iPhone auto-correct

I generally have a hate-hate relationship with the iPhone’s auto-correct feature. I’m a fairly accurate typist with my thumb so the times that the auto-correct kicks in are largely unhelpful, leaving me having to delete a word that I didn’t even type, and then re-type the same word, being more careful this time to delete the correction suggestion.

Today, though, I was in a client meeting without my Moleskine. Leaving the room wasn’t an option and writing notes on scraps of paper wasn’t a great option as I’d then have to copy them into my note book.

So I fired up Notes on my iPhone and got to typing as quickly as I could. I discovered that with the help of the auto-correction feature I could type with one finger as quickly as I could write, with the advantage that the notes are already in digital format, making the follow-up email twice as quick.

I did end up with a sore thumb though so I don’t think it’s a good long term solution.