Cortana on the desktop, what can it do for you
The personal voice assistant and Microsoft is expected to take place in the next build of Windows 10, and not just anywhere: on the desktop.
Joe Belfiore, vice president in charge of development of Windows Phone, took pleasure in showing the operation of Cortana in the Windows 10 conference on 21 January. The voice assistant, who had already taken place in the mobile Windows Phone 8.1, will land on the Windows desktop 10. What can he do for us?
It because it is a voice assistant, or because she was female voice during the demonstration, responds to voice orders or respond to keyboard input. His role will be that of a search engine that will respond to our requests, but it is far from being limited to this.
Cortana Hey!
If certain sequences seemed pre-recorded for purposes of demonstration, others have shown many examples of using this voice assistant. The rounded icon Cortana takes place near the Start button in Windows 10 and fires a mouse click. To his right, a search field allows you to enter text on the keyboard and one microphone icon at the right end triggers listening through the microphone of the computer.
It is also possible to challenge Cortana without the need to move mouse and keyboard, just by speaking clearly "Cortana Hey!". Immediately after pronouncing these words, translated and transcribed Cortana in its search field spoken words and tries to respond to your request or by searching, or more subtly.
We can thus ask the weather or start composing in email sent to a contact that is clearly announce. After the wizard has dug in the directory, we can also compose the message with the voice through voice recognition. It is also possible to ask him to "find pictures of December," as shown by Microsoft during the demonstration, in which case it displays an Explorer window with the found images. Simple and effective.
A curious wizard to define privacy
To prevent Cortana is seen by users as a spy placed in the system, Microsoft said on its blog that Cortana control options are available to make it more reliable, but also more transparent. For Cortana does not only meet the demands: he learns the user preferences and to better respond to stress. Moreover, it will even anticipate needs by providing appointment reminders, schedules or transportation following the sports results.
In addition, this wizard reminiscent of an artificial intelligence system could follow you around, especially if you have multiple devices under Windows 10. Cortana will also take place in the Windows Phone, which is also used in Windows 10, or in Spartan, the new Microsoft browser. Given the number of data that could accumulate a controlling abilities and confidentiality is therefore essential.
In the end, Cortana will accompany the user experience in its Windows 10 and at the same time we discover that the next build (test version) what are the options that will be offered to muzzle us when the wizard is a bit too intrusive.
In practice: How to activate Cortana
In the end, Cortana will accompany the user experience in its Windows 10 and at the same time we discover that the next build (test version) what are the options that will be offered to muzzle us when the wizard is a bit too intrusive.
In practice: How to activate Cortana