Ccan I Get Cortana to Read Stuff Back to Me

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET

If you don't use Cortana, Microsoft'southward voice-activated personal assistant, you're missing out on some handy, easily-free functionality -- specially now that she'due south fully integrated into Windows ten, and Windows ten is everywhere.

Like Apple's Siri and Google'due south Google At present, Cortana is an intelligent personal banana who can help y'all with everything from launching applications to scheduling appointments. She can even arrange a handful of device settings, such as toggling your Wi-Fi on and off. Microsoft hasn't published a full list of Cortana commands, so we pulled together this unofficial list of all the things you can ask or say to Cortana on Windows 10 devices.

Hey, Cortana

There are a few means to get Cortana's attention.

• Click or tap the Cortana push on the taskbar. If you do non see Cortana on your taskbar, right-click the taskbar and go to Cortana > Show Cortana icon.
• If you have 'Hey, Cortana' enabled, simply say "Hey, Cortana," followed by your question. Here'southward how to enable 'Hey, Cortana.'
• If y'all're using a Windows Telephone, y'all can press and hold the search button to activate Cortana.

Basics

• Enquire about the conditions. Ex.: "What's the weather similar?" or "What volition the atmospheric condition exist similar in two days?" or "Is it going to rain tomorrow?"
• Launch a program or open a website. Ex.: "Launch Mozilla Firefox" or "Open CNET.com."
• Make a phone call. Ex.: "Phone call Sarah," or "Call John on speakerphone."
• Hear Cortana read the height news headlines. Ex.: "Prove me top headlines."
• Take a note in OneNote. Ex.: "Take a annotation" or "Annotation information technology downward."
• Draft an electronic mail. Ex.: "Write an electronic mail to [contact] saying [bulletin]."
• Draft a text message. Ex.: "Write a text to [contact] saying [message]."
• See texts or emails from a specific person. Ex.: "Bear witness me emails from Timmy."
• Perform simple calculations. Ex.: "What'south 35 times 16?" or "What's 23 minus two?"
• Perform conversions. Ex.: "What is five miles in kilometers" or "How many teaspoons in a loving cup?"
• Define a word. Ex.: "What's the definition of 'table'?" or "Do you know what 'gargantuan' means?"
• Runway packages (needs email account configured in the Mail app). Ex.: "Where are my packages?"

Settings

• Turn on/off Wi-Fi.
• Plow on/off Bluetooth.
• Plough on/off Plane Mode.

Scheduling/Reminders

• See your agenda events at a glance. Ex.: "How'south my schedule looking?" or "What do I have next calendar week?" or "When is my dentist appointment?"
• Add an appointment to your calendar. Ex.: "Add dentist date to Thursday at iii p.m." or "Schedule telephone call with Lisa tomorrow at 5 a.m."
• Motion an engagement. Ex.: "Move my dentist date to Fri."
• Prepare reminders based on time, person, or location. Ex.: "Remind me to telephone call Timmy at 2 p.m." or "Remind me to inquire about vacation time when I talk to Jenny" or "Remind me to take out the trash when I get home." Reminders can be one-offs or recurring (eastward.chiliad., every Midweek), and location-based reminders crave a mobile device.
• Set an alarm. Ex.: "Gear up an alarm for ix a.thou." or "Wake me up in an hour."
• Show me my alarms.
• Enquire virtually major holidays. Ex.: "What day is Christmas?" or "When is Labor 24-hour interval?"

Search

• Find pictures, videos, documents, etc., on your device from a specific time frame. Ex.: "Detect pictures from last week" or "Find documents from May 2015" or "Find videos from yesterday."
• Search files past proper name. Ex.: "Can you observe a certificate called CNET?" or "Can you find a film called 'cute canis familiaris'?"
• See basic search results, such as information about public figures, companies, places, and pop culture in Cortana's windows (without opening a browser window). Ex.: "How tall is Harrison Ford?" or "Who is the CEO of Google?" or "When was the Lincoln Memorial built?"

Maps/Navigation

• Where am I?
• Show me driving/public transit/walking directions to [location/landmark].
• How long will it take me to get to [location]?
• What is traffic like on the way to [location]?
• Evidence me a map of [location]. Ex.: "Show me a map of downtown Los Angeles," or "Prove me a map of the area effectually Disneyland."

Entertainment

• Look upward a sports score. Ex.: "What was the score of the concluding Detroit Tigers game?"
• Find the run fourth dimension of a movie. Ex.: "How long is Star Wars: Episode I?"
• Command music in the Groove app. Ex.: "Play [creative person/song/genre/playlist/album]," or "Shuffle the music."
• Limited command over music in other apps. Ex.: "Suspension song" or "skip rails."
• Identify the song that's playing. Ex.: "What is this vocal?"

Travel

• Track flying condition (from your postal service/messages). Ex.: "Is my flight on time?"
• Get a v-day forecast for whatever location. Ex.: "How's the conditions in Tokyo?"
• Translate a word or phrase into a different language. Ex.: "How exercise you say 'dog' in French?" or "How practice you say 'how are you' in Japanese?"
• Catechumen currency. Ex.: "What's 400 reais in Euros?" or "What'south 1,000 yen in US dollars?"
• Notice the electric current time in some other urban center/country. Ex.: "What time is it in Los Angeles?" or "What time is it in Japan?"
• What are the seven wonders of the earth?

Random tips and tricks

• Ask Cortana about her origins, aka Halo. Ex.: "Do yous love Principal Main?" or "Tell me well-nigh Halo 5."
• What's up?
• What does the fox say?
• Tell me a joke.
• Where'south Clippy?
• What practice you recall of Windows 10?
• What do y'all think of Google?
• Practice you like Google Now?
• Who'south ameliorate, you or Siri?
• Sing me a lullaby/Sing me a song.
• Rock, paper, pair of scissors.
• Play the movie game.
• Heads or tails?
• Curlicue a die/dice (one die) or roll dice (2 dice).
• Surprise me!

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Source: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/the-complete-list-of-cortana-commands/

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