The free app might not catch all misspellings (e.g. it didn’t translate “u” into “you”), but it does do a good job with most commonly used text message shorthand, like “b4″ and “msg”. (Note: in the screenshot above, the text message was sent to my mobile via Gmail, which added weird characters that SMS Corrector translated into other weird characters; this doesn’t happen in normal phone-to-phone text messaging.)
SMS Corrector lets you choose whether you want to have the correction appended to the original message, sent as a new message, or replace the original message completely. You can also have corrected words shown in uppercase so you can see what was edited.
If bad SMS spelling is a pet peeve of yours, head on over to Android Market to get clearer incoming messages.
SMS Corrector [Android Market via XDA-Developers]
Sam
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 9:36 AMGood concept, but (unless I’ve misinterpreted how this works) it means switching to a dedicated SMS app – which isn’t so appealing.
Zak
Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 1:29 AMThat’s nifty, but I’d rather an app that slaps the sender in the face whenever they try to send messages written in “text talk”.
TheFrench
Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 5:38 AMThanks for the review !
Sam : No, you don’t have to use a new SMS app.
Just install the application and your sms will be corrected if they needs. Works with Handcent Sms, original Sms app, …
Sam
Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 9:24 AMSweet, gunna install now then! :D