I have noted here before quite a few times that I use an Ipad as my communication aid. On the whole I must say I think it’s pretty cool: it’s just as good as any standard, bespoke VOCA, and when I’m not using it to talk to people I can also use it for things like blogging or checking my email. However, the Ipad has one major, nagging issue which I’m not at all happy about. For some reason, the word prediction on it has some kind of religious, christian bias. That is to say, the words it suggests, no matter which app I’m using, seem to nearly always be religious. For example, if I use a capital C it will suggest ‘Christ’, or if I type ‘I’m going to’ it will suggest ‘Church’. As an atheist this is very annoying, even infuriating. Apple is a respectable, international company of course, so I wouldn’t expect this from them. I wonder whether anyone else has come across this stupid bias, and what is behind it.