Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by oriolid on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:58AM
(#33259404)
If you have several languages configured, there's a globe icon that lets you switch between keyboards. It's still a step down from Android that seems to just detect the language even if you switch mid-sentence.
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Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by projektfu on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @06:40AM
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If you don't mind the crashes, Gboard does this fine, generally detecting the difference between English, Spanish, and Portuguese for me. Although sometimes it wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and suggests only nonsense.
Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by m0dest on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:05AM
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iOS autodetects and automatically switches languages as you described. The globe icon is just for switching key layouts. Language is independent of key layout.
Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by weinzierl on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:16AM
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> "Auto-Correction uses your keyboard dictionary to spellcheck words as you type, automatically correcting misspelled words for you." [1]
This is also consistent with my experience.
Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by oriolid on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:34AM
(#33276295)
If iOS has language detection like that, it's been broken for Finnish for years.
Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by m0dest on Saturday October 22, 2022 @12:03PM
(#33299429)
https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#quicktype-ke...
QuickType Keyboard: Multilingual Typing
English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Hindi
Re:Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone be...
by oriolid on Saturday October 22, 2022 @01:45PM
(#33300383)
Looks pretty half-assed implementation to me. If they have autocorrect for Finnish, it shouldn't be too difficult to do quick lookups for both Finnish and English. And everyone knows that it's Autocorrect's carefully designed brand image to screw up, switching languages would allow more creative mistakes.