{"id":281849,"date":"2024-05-23T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332924"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:27:07","slug":"i-am-not-a-typographical-error-the-campaign-against-autocorrect-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/i-am-not-a-typographical-error-the-campaign-against-autocorrect-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"“I am not a typographical error”, the campaign against autocorrect discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How many times have you wanted to write the proper name of a city or a friend and the autocorrector changed it without asking you first. For example, the name Ra\u00fal, very common in the Spanish-speaking world, is always corrected by Apple to Ra\u00fcl, a name that doesn’t even exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Well, now people whose names are misinterpreted by autocorrect have urged technology companies to solve the problem<\/strong> once and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People with Irish, Indian, and Welsh names are some of those <\/em>who are demanding improvements in the systems that work on phones and computers as part of the campaign “I am not a typographical error”<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018I am not a typo\u2019 campaign urges tech giants to correct their autocorrect systems in the name of inclusivityhttps:\/\/t.co\/WAqApMughG<\/a><\/p>— Positive News (@PositiveNewsUK) March 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>