Cortana is the Microsoft personal assistant. It is the one that helps save time by focusing on what is most important.
You can start by selecting the icon on the taskbar.
If you're not sure, try asking What can you do? Here are some things it does: Manage your calendar and keep your agenda up to date. Create and manage lists, set reminders and alarms.
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• What is it and what is it for?
Cortana is Microsoft's personal productivity assistant. It saves time by focusing on the most important things, like managing your calendar and setting reminders, alarms, and more.
To use Cortana you can type Requests, use the Windows search bar or speak directly from your computer, you need a microphone for voice dictation.
• How does Cortana work and what requirements does it need?
Requires software and hardware running Windows 10 version 1003 or later.
You need the software to correctly execute the scenario included in your organization, no microphone is required to use this wizard.
To activate the mode Cortana will respond by saying the activation word which has been enabled in the latest version of Windows.
• The technology behind Cortana.
Technology provides you with all the necessary tools with the following means: keyboard or different key combinations, touch screen, review and screen magnifier, also using a screen magnifier, to achieve a visual that is functional, using the appearance configuration that the operating system has such as colors and fonts.
Mouse pointer, screen review• Hardware requirements to use Cortana.
Hardware also requires the mouse pointer, the review and the screen magnifier to achieve a view that is more functional, using the screen magnifier to have standardization guidelines
You can achieve this by using the appearance that the operating system offers you with evaluation resources such as the HP laptop with Windows 10 and the JAWS 17 and NVDA 2015.4 screen reviewers along with the ZoomText Screen Magnifier
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• Software requirements.
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The software you need to use Cortana is related to searching, scheduling appointments, composing and sending emails, creating calendar events from your home screen. You don't need to open individual applications to perform the tasks that are essential with Cortana, since they are simplified.
Cortana is a very useful application, it performs thousands of functions, it is easy to use, it makes it easy to use mobile phones as well as other smart devices.
• Language and region requirements.
Cortana works on:
- Australia (English)
- Brazil (Portuguese)
- Canada (English and French)
- China (Simplified Chinese)
- France (French and the markets.)
- Germany, German)
- India (English)
- Italy Italian)
It is optimized in all these countries and works with specific pairings for each language with the regional configuration of each country aligned with that of the corresponding language. It is not available in Spanish.
Check the settings, if you are not sure you can check or change the language settings according to your need.
• How to activate and configure Cortana on your Microsoft devices?
To activate Cortana with other devices activate: “hello Cortana”, Home key, select Cortana, Turn on “Allow Cortana to respond when you say Hello Cortana,” then select Try to only respond to me. It is already configured, from that moment you can ask it about:
- Check the weather
- Open a Notepad or Word application.
- Add reminders or alarm settings.
Let Cortana surprise you with random questions. - Perform mathematical operations and conversions.
• How to use Cortana to control your Microsoft devices with your voice?
Using the phone as a remote control, to remotely operate the television, decoders and home theaters, so you can have a backup when your remote control melts under the covers or you don't get it.
The apps are not compatible with devices designed from other countries, since the TV models are not recognized. It is a practical application at home.
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Cortana?
Cortana as a Microsoft virtual assistant competes with Apple's Siri and Google Now.
The main advantage is that it manages your lifestyle, with feedback from alerts and automatic web searches.
It provides you with information related to your flights and trips and shares information with your other devices with Cortana.
It has a notes space that keeps records of your preferences to offer you the best possible experiences. Reminds you about appointments, meetings or encounters that you have pending.
Among the disadvantages that Cortana has are the following:
It has some drawbacks smart assistants how to listen to the way one speaks, which is recorded and stored on its servers all that must be derived from the user.
This virtual assistant can resolve questions that are common, that require human intervention, that need to refer the user to it. It is a high investment.
It is not a substitute for personalized attention.
This is a high investment.
