Windows 10: How Cortana Comes to Life in Windows 10

I agree, what?!

On Windows Phone, Cortana works perfectly fine, for some reason Windows 10 is hit and miss.

It is an extra, non-core part of the OS. Cortana is partly meant as the future of search and be useful as an assistant that learns about you to be more proactive. If you have a busy schedule and have several things to be on top of, Cortana is meant to be there to help with that. If you don't want that or need that, you don't have to use it.

Cortana is one of several overarching themes with Windows 10, the Natural User Interface based off touch, gesture, gaze, and speech inputs. It's meant to humanize computing.

 

Remember how it was with the Start Screen back in Windows 8 and how some people refused to use it and didn't care for it nor understood why it was there and all this and that?

Yeah, some of those same people are here that like using the Start Screen now. I agree, give it six months and we'll be seeing post along the lines of, "Cortana-she's actually pretty useful!"

 

Remember how it was with the Start Screen back in Windows 8 and how some people refused to use it and didn't care for it nor understood why it was there and all this and that?

Yeah, some of those same people are here that like using the Start Screen now. I agree, give it six months and we'll be seeing post along the lines of, "Cortana-she's actually pretty useful!" I don't think the Start Screen was the issue, I believe not having a Windows 7 type menu was the issue, and having the Start Screen the only option. I know for myself that is what I dislike most about Windows 8/8.1 is not having a menu. I installed Start8 and there were no issues after that.

I think that is why the Start Screen and Windows 8 got a bad reputation. It is a great way to manage Metro, better than the dumb tiled system in Wiindows 10, IMO. I much prefer managing metro in the Windows 8 tradition, Charms bar, hot corners and all.

 

Remember how it was with the Start Screen back in Windows 8 and how some people refused to use it and didn't care for it nor understood why it was there and all this and that?

Yeah, some of those same people are here that like using the Start Screen now. I agree, give it six months and we'll be seeing post along the lines of, "Cortana-she's actually pretty useful!" I don't think the Start Screen was the issue, I believe not having a Windows 7 type menu was the issue, and having the Start Screen the only option. I know for myself that is what I dislike most about Windows 8/8.1 is not having a menu. I installed Start8 and there were no issues after that.

I think that is why the Start Screen and Windows 8 got a bad reputation. It is a great way to manage Metro, better than the dumb tiled system in Wiindows 10, IMO. I much prefer managing metro in the Windows 8 tradition, Charms bar, hot corners and all. Please least not go back to that tired old subject. . .this is about Cortana.

 

Hi

I have Cortana working from the mike on my Microsoft web cam.
I can even give her commands from 15 feet away.

For instance while sitting in the room, I can say, Cortana Play my music and the music plays.

Yesterday I was playing a video about Cortana and she would respond when the guy in the video said "Hey Cortana" I had to turn the volume down.

She does a credible job of searching the web, but I can't get her to send an email or take a note etc.
Many of the features that they demonstrate don't seem to be active yet.

She just says "Try again after further updates".

So I'm hoping that she will be more capable after the next Windows 10 update later this month.
I would really like it if I could just say "Send and email to John Doe" and have her take dictation and send it.

And I'd like to have her take notes and save them as text files.
She does a very good job of recognising what I'm saying, and seldom make errors, but there was something I was searching for the other day that she couldn't hear the T on the end of no matter how clearly I tried to say it.

Mike

 

Ditto here.
I use Cortana mainly on my Windows Phone where she is "more sophisticated" than on my desktop. I tried to send email but that is not functioning either (yet?) on the Windows 8.1 Phone. As indicated before, I believe Cortana has a lot of potential.

 

I am fed up with Americans thinking that their language is English. As a natural born Englishman I can assure you that it is not even remotely similar, with so many spelling and grammar differences. If we have to switch the region to America, all our emails will be miss- spelled in the spell checker. As the UK has more Windows users than most countries, how about supporting us properly? Just to prove my point, American is not included in the add a language tab in Cortana. Was disabled as useless - but without it I find that I cannot access my control panel, or any of my programs that do not have a tile. What a mess, and only 3 months or so before its final!

 

before become more multi-functional
cortana need to catch up either google voice or siri
in my experience (in desktop) so far it still far behind in recognizing voice
for my simple basic testing, i use chrome google voice as comparisson

not sure if windows phone vs android ... as i dont have windows phone

 

I've now totally disabled Cortana, due to the fact the the cortana background search task was taking over 15 % of my CPU all the time, this is unacceptable, luckily I can still type program names when I have the start menu open and can OK Google my phone for searches or search in Firefox which is always open on my desktop

 

"comes to life in Windows 10"... seriously, get real, it is just an app.

I will not be giving it a try, I disabled it on day one along with the Edge app on July 29th last year. MS can fiddle
with it as much as they like, but it won't be on any of my PC's.