iPhone QuickPath (swipe) keyboard will not type 'abortion' until you do

by fprog • 4 years ago

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fprog2• 4 years ago

My partner's QuickPath (swipe) keyboard on her iPhone would type the word "abortion" just fine, but mine would not. We guessed that it's because she's typed the word before and I hadn't. A small test seemed to prove that right. I found this surprising, but maybe it's old news to everyone else.

wrycoder2• 4 years ago

Abortion just worked for me.

wrycoder2• 4 years ago

And I don’t think I’ve ever typed it before on my iPhone.

fprog2• 4 years ago

It seems others have observed the same behavior:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254001650

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253870288

mwint• 4 years ago

I couldn’t get mine to type, or even suggest, the word after typing it manually multiple times.

Might be related to the EN-US keyboard having a big group of sequential letters on the top row: “ortio” are all up there, so there’s a very high amount of uncertainty? The swipe pattern doubles back on itself, makes it more ambiguous still.

I bet there are other words following that pattern which are ranked lowly until it shows up in your “actually typed” dictionary.

torrance• 4 years ago

There’s a number of words like this that won’t autocomplete unless it’s seen it first.

Another one: condom.

sentientslug• 4 years ago

Worked for me first time. I think most people using the swipe keyboard are not as methodical as it requires you to be. You have to hover over the letters one at a time in order for it to recognize, rather than make a very fast sweeping gesture as seen in the video.

iPhone QuickPath (swipe) keyboard will not type 'abortion' until you do

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