The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

#1

Post by user_666 » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter
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Re: The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

#2

Post by user_666 » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

The keyboard app has a filter that blocks certain words from being recognized as speech.

Re: The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

#3

Post by reanimus » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 7:30 PM UTC

Not that shocked that 'bitch' made it through. I remember being in 6th grade when our teacher told us all to not be shocked at a female dog getting referred to as such.

Re: The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

#4

Post by GaryNumanVevo » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 8:27 PM UTC

Correction: The speech to text feature on the Kindle Fire keyboard has a profanity filter.

Probably for good reason, I don't want to be dictating something and have a word accidentally correct to something less than savory. Maybe that's just me.

Re: The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

#5

Post by thekevan » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 12:15 AM UTC

Luckily there are several keyboards you can use instead that are better that the stock keyboard anyway.

Re: The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

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Post by nieve » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 5:34 AM UTC

GaryNumanVevo wrote: post #4

Correction: The speech to text feature on the Kindle Fire keyboard has a profanity filter. Probably for good reason, I don't want to be dictating something and have a word accidentally correct to something less than savory. Maybe that's just me.

That would make sense except that the entire sentence is deleted instead of prompting you for a replacement or simply blocking all corrections _towards_ those words.

Re: The Kindle Fire has a profanity filter

#7

Post by berkes » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 5:55 AM UTC

Why would a company spend effort for this?