So we have had the ability to use Cortana as a virtual personal assistant for a little over a month now and I just wanted to see what everyone thinks about their experience with Cortana.
So far, I am surprisingly impressed with her performance. I find it really easy to add apppointments to my calendar, etc. but one really weird thing that I have noticed is that Cortana cannot delete/cancel any of my appointments which you'd think as a personal assistant she should be able to. One feature that I really like is the ability to add a news topic (such as Cortana, star wars episode 7, etc) and she will show me any news related to it...at first it it wasn't working for me but since I checked the option to notify me it works for whatever reason. One area that I think Microsoft definitely needs to improve upon is continuation with queries which I have noticed is inconsistent. I can say "What's the forecast for today?" and she tells and shows what it is and then I can say "How about tomorrow?" and she has no problems recognizing that I am asking about the weather forecast for tomorrow. However, when I ask "Tell me a joke." she says a joke and then I say "Tell me another one" she just does a bing search of what I said. Same when I say "Do an impression" and then "Do another one". You'd think she be able to recognize that I want her to tell me another joke or impression. So hopefully this is being improved. That's really my only complaint with Cortana knowing that she is still in Beta.
What do you think? Would you hire her your assistant?
So far, I am surprisingly impressed with her performance. I find it really easy to add apppointments to my calendar, etc. but one really weird thing that I have noticed is that Cortana cannot delete/cancel any of my appointments which you'd think as a personal assistant she should be able to. One feature that I really like is the ability to add a news topic (such as Cortana, star wars episode 7, etc) and she will show me any news related to it...at first it it wasn't working for me but since I checked the option to notify me it works for whatever reason. One area that I think Microsoft definitely needs to improve upon is continuation with queries which I have noticed is inconsistent. I can say "What's the forecast for today?" and she tells and shows what it is and then I can say "How about tomorrow?" and she has no problems recognizing that I am asking about the weather forecast for tomorrow. However, when I ask "Tell me a joke." she says a joke and then I say "Tell me another one" she just does a bing search of what I said. Same when I say "Do an impression" and then "Do another one". You'd think she be able to recognize that I want her to tell me another joke or impression. So hopefully this is being improved. That's really my only complaint with Cortana knowing that she is still in Beta.
What do you think? Would you hire her your assistant?
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