The Inadvertent Errors of My Life

I missed the boat on learning a skill essential

I never learnt how to type, thinking it would be inconsequential

As someone who finds poor spelling hard to forgive

With significant embarrassment I’ve had to live

Because of mis-typed words, which make me cringe with shame

And for which my lack of education is to blame

With near universal spellcheck, I breathe a sigh of relief

But if there is no auto-correct feature, mis-typing still gives me grief

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Now I almost exclusively use speech to text applications

But most software programs are not great at comprehension

Of a pseudo-American accent such as mine

Often meaningless jargon in my notes I find

That needs to be corrected by typing out the right stuff

To completely eliminate typing from my life is tough..

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These days we have AI-powered tools available

Of summarizing a doctor-patient conversation into a note, they are capable

I have not attempted to use them because of my skepticism

I do not want what I say to be filtered through an AI-enabled prism

But AI has the potential to solve my typing tribulations

One of these days I shall try out the new applications..

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At the end of this long-winded verse, my shortcoming I acknowledge again

I must check my notes for accuracy and from relying solely on computers refrain