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by Zhenya 186 days ago
I have found myself doing a lot more voice typing lately.

My biggest gripe is that when I say "want to" it replaces it with "wanna" unless I specifically enunciate "want to".

"Wanna" is NOT a word in english but there is no way to exclude it.

Frustrating.
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RandallBrown 186 days ago
I use voice typing for almost the same thing every day.

I run to/from daycare to drop off my son and I title the run "Daycare drop-off". It constantly types "Take care drop-off" which drives me nuts. Those words don't even make sense together. A simple Markov chain should do better.

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vel0city 186 days ago
Wanna is in a number of notable and respected English dictionaries including the Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, and Collins. I don't know what else defines if a word is or is not in the language.
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Zhenya 186 days ago
Its an informal word, and it does not belong in a device used for professional communications.

"Wanna is used in written English to represent the words `want to' when they are pronounced informally. I wanna be married to you. Do you wanna be married to me? "

Pronounced - not written.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/wann...

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vel0city 186 days ago
> Its an informal word

Ah, good then, great to see you've changed your mind and now we both agree it is most definitely a word commonly used in English for over a hundred years.

Its incredible the dictionary pronounced it to you instead of showing it to you in a written form. When I go to the link I definitely see it written!

I do agree with you that it is an unprofessional word and probably not the most charitable and professional dictation result. But in the end there's two different directions dictation software can go: what was more accurate to what the person actually said (or what it thinks the person actually said), or the more correct way of saying what was said. If someone was legitimately saying "wanna", should the dictation software always auto-correct it to "want to"? If you were to type "wanna", should the keyboard auto-correct to "want to"?

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Zhenya 185 days ago
dude - cool it.
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