Re: SV: Windows 10 and Cortana

2016-05-23 Thread Dane Trethowan 
I believe I read somewhere about a major update for Win 10 coming out so 
perhaps what you're refering to will be in that update?




On 23/05/2016 5:28 PM, Brian Olesen wrote:

Hi Dane
Kortana will be much more intelligent this year. For example examining your 
mails for appointments and being able to notify you about these.

Brian

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Sendt: 22. maj 2016 23:17
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Emne: Windows 10 and Cortana

Hi!


I'm surprised Cortana hasn't been mentioned here at all, for those who don't 
know Cortana is the search facility in Windows 10 which combines Voice 
Recognition to search for and accomplish tasks.


I use Cortana from time to time but for some reason I don't feel as comfortable 
using Cortana on my Windows Desktop as I do using Google on one of my Android 
devices.


In my view Google products have a strangle hold on the Voice Recognition game 
but having said all that its early days for Cortana and we're going to see a 
lot of development in this area from all sorts of players and perhaps we'll 
even see Apple with their SIRI catch up in this area too.


I've been able to have Cortana open Apps on my computer, tell me the time and 
current temperature in different locations and have Cortana open various web 
sites but I haven't really been able to get much further than that.


I tried to have Cortana send an eMail but I was told I didn't have an eMail 
account configured which isn't quite correct, I use Mozilla Thunderbird on the 
Desktop PC and - whilst Cortana has no problem whatever in opening Thunderbird 
when commanded - it must rely on an Outlook Email account or something similar 
set up, that's my assumption anyway.


Surprisingly I haven't been able to get Cortana to "Call" numbers and this struck me as very odd 
given I have Skype, a Microsoft product installed on the system.  When I asked Cortana to "Call 123 
4567" I was told that, "Sorry, I can't call anyone on this system".


So there we are, my few cents worth on Cortana.  Besides the voice recognition 
features is the search feature from the keyboard which I just wouldn't be 
without and of course I've been using this since Windows 7.






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SV: Windows 10 and Cortana

2016-05-23 Thread Brian Olesen 
Hi Dane
Kortana will be much more intelligent this year. For example examining your 
mails for appointments and being able to notify you about these.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Dane Trethowan
Sendt: 22. maj 2016 23:17
Til: PC Audio Discussion List 
Emne: Windows 10 and Cortana

Hi!


I'm surprised Cortana hasn't been mentioned here at all, for those who don't 
know Cortana is the search facility in Windows 10 which combines Voice 
Recognition to search for and accomplish tasks.


I use Cortana from time to time but for some reason I don't feel as comfortable 
using Cortana on my Windows Desktop as I do using Google on one of my Android 
devices.


In my view Google products have a strangle hold on the Voice Recognition game 
but having said all that its early days for Cortana and we're going to see a 
lot of development in this area from all sorts of players and perhaps we'll 
even see Apple with their SIRI catch up in this area too.


I've been able to have Cortana open Apps on my computer, tell me the time and 
current temperature in different locations and have Cortana open various web 
sites but I haven't really been able to get much further than that.


I tried to have Cortana send an eMail but I was told I didn't have an eMail 
account configured which isn't quite correct, I use Mozilla Thunderbird on the 
Desktop PC and - whilst Cortana has no problem whatever in opening Thunderbird 
when commanded - it must rely on an Outlook Email account or something similar 
set up, that's my assumption anyway.


Surprisingly I haven't been able to get Cortana to "Call" numbers and this 
struck me as very odd given I have Skype, a Microsoft product installed on the 
system.  When I asked Cortana to "Call 123 4567" I was told that, "Sorry, I 
can't call anyone on this system".


So there we are, my few cents worth on Cortana.  Besides the voice recognition 
features is the search feature from the keyboard which I just wouldn't be 
without and of course I've been using this since Windows 7.




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Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves