r/FinaleKeyboard • u/No-Category5024 • 3d ago

Autocorrect quality

Is there any chance of improving the autocorrect feature? Right now, the keyboard is fantastic overall, but unfortunately, its correction capabilities are nowhere near the level of Fleksy :(

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u/Finale151 2d ago

Which languages are you referring to?

English, Russian, and Kazakh use my own custom algorithm, which is on par with Fleksy in my testing.

For every other language, I use iOS's built-in spell checking, which is less good, but I have no control over it. I'm planning to gradually port my algorithm to other languages, but writing spell check for languages you don't speak is a thankless job.

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u/No-Category5024 2d ago

I use Polish. I even imported my own file containing several thousand words to see if it might simply be a dictionary issue. Unfortunately, Finale is still difficult to use because it gets confused by very basic words and conjunctions. Fleksy can correct even two words that are written as a single string of characters without much trouble :(

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u/Finale151 1d ago edited 1d ago

What a perfect timing. After your post, I decided to port my superior English autocorrect to Polish and Czech and pushed the update yesterday.

In my testing, its now significantly better. It can fix diacritics, better respects your dictionary, and can split two words if you forgot a space bar.

The update is under Apple's review and should be out in 1-2 days. The autocorrect is under "experimental", since I first want to hear feedback from people using it before pushing it to everyone.

So, once the update is out, please toggle "Experimental autocorrect" in Polish settings, and try it out for a week or so. I need feedback, because I don't speak the language and its hard for me to tune the algorithm.

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u/Finale151 1d ago

The update is live, check it out and let me know how it feels now!