[skizkit]

I am on a quest to find a way to edit the iPhones predictive text word bank. I would love to delete some words and add words that I feel I use more regularly then the options it provides. Has anyone come across an app that does this or found the file that houses the words its uses? It seems like something that should be pretty easy to edit... Any help would be great!

Thanks

[toffeenut]

I agree. The ability to edit the "word bank" will be sweet!

Originally Posted by skizkit

I am on a quest to find a way to edit the iPhones predictive text word bank. I would love to delete some words and add words that I feel I use more regularly then the options it provides. Has anyone come across an app that does this or found the file that houses the words its uses? It seems like something that should be pretty easy to edit... Any help would be great!

Thanks

[iPhoneMadness]

How about a t9 dialpad to text? That's my last beef I have with the iphone. Everything else I can live with.

It was so easy texting with one hand, not even looking at the phone with a t9 dialpad, but now i have to use a whole keypad, which I'm getting used to, but not as easy as the dialpad.

[alias_neo]

I don't have an iPhone at hand to check but I'd guess that whatever file does contain the "dictionary" would be in the SMS.app package folder? Have you looked through the files in there to see what is available?

Do you know if the iPhone adds words automatically to it? or is the dictionary pre-set? It might all help in finding where exactly it is.

[wesgarner]

the iphone has a built in dictionary and a dynamic (user changed) database, it follows the built in first then the dynamic (which if ur curious is located at /var/root/Library/Keyboard/dynamic-text.dat)

[alias_neo]

Originally Posted by wesgarner

the iphone has a built in dictionary and a dynamic (user changed) database, it follows the built in first then the dynamic (which if ur curious is located at /var/root/Library/Keyboard/dynamic-text.dat)

Excellent, but do you know the location of the built in dictionary that is not normally user changeable. Since that kicks in first it stands that certain words would need to be removed from there to give preference to some of the dynamic ones we create.

[wesgarner]

/System/Library/KeyboardDictionaries
pick your choice from there :-)

[alias_neo]

Originally Posted by wesgarner

/System/Library/KeyboardDictionaries
pick your choice from there :-)

If only life could always be that simple

[wesgarner]

haha exactly, does anyone know what kind of database files these are?

[jandrad]

here's the program to extract and create those files http://code.google.com/p/iphoneshop/

[alias_neo]

Originally Posted by jandrad

here's the program to extract and create those files http://code.google.com/p/iphoneshop/

I have been using this for extracting artworks. Unfortunately it's unable to dump the dictionary files from 1.1.2 so it's of no use at the moment, looks like we're stuck with the standard dictionary on 1.1.2. Unless someone as an alternative method?

[jandrad]

Originally Posted by alias_neo

I have been using this for extracting artworks. Unfortunately it's unable to dump the dictionary files from 1.1.2 so it's of no use at the moment, looks like we're stuck with the standard dictionary on 1.1.2. Unless someone as an alternative method?

It does support dictionary editing for 1.1.2, it doesn't support artwork editing for 1.1.2. I dumped the english dict, http://r_apidshare.com/files/80707519/english.zip.html (Remove _)

I couldn't attach it, I don't know why!!

[st3v3y]

Originally Posted by iPhoneMadness

How about a t9 dialpad to text? That's my last beef I have with the iphone. Everything else I can live with.

It was so easy texting with one hand, not even looking at the phone with a t9 dialpad, but now i have to use a whole keypad, which I'm getting used to, but not as easy as the dialpad.

I've gotta say, I couldn't agree more. This would be really sweet and it would be so fast with the touch screen.

Has anyone tried to do this yet??

[hottnikkz]

Originally Posted by st3v3y

I've gotta say, I couldn't agree more. This would be really sweet and it would be so fast with the touch screen.

Has anyone tried to do this yet??

This is something I am also looking for. Number 1 request I would have period. Any ideas if someone is working on something like this. I used to have a w810i and loved T9. Thanks.