Problem
Whenever possible, use assistive technology to reduce text entry effort and increase accuracy.
Solution
Predictive
Variations
Function
- Completion - Automatic completion... as for T9 entry???, handwriting, etc. A single offer is made
- Suggestion - An entry is made, an a suggestion is displayed, but an action is available to change the suggestion, or pick from a list. Encountered in triple-tap text-entry (a "Next" key is provided to scroll through options) or in search or web browser URL history, when a list of recent or common results is presented during typing.
- Correction - Automatic correction it means...
Presentation
- In place - Most used with triple-tap systems, the word is presented in the actual field where entry occurs. This is
Interaction Details
Presentation Details
Antipatterns
Avoid automatic correction without a method for the user to opt-out or disable the feature, session or device-wide.
Whenever automatic correction is used, be sure to allow a method to revert to the spelling as typed. This may be as simple as disabling auto-correction for the second entry of the same word in the same field (or location in the field), so the user may simply re-key the phrase as intended. This is sub-optimal as it requires additional typing, but better than rejecting the second entry as well.