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My phone is an ereader now

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1. swores ◴[] No.45082258[source]
> "why would it format "city Hall" with just one capital? Commit to capitals or no capitals, don't do this awkward mix!"

I don't have a great solution but I suspect I do know the cause of this on iPhones, which I'll mention for anyone else curious:

I'd bet that he has a contact saved called Something Hall, and the autocorrect isn't clever enough to realise that he isn't typing the name of that contact and just automatically capitalises the H. (It's not 100% of the time, but it is ridiculously often that it wrongly assumes you're using the name from a contact, in my experience.)

I wish there was a way to turn this off, but afaik there isn't - I've removed or edited a contact's surname for a few words that I type as non-name nouns often enough that it got annoying.

Of course I might be wrong, maybe there are other causes for incorrect capitals.

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2. lucasban ◴[] No.45083522[source]
On a related note, I have a Korean friend who’s name sounds similar to a floor number in the parking garage I use. When I use Siri or VTT to record where I parked, I often end up with his name instead.
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3. BonitaPersona ◴[] No.45091727[source]
Thinking of a possible example of that in spanish, I ended up with "Juan Fortín", 114.