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Smartphone's autocorrect function puts high school on lockdown
March 2, 2012 - 9:20AM
"Gunna", not "gunman" ... the auto-correct function on a student's phone caused a big fuss in the US.
A north Georgia high school and middle school in the US went on lockdown after the autocorrect function on a student's phone changed the word "gunna" to "gunman", according to media reports.
The Associated Press reported that on Wednesday morning a student from Lanier Technical College tried to text a friend that he would be at the nearby West Hall high school and middle school in the town of Oakwood, Georgia, later in the day.
He meant to write "Gunna be at West hall this afternoon," but the autocorrect function on his phone changed the word "Gunna" to "Gunman."
The situation was further complicated when the texter accidentally sent the text to a wrong number.
The text, which now read "Gunman at West hall", was received by someone identified only as "a member of the West Hall community" by the Gainesville Times.
That person, receiving the disturbing text from an unknown number, reported it to the police. And as soon as the police learned of the text message, they notified West Hall to put both schools in lockdown while they investigated the source of the text.
"It was a combination of odd circumstances," Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks of the Hall County Sheriff's Department told the Gainesville Times. "We want to emphasise that the recipient did the right thing in reporting the message."
The lockdown lasted about two hours, from 11.30am to 1.45pm local time before police were convinced that it truly was an innocent misuderstanding.
LA Times
March 2, 2012 - 9:20AM
"Gunna", not "gunman" ... the auto-correct function on a student's phone caused a big fuss in the US.
A north Georgia high school and middle school in the US went on lockdown after the autocorrect function on a student's phone changed the word "gunna" to "gunman", according to media reports.
The Associated Press reported that on Wednesday morning a student from Lanier Technical College tried to text a friend that he would be at the nearby West Hall high school and middle school in the town of Oakwood, Georgia, later in the day.
He meant to write "Gunna be at West hall this afternoon," but the autocorrect function on his phone changed the word "Gunna" to "Gunman."
The situation was further complicated when the texter accidentally sent the text to a wrong number.
The text, which now read "Gunman at West hall", was received by someone identified only as "a member of the West Hall community" by the Gainesville Times.
That person, receiving the disturbing text from an unknown number, reported it to the police. And as soon as the police learned of the text message, they notified West Hall to put both schools in lockdown while they investigated the source of the text.
"It was a combination of odd circumstances," Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks of the Hall County Sheriff's Department told the Gainesville Times. "We want to emphasise that the recipient did the right thing in reporting the message."
The lockdown lasted about two hours, from 11.30am to 1.45pm local time before police were convinced that it truly was an innocent misuderstanding.
LA Times
