Option to disable natural language detection
When you are in the Inbox and enter "Add New Task" do any one know if it is possible to turn off the auto scheduling feature based on words like “today”, “friday”, “next year”, etc "?
Some times this feature is really cool and powerful. Other times you just want to be able to write anything without auto detection.
I for example like to be able to add this text "Ask Peter about meeting on Friday" without auto scheduling the task for "Friday".
What would work really well is a "quick add" markup tag that we can put in front of the entire text when you want to turn-off auto detection (of temporal expressions that refer to words or phrases that denote time).
When we use the Zapier integration there is no auto detection for the subject field.
Also, when you open the task after it is created you can edit the subject field and include "time" related text with no auto scheduling.
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Aidan
Feb 28, 2025
is there any update on this? I've been having the same issue frequently
Jeson P
Mar 9, 2025
Aidan Byrne: We currently do not have any updates on this. :(
Jeson P
Oct 31, 2024
Alex Peats-Bond Thank you for sharing this. Just for clarity the issues raised in both 1 and 2, are they from the mobile or desktop and mobile?
Alex
Nov 5, 2024
Jeson P it's just on mobile – the behaviour differs on desktop. Let me know if i can clarify anything! I love using Akiflow, but this is beyond irritating.
Jeson P
Nov 10, 2024
Alex Peats-Bond: Sure! Any additional information will help us to understand requests like this better!
[Deleted User]
Nov 15, 2023
Hi everyone! You can easily remove the natural language recognition by using backspace or ESC after typing the recognized date. Does this solve your issue?
Peter
Nov 15, 2023
Stefania: Hi! Thanks Stefania. Is this also possible if we copy the text “ Ask Peter about meeting on Friday ” from for example a mail and then paste it into the “Add New Task” field ?
[Deleted User]
Nov 24, 2023
Peter: Hi Peter, sorry I didn't see this comment!
If you paste the text and then hit ESC you'll remove the recognition, yes:)
Peter
Mar 1, 2024
I tried "Ask on Friday Peter about meeting" and "on Friday" is highlighted by the natural language recognition feature.
As a user, you will then have to click in the text after "on Friday" and then click ESC.
That is too cumbersome.
For the user, it must be lightning-fast to add to-dos.
A majority of my to-dos entered in the Inbox are copied text from other applications.
If there are any words in such a copied text that are recognized by the natural language recognition feature then it is an effort to remove the "recognition".
Hoping for a simple solution from Akiflow UX team.
It can be a keyboard shortcut.
It can be a feature to disable the natural language recognition feature in the inbox field.
It can be a special tag that I put in front of the entire text.
[Deleted User]
Sep 21
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Command Bar: Turn off Text detection
t would be helpful to have an option in the command bar or main settings to disable special character detection for things like dates or words such as 'tues' or 'next week'. This would allow me to type freely without the detection feature slowing me down. While it is a cool feature, I have developed my own method for creating tasks over time and do not use it often.