Tuesday, May 20, 2014

A dictionary question

Okay, so it's a been a while – a long while – since I've posted anything; this is thanks to a combination of being busy and lacking any strong motivation/inspiration. But while I was playing with my phone the other night I realised there was something I could (and wanted to) write about – and, given I've got a couple of hours spare before I'm called for the first theatre rehearsal of Calamity Jane1. So, here it is.

The other afternoon I got a notification on my phone for the latest update to Swype, which (if you're unaware) is a keyboard program for Android phones that allows for 'swiping' for text input. It comes standard with Android, and I've been using it since I got my first smartphone a few years ago – I find it quicker than the standard single-letter input. A while back I went from the free included version to the paid version, mostly because the latter has the option to add words to an internal dictionary. Which I realised I had to do, simply because of the annoyance of it trying to autocorrect words I'd use on a regular basis.