I'm used to the old swype as well.
xnifex said:
So I'm apparently an idiot & my Swype does work. I was under the impression that when it said 'Add "xnifex" to the dictionary' it was notifying me that that's what it was doing. I wasn't aware that you had to tap that notification for it to work. On the HD2 if you manually type in a word it's automatically added to the dictionary so I thought it was the same behavior. Yay for the swype team helping me out.
http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?3769-Can-t-add-words-to-dictionary-on-brand-new-install
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Lol well done mate
Swyped from my HTC Sensation Pyramid using my thumb and eyes
I'd just like to add that I had this problem, I was tapping to add to dictionary and there were literally no words in the dictionary, it was basically a tap keyboard. I uninstalled with Titanium Backup, then installed the Full version instead of the English/Other language one. This one has a dictionary and will save new words to it.
Thanks guys, I learned something new today;-)
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I just want to say that I had the exact same issue as the OP. I thought that it was automatically adding the words to the dictionary, but some bug prevented them from appearing or something. I just wasn't clicking the "Add "word" to dictionary".
To be fair, it's not very clear on the UI that it's something that you can or should press. It doesn't have a question mark at the end, which would make you realise that it's ASKING you something, not telling you something.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Swype is the best. My only problem is the word bar above the keyboard. I find it distracting, and hard to get used to. I've looked everywhere trying to find a way to turn it off. Besides that, swype is 1,000x better than what comes with the sensation.
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LISTEN EVERYONE..to solve the problem download a app called ''SMS to swype'' and it picks up every word you type from all the keyboards you used and saves them to the dictionary SOLVED
https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.zimmbi.sms2swype&feature=search_result
WorldWide60 said:
Swype is the best. My only problem is the word bar above the keyboard. I find it distracting, and hard to get used to. I've looked everywhere trying to find a way to turn it off. Besides that, swype is 1,000x better than what comes with the sensation.
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Turn off the word suggestion?
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Simple but....
So, I've accidentally added lots of silly words to my user dictionary from typing too fast or whatever.
I want to edit my user dictionary to remove them, like I used to with my old Android. I would go into the Settings > Keyboard and find the "edit user dictionary" part.
I cannot find it for the Skyrocket! Does anyone know where it is?
Thanks so much in advance!
If you are using stock input you can pull the .apk out of one of the stock roms, email it to yourself, and just reinstall. I did that with swype after a bunch of annoying wrong predictive words.
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If you are using stock input you can pull the .apk out of one of the stock roms, email it to yourself, and just reinstall. I did that with swype after a bunch of annoying wrong predictive words.
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Aw. So there is no Android GUI for doing this?
There is surely a way to do this on the phone without loosing all of the words I have added that I actually want in there. Anyone??
There was until gingerbread. I could be wrong.
Dload ics keyboard and ics dictionary from the market. Use it. There may be also an add on in the market that adds the dictionary for the Samsung keyboard
jp712 said:
There is surely a way to do this on the phone without loosing all of the words I have added that I actually want in there. Anyone??
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Skyrocket dictionary edit with stock Swype keyboard
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If you are using stock input you can pull the .apk out of one of the stock roms, email it to yourself, and just reinstall. I did that with swype after a bunch of annoying wrong predictive words.
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I have several suggestions from the different threads. Under Language and Keyboard, I do not have the option "user dictionary"
I have and ATT Skyrocket SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
I use swype and there are so many silly words I need to delete and the "swype" key doesn't see them as non-words. But Tippy coming up for You every time or Medusa or verbose for because seem pretty silly to me!
Can you help explain your suggestion a bit more? I would like to try it =) thank you!
BlessedMom said:
I have several suggestions from the different threads. Under Language and Keyboard, I do not have the option "user dictionary"
I have and ATT Skyrocket SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
I use swype and there are so many silly words I need to delete and the "swype" key doesn't see them as non-words. But Tippy coming up for You every time or Medusa or verbose for because seem pretty silly to me!
Can you help explain your suggestion a bit more? I would like to try it =) thank you!
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The necromancer has returned!
How do you get spell check to work when using a Bluetooth keyboard
What spell check?
I need to know this too, brought the Microsoft wedge Bluetooth keyboard which works really well but cannot get spell check which is frustrating. If I need to type, I usually use Swiftkey tablet or Swype which work really well. When a hardware keyboards is connected, the only way I have found to correct words are by clicking on the incorrect word to get suggestions.
I thought ICS had spell check options, I could not find any options for this setting.
When talking about spell check are you refering to the predictive suggestions?
@HasC what app are you running that has the ability to offer suggestions on spelling when you click on a word? That sounds like a laptop not a tablet.
donec said:
When talking about spell check are you refering to the predictive suggestions?
@HasC what app are you running that has the ability to offer suggestions on spelling when you click on a word? That sounds like a laptop not a tablet.
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I'm referring to spell check where an incorrectly spelt word is underlined in red, this used to be the case on my Asus transformer and from my understanding it's supposed to be standard ICS functionality. It could be that Samsung have screwed this up with Touchwiz.
To answer the second question, when I type using the hardware keyboard on the galaxy note 10.1 and have Swiftkey keyboard showing on the display at the same time, as I type, Swiftkey offers word suggestions where you have to tap the screen to select the word. When proof reading the document and I notice some typo's, I tap on the word that I want to change/correct and Swiftkey offers alternative words which I then have to select by tapping the correct word.
