With the declining literacy rates I think it would be incredibly valuable for apple to implement a separate keyboard experience for minors. One without auto or predictive text, swipe to text, or even potentially also voice memos. These are all very convenient features that I think could unfortunately contribute or even enable the literacy crisis as more and more children grow up and rely on technology. I also think bringing back the ‘look up’ tool on highlighted text into the main options would support and encourage more education (or even adding a thesaurus option as well)
From: A Gen Z adult who grew up learning how to spell at the same time I learned how to text. Without relying on all of the convenience features that in turn can remove the mental friction that learning to fix your mistakes provides, my iPhone was teaching me how to spell with simple red lines that required me to interact with my spelling in order to correct my mistakes.
Note: Autocorrect was still a feature at the time however was often turned off by most people because of text slang culture which coincidentally helped create more intentional spell check interactions. I believe the decision to turn off autocorrect should be considered a more conscious responsibility so it should not necessarily be left up to a child to decide for themselves.
Hello @Bianca_,
Thank you for your post.
That's a good suggestion, however these forums are for questions about developing software and accessories for Apple platforms.
If you would like to develop your own app that teaches literacy, these forums are a great place to ask questions – and SwiftUI contains accessible and easy to use frameworks for accomplishing this goal.
Your question seems related to a consumer feature and is better suited as an Enhancement Request filed through Feedback Assistant.
I would recommend to file an enhancement request, this way it goes to the relevant teams.
I hope this information is helpful.
Travis
