Article 6N04E People with commonly autocorrected names call for tech firms to fix problem

People with commonly autocorrected names call for tech firms to fix problem

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Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
from Technology | The Guardian on (#6N04E)

I am not a typo' campaign is calling for technology companies to make autocorrect less western- and white-focused'

People whose names get mangled by autocorrect have urged technology companies to fix the problem faster, with one person whose name gets switched to Satan" saying: I am tired of it."

People with Irish, Indian and Welsh names are among those calling for improvements to the systems that operate on phones and computers as part of the I am not a typo" campaign.

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