Their names are frequently autocorrected. This campaign wants tech companies to change that


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‘I am not a typo’ campaign calls on tech companies to update their dictionaries with more names


Posted: May 24, 2024

According to an open letter by the campaign group I Am Not A Typo, 41 per cent of names given to babies in England and Wales are flagged as ‘incorrect’ by Microsoft’s English (UK) dictionary — and most of those names are of African or Asian origin. (I Am Not A Typo)
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