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A report, anything official, anything professional, or really anywhere you don't want to appear to make typos left and right.

Furthermore, if you're dyslexic, autocorrect is essentially assistive technology.

Now, do I need autocorrect when I'm texting my mom? No, I don't, but that doesn't mean I want to be turning it on/off every time I switch context. What harm does it do by staying on? Hide my true nature as a poor speller?

I'll let you in on a secret: My handwriting looks like shit. Digital text has allowed me, for the past two decades, to hide my true nature as a shitty handwriter.




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