UK Cortana not chatty

[SoullessOnyx]

You can't ask questions... Which is disappointing.

 

[Jimmy Jangle]

Good lord, did you read everything above you?

@andrewbaker06 Service is still rolling out. Stay tuned, service should catch up today as rollout completes.
— Marcus Ash (@marcusash) August 4, 2014
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[Rallicat]

OK - will be more patient!!

Also, just tried the rhyming slang - this I /will/ show to my friends!

 

[Rodrigo Pereira Teixeira]

I'm having the same problem with Cortana in Canada. No chit chat or ability to add interests.

Man, I'm in Canada and my Cortana is a canuck now. She got all my interests and is showing me news from Toronto or Vancover's newspapers

 

[Malay Agarwal]

I'm guessing this will get better (it /is/ a Beta after all), but this seems pretty crippled compared to the US version.

I've tried a few simple commands that you'd expect to work, including various ways of asking her to post to twitter (Gets Bing), read my email (Bing) and of course the old favourite 'Tell me a joke' - yup, she Bings that too!

Hardly the sort of thing I'll be showing off to my iPhone or Android loving friends any time soon! Again, I realise this is just a Beta, but I'd have thought Microsoft would be on a much more accelerated development schedule for this stuff.

I also get the blank screen when I try to add interests to Cortana.

Such Cortana, Very Beta ... er ... Wow?

--
RC

Did u not read the tweets that the other user posted
The tweets are from Marcus Ash
If u know who he is

 

[adamfehres]

Disappointed at the moment does work well but its a generic robotic voice at the moment. Does understand me alot better hopefully improves over the next few weeks. It already new my home and work unsure how as I havnt programmed these anywhere well freaky.

 

[yeoldgreat1]

The interests page and the rest of the settings worked straight away for me at the update. I'm looking forward to the back end update catching up as I can set proper commands. 1020 in UK.

 

[Andrew Baker4]

As AI_2 has just posted Marcus responded to a tweet from him saying that all the services are currently being switched on i would imagine that by tomorrow Cortana will work as she does in the US.

Besides as Tom Warren has discovered she recognises Cockney Rhyming Slang try it and ask her to get a contact on the "Dog and bone"

Thought I better ask him that

 

[MrGoodSmith]

On the alpha Coratana in Canada I said Hello and she binged it. Then I asked her what's the weather today and she talked to me indicating high and low temperature in Celsius.

 

[Pete]

Interesting. It seems that Cortana is slowly getting her personality. She just told me a joke...

 

[Pete]

Yep, she's talking to me now. Asking the usual questions and getting answers.

The usual ones, in an English accent.

 

[neo158]

Yep, she's talking to me now. Asking the usual questions and getting answers.

The usual ones, in an English accent.

Same here, just asked how clippy is

 

[Pete]

I can also add interests manually.

The voice is strange, some of it seems to be acted, some is the generated voice.

 

[anon(5725119)]

I can also add interests manually.

The voice is strange, some of it seems to be acted, some is the generated voice.

I noticed that too, like when I ask it to sing a song it just speaks the words robotically.

 

[misterphipps]

All is well - she loves me again.



Mind you, her Gollum impression is rubbish! I won't tell her though, as she's new and impressionable.

 

[nicfromwales]

Why is Cortana UK a miserable English woman? I think she's depressed.

 

[anon(5725119)]

I noticed that too, like when I ask it to sing a song it just speaks the words robotically.

Oh wait, some of the songs work!

 

[lukemholl]

Good to see she's slowly becoming chatty...
Personally I don't see the benefit of changing the voice. I don't have an issue with it, but it doesn't make it any better or worse... It's definitely lacking the warmth of Jen though :straight:

 

[David P2]

Why is Cortana UK a miserable English woman? I think she's depressed.

Should have given us Marvin....

 

[BaritoneGuy]

Man, I'm in Canada and my Cortana is a canuck now. She got all my interests and is showing me news from Toronto or Vancover's newspapers

Is she still using Jen Taylor's voice? Also if you had her setup before by using the US trick did all your settings, locations etc move over?

Thanks