The ninth version of the iOS operating system is already actively used by iPhone owners. As a result of its updating, the predictive text input function has become Russified. This option is not new, it appeared even with the eighth version of iOS. However, the Russian-speaking owners of the iPhone only after the release of iOS 9 beta 1 were able to fully use the predictive dialing. What does this concept mean? How to activate this option in your smartphone? The answer to these and other questions can be found in the article below.
Predictive dialing - what is it?
The word "predictive" comes from English predictive. Translated into Russian, this means "predictive." Predictive typing is a system that allows you to enter words in digital devices in an accelerated mode. At the same time, the operating system in the process of writing offers options for the words and even phrases that are present in its dictionary. The software also allows you to fix errors by replacing the wrong word with its correct counterpart.
A feature such as predictive dialing is common on mobile devices. What does this give the owner of the device? With this option, you can easily and quickly compose short messages, electronic notes and other text documents.
The following is a detailed description of the predictive dialing feature on iPhone.
IPhone Predictive Text Feature Description
The essence of predictive text input is as follows. The system foresees the typed word even before the user typed it. The option offers available options based on previous experience with text input. The best of them can be selected with one touch.
The eighth version of the operating system of Apple devices already had a predictive set. iOS 9 offers a Russified version of such a useful option. Its use significantly reduces typing time, because the system gives hints. The predictive typing feature offers words, or even combinations of them, to continue the phrase by analyzing the messages you previously wrote.
This option is self-learning. After analyzing your writing style, the predictive typing feature offers hint words that match your particular writing style. For example, in business communication via e-mail, the option will use a more official style, and when composing short messages - conversational.
Hints are issued on a special panel, which is located above the iPhone keyboard.
How to enable predictive typing?
The predictive typing option after installing iOS 9 will be active by default. If it is still turned off, then you must perform the following steps:
- Go to the "Settings" section on the iPhone.
- Select “General”.
- In the menu that opens, open the "Keyboard" section.
- Move the slider opposite the item “Predictive dialing” to the right, thereby activating this option.
How to hide the predictive typing panel?
The toolbar takes up extra space above the keyboard. In order to remove it for a while, you just need to hide it by waving your finger down.
This action differs from the disconnection of the Predictive Dialing function described above. iPhone in this case makes it easy to restore the panel with the proposed word options without leaving the typing window. To do this, just swipe your finger up the screen.
Predictive dialing setup
Starting with the seventh version of iOS, the iPhone keyboard was equipped with a small Shift key, which was sometimes difficult to press. The ninth version of the operating system produced by Apple has provided a text input tool with a wide convenient button.
Shift key functions have also changed. Now users do not need to press this button every time they need to enter a capital character. The key can be clamped. Until it is returned to its original position,
upper case will be used when entering text
. If this innovation is not to your liking, you can disable the option in the "Settings" and use the old dialing method.
Keyboard settings allow you to use the following functions when entering text: “AutoCap”, “Auto Correction”, “Spelling”, “Enable Caps Lock”, “View characters”, “Shortcut key”. The last option is to insert a point by double-tapping the Spacebar. All these options can be made active or disabled at the request of the owner of the iPhone.
Below, it will be described what new was presented by the “Predictive dialing” functions of iOS 9.
New predictive typing features
The ninth version of iOS made some changes to the use of the Predictive Dial feature. What are these improvements? For example, now on both sides of the screen there are buttons for quick text editing. Their purpose is to provide quick and easy access to the commands that are used most often. For example, while composing an email, the Repeat, Cancel, Italic, Bold, Underline, Move Right, and Move Left keys will be available.
These buttons change depending on the applications in which the kit is used. For example, if a fragment of text is selected, the options “Repeat” and “Cancel” will be replaced by “Copy” and “Cut”. In the Notes application, the Styles, Images, Outline features, etc. will be available. The owner of the iPhone can customize all these buttons for himself, making working with text simple and convenient.
Trackpad mode
A trackpad is a keyboard that combines standard buttons and a touch interface. Depending on the force of pressing, such a device determines what action the owner of the iPhone wants to perform: type text or gain access to a number of other commands.
Trackpad mode is available on Apple smartphones 6S and 6S Plus. To activate it, when working with a text document, with a little effort, click on the iPhone display. After that, the functions of highlighting and editing text will become available when using the "Predictive typing" option. Now the cursor can be freely moved around the text. A single press on the display will highlight a specific text fragment. With a double click, the whole sentence will be marked in the body of the document, with a triple click - the whole paragraph.
Conclusion
Thanks to the new version of iOS 9 beta 1, which provided the availability of Russified predictive typing in the iPhone, the regular keyboard of the smartphone turned into a “smart” one. Using a special mechanism, this option predicts subsequent words and phrases, displaying them on a special panel. You can choose the best option with one touch. The function is self-learning. The more often they use it, the higher will be the quality of its tips. The article gives a definition of predictive typing and describes how to properly enable and configure this option in iPhone.