Spell checker? What’s that mate?

by Vinaya HS on October 30, 2006

in Technology, The Bangalore Blog, The Mumbai Blog

When it comes to computer software, it is often said that people use 20% of the features 80% of the time.

At State Bank of Mysore, a spell checker and a grammar checker do not figure among those 20% of the features which people use 80% of the time. Take a look at their new ATM-card application – it’s pure rubbish. (Click on the picture below to download a bigger and clearer image.)

State Bank of Mysore ATM-card application

A few words on the form which you won’t find printed in a credible dictionary (except of course, SBM’s): transterable, datd, ig, etd., ro, cordholder, widhing, gie, ism, cinters, fo, Ts., thier, and fr. The grammar is simply terrible – the less said about it the better. See if you can spot a few hilarious sentence constructions. The more you spot, the more brownie points you earn.

We claim to have a robust technology-backed banking system. Of what use is all this technology if you can’t even print a form that makes sense.

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