Lumia 950 basic speech recognition, is it doable without Cortana?

[Windows Central Question]

Lumia 950 basic speech recognition

Is this doable without cortana active?

 

[rhapdog]

Re: Lumia 950 basic speech recognition

My understanding of this feature is that Cortana is required for the speech recognition, as is an active Internet connection. The speech is actually analyzed online.

 

[sp3cim3n]

Re: Lumia 950 basic speech recognition

Thank you rhapdog, I was hoping for simple functionality like wp8 where I could just say " call xxxxx" or open such and such app.