The way I am currently using it is by via an app called null keyboard which prevents any software keyboard from popping up when utilising the hardware keyboard. When I am done typing, I select Swiftkey and click on the incorrect words to generate alternatives whilst proof reading and then I click on the correct word to change as necessary.
I have noticed that Swype works better at correcting the words whereby when the word is corrected and is selected in Swype, the incorrect word is changed after selection. With Swiftkey, I have noticed that the correct word is entered however the incorrect word is not replaced completely and you have to delete the extra remnants that are left from the previous word.
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I'm referring to spell check where an incorrectly spelt word is underlined in red, this used to be the case on my Asus transformer
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What app are you using on your Asus Transformer that gives you that kind of spell checking?
donec said:
What app are you using on your Asus Transformer that gives you that kind of spell checking?
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I have got rid of my Asus now, did not need an app, it was part of the ice cream sandwich update.
To me it is crazy that Samsung would remove the underline misspelled word from ICS. The HTC implementation on the S3 IS SWEET. This would make using the Note in business more usable and then fix the Bluetooth. Spelling problem
Inthe same situation guys. Did anybody find a fix or a workaround?
This sucks, seems like with the great tech we have this should be a no-brainer!
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Samsungs products are great, but taking out the ICS spellchecker on the phones and tablets is killing me. Samsung read my lips. Put the default android ICS spellchecker with the red underlined words back in the OS.
I concur
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Has anyone found a solution for this?
I have a galaxy nexus phone with jelly bean and the spell checker is there, while my note 10.1 with jelly bean has no such an option, an this is annoying when writing office documents...
Word prediction / highlight wrong spelled words when using external keyboard
I have a Galaxy Note GT-N7000 with Android 4.1.2
Would like to know if anybody have managed to locate an app which offer word prediction as well showing if the word is wrongly spelled with my external Bluetooth keyboard??
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How do you get spell check to work when using a Bluetooth keyboard
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Did you receive a recommendation which you use?
Any response? My Galaxy Note is awsome and could be a complete replacement for my laptop except for this issue. I spell like a 2nd grader and cant do emails without a spell checker.
I know this isn't specifically an issue towards the One but I'm wondering if anyone knows a fix? I'm having a very annoying issue where if I were to type "dont" and press the space button, it auto-corrects it to "Dont" and not "don't". I'm using the stock keyboard.
I've tried to go into the keyboard settings and erasing the word from my personal dictionary but it's not in there to begin with. I've also tried clearing the cache and data from the keyboard but it's still there.
Anyone know a solution to this irritating issue (besides using a different keyboard)?'
Edit: I've also tried clearing the search engine storage to no avail. :\
Type "dont" and then look at your predictive predictions and when you see "Dont"... longpress on it and then erase it from the predictive dictionary.
zephiK said:
Type "dont" and then look at your predictive predictions and when you see "Dont"... longpress on it and then erase it from the predictive dictionary.
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I've tried that and there is no option to delete it after long-pressing the word. It just shows a list of words similar to it.
Oh I have it here :/ try using a different keyboard like SwiftKey?
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Oh I have it here :/ try using a different keyboard like SwiftKey?
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Are you using the stock keyboard (Android Keyboard (AOSP)) or SwiftKey? I don't want to resort to installing a different keyboard.
kaz3320 said:
Are you using the stock keyboard (Android Keyboard (AOSP)) or SwiftKey? I don't want to resort to installing a different keyboard.
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I'm using SwiftKey and the option is here. The app is free, give it a try. You might like it more than the Android Keyboard, I certainly do
kaz3320 said:
I know this isn't specifically an issue towards the One but I'm wondering if anyone knows a fix? I'm having a very annoying issue where if I were to type "dont" and press the space button, it auto-corrects it to "Dont" and not "don't". I'm using the stock keyboard.
I've tried to go into the keyboard settings and erasing the word from my personal dictionary but it's not in there to begin with. I've also tried clearing the cache and data from the keyboard but it's still there.
Anyone know a solution to this irritating issue (besides using a different keyboard)?'
Edit: I've also tried clearing the search engine storage to no avail. :\
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Tried it just now on the stock keyboard... It always suggests 'don't', even after I added 'dont' to the personal dictionary... Which English dictionary do you have? English US or any other? I have English UK.
Wonder what word did you ended up saving lol
Oomahey said:
Tried it just now on the stock keyboard... It always suggests 'don't', even after I added 'dont' to the personal dictionary... Which English dictionary do you have? English US or any other? I have English UK.
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I'm using the US English dictionary. Strange enough, if I were to type "Dont"(in the case that it's the beginning of a sentence), it'll auto-correct it to "Don't" but if it's "dont" anywhere within a sentence, it'll become "Dont".
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I'm using the US English dictionary. Strange enough, if I were to type "Dont"(in the case that it's the beginning of a sentence), it'll auto-correct it to "Don't" but if it's "dont" anywhere within a sentence, it'll become "Dont".
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Strange... Works fine here... English UK.
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I'm using SwiftKey and the option is here. The app is free, give it a try. You might like it more than the Android Keyboard, I certainly do
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Tried SwiftKey. Rage-uninstalled the app after it kept thinking I'm trying to swipe when I'm trying to type.