BeckoningZebra1 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Microsoft working on Cortana voice search service; Coming Fall 2015. Around September of last year reports came out concerning a new voice search service called "Cortana." Cortana has been confirmed to be voiced by the same actor who voiced Cortana in the Halo video games, Jen Taylor. According to an entry on msftnerd: "Cortana will Cortana will launch first in beta on Lumia this April for US developers. The service will expand to the Bing app for iPhone in the US market this fall. The underlying technology will be extended to American Xbox One & Windows users in 2015 with Threshold. Availability in additional English-speaking territories will be spread out over 2015 & 2016." This service is likely Microsoft's attempt to rival Apple's Siri voice searching service. I'm personally looking forward to using Cortana as a voice search system, let me know what your thoughts are in the comment section below. SOURCE:MSFTNERD SOURCE:ZDNET ~All for One This post has been promoted to an article 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinWarrior Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 This will beat Siri into the ground, and I can imagine any Halo fans having a giggle when telling Siri/Cortana to address them as "Pancake." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadly Just AL Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 OMG, I heard a couple guys talking about this in animation, it's actually true? That will definitely be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloKittyGirl Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 that would be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Nice. I hope it isn't another marketing gimmick from his lordship (MS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buns Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Nice. I hope it isn't another marketing gimmick from his lordship (MS). Of course this is a marketing gimmick but not all marketing gimmicks are bad. Forward Unto Dawn was a marketing gimmick and a good one. I'm really looking forward to this. It's going to be quite interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzy_Dan Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Oh. My. Gosh. This is going to be absolutely amazing, I like Siri and all but talking to Cortana is a dream come true! If only Jester were reading this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Now lets just hope unlike siri it actually works ! I am very much interested in hearing more about this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbrabbit Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Wow well this is interesting. In fact I think this will beat Siri into the ground as well. There are so many Halo fans that this will be a very cool thing to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Me: "Cortana, Go to Halo 5" Cortana: "Right, going to Halo 5" Me in my mind: "...awesome..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hopefully Cortana doesn't go rampant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi1176 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 I would so get this, I would buy a new phone if I had to. If I get this I would ask her so many questions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Recon Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 I can't wait for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 I just hope we can now start getting more hardware and software capable of full communication, so we can finally have Computers like the ones in "Star Trek"... This might be the first real step towards that future, if Microsoft can actually pull it off, and do it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncookedMoa Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 It's a great idea, however, the technology needs to be good first. If it's really cutting edge AI as they say, this will be fun to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Of Harts Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Just too bad I don't really like Windows Phone. It does look pretty awesome, but I'm an Android user so, meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloKittyGirl Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 cant wait for it to aculy happen it would be awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenaltic Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I think it's funny that people think they're trying to "rival" Siri. Sure it's a better idea, but it's going to be sought after by a select fanbase whereas Siri is generic IPhone stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckoningZebra1 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I think it's funny that people think they're trying to "rival" Siri. Sure it's a better idea, but it's going to be sought after by a select fanbase whereas Siri is generic IPhone stuff. It's not that Microsoft designs everything with the mindset of rivaling Apple or Sony, but has more to do with how the consumers will view the two products. When you feature a function of a device, the first thing the consumer will ask is "Is it better than ____?" which ignites a "rivalry" between the two companies to win the consumer over. So while no one can say absolutely what Microsoft's intention in designing 'Cortana' was, there's no doubt it will rival Siri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaing Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Haha I can just imagine people just like: Cortana: Search the internet for pr0n! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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