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Re: Cortana available on iOS and Android

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Post by pmelendez » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 7:47 PM UTC

probably_wrong wrote: post #10

I want to like Cortana, I really do. Unfortunately, it's linked to my phone's default language. So even though I could speak English, Cortana will not talk to me because my phone's interface is in Spanish. That is something I can understand - maybe there are development reasons why second language voice recognition is not possible. However, every time I update my OS, Cortana is added to my main screen again, perhaps…

Not trying to change your way to doing things but why don't try using English for the interface? Spanish is my first language as well and I don't have problem writing in spanish while using english as main language for the UI.

Re: Cortana available on iOS and Android

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Post by henry_vonfire » Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 10:55 AM UTC

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #96

danpeddle wrote: post #25

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Sigh, that's sad. It baffles me that there are still so many services that try to 'automagically' intuit which language someone wants to have a service in, instead of just simply .. asking. Google play is a prime culprit, for example, showing a mixture of language content on the play store. See also subtitles, dubbed content, books.. Another one - Sony's Playstation store, where if you choose a country, then the lang…

> It baffles me that there are still so many services that try to 'automagically' intuit which language someone wants to have a service in, instead of just simply .. asking. Well, because they should and rightfully so. You shouldn't have to select a language every time you start an app. Instead it should use whatever language was set on your system. Anything else just isn't intuitive and would add more friction befor…

I'm used to switch between three different languages to take advantage of the prediction thing in the default android keyboard and I think it's very comfortable, just one or two taps and you are ready to go.

Re: Cortana available on iOS and Android

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Post by fweespeech » Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

KirinDave wrote: post #132

fweespeech wrote: post #111

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> You can disable all its callback features. The fact I have to write a host file to do that makes it rather irritating but, yes, with a local account and the appropriate host file and all the features turned off it sorta-works. The concern is Windows Update will turn it back on as it has with other things in the past.

Which OS do you use? OSX does the as-you-type requests too. Last time I looked wasn't Ubuntu doing it as well?

I primarily use Debian, I use Windows for gaming.

And Ubuntu actually lets you shut it off relatively easily fyi.

Re: Cortana available on iOS and Android

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Post by KirinDave » Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 7:59 PM UTC

fweespeech wrote: post #143

KirinDave wrote: post #132

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Which OS do you use? OSX does the as-you-type requests too. Last time I looked wasn't Ubuntu doing it as well?

I primarily use Debian, I use Windows for gaming. And Ubuntu actually lets you shut it off relatively easily fyi.

If only Ubuntu could make it easier to run package updates 6 months continuously.