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ryandrake • today at 7:56 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

How precise does the swiping have to be before you agree that user intent is clear? If my swiping centers on the letters d i v t a t o r - t r u m p, there is absolutely no reason to suspect my intent was anything other than "dictator trump." If the auto-correction failed in that case, they cannot blame it on a lack of precision.


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recursive • today at 8:06 PM

Swiping passes through a continuous path. Even determining what letters were "centered on" requires some heuristics.