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Meet Cortana By Microsoft by viqueta(m): 1:20pm On Jul 14, 2014
Meet Cortana
Cortana is your personal
assistant on your Windows
Phone. She's there to make
things easier for you and make
sure you're always up to date
with the things that matter to
you most.
Ready to start?
There are just a few things to do
to get going with Cortana – like
making sure she's switched on.
See Getting started with Cortana
to learn how, plus find out how
you can get to her on your phone
and introduce yourself.
What do you need help with?
Like any good personal assistant,
Cortana is ready to help
whenever you need it, and she
has a wide repertoire of things
she can do. (Have a look at What
can I say to Cortana? for specific
ideas about things you can ask
her.) Here are just some of them:
Get in touch and stay on track
– Cortana can help you make
calls and send texts, see what's
on your calendar this weekend
and add events to it, set alarms
and take notes.
Interests – The more you tell
Cortana, the more she can help.
Let her know what interests you
and she'll go looking on the web
for articles and posts about those
things, and keep them ready for
you when you go to Cortana or
check the Tile. Did your favourite
team win or did they get
crushed? Is your flight running
late? Keep on top of sport, news,
entertainment, weather, health
and more. Cortana even has
interests that can give you a
glance at your day or help you
prepare for a trip.
Remind me – Need a nudge?
Cortana can remind you to do
something at a specific time, a
particular place or when you talk
to a certain person.
Get where you want to go –
She'll give you help with
directions or even let you know
if traffic's so bad that you should
leave early to make your next
appointment.
Quiet hours and inner circle –
Cortana will make sure you don't
get calls or texts when you don't
want to be disturbed (except
from the people you tell her to
let through).
Cortana's Notebook – Your
interests , reminders, favourite
places , the music you've
searched for , your quiet hours
and inner circle – Cortana's
Notebook is where she keeps
track of all the things you tell her
about you. It's also where you'll
find settings and where you go to
turn Cortana off. When Cortana
is on, some of the data in her
Notebook synchronises to the
cloud, where other Bing-powered
services and apps will use it. To
learn more, see the Managing
Interests and Personalisation
settings section in the Bing
Privacy Statement.
Get out on the town – Cortana
can fill you in on events near
you, help you pick a restaurant
or tell you what's happening
next month in Sao Paulo.
Check the weather – Check the
forecast for today. Or tomorrow.
Or the week. In Dubai.
Talk to me – You can chat with
Cortana about whatever's on
your mind. Ask her questions
that you might ask a new friend,
or tell her how you're feeling –
she has opinions and stories to
share. She'll even tell you a joke.
Whenever you chat with
Cortana, she's ready to help you
and will search to find what you
need.
Tip
You can use your voice to tell
Cortana what you'd like to do,
who to call, what to text and
more. Or if you're somewhere
you'd prefer to keep quiet, you
can type your requests. Cortana
will then refrain from answering
you with her voice too.
Notes
Cortana is only available on
phones with Windows Phone 8.1,
and in some countries/regions .
Check to see which software
version you have and find out if
an update is available.
If Cortana isn't available, or you
don't want to use it, you can still
use the Speech functionality on
your phone .
To use Cortana, you'll need to
sign in with the Microsoft
account of someone over the age
of 13.
More topics about Cortana
Have a look at these topics for
more info about Cortana and the
ways she can help.
Re: Meet Cortana By Microsoft by viqueta(m): 1:30pm On Jul 14, 2014
woooow.....nice technology . would like to know it flaws though

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