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Microsoft / Cortana

Cortana is a virtual assistant created by Microsoft for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1,[8] Invoke smart speaker, Microsoft Band, Surface Headphones, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Windows Mixed Reality, and Amazon Alexa. Cortana can set reminders, recognize natural voice without the requirement for keyboard input, and answer questions using information from the Bing search engine.

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Getting Started: Building your first Cortana Skill using the Cortana Skills Kit in under...

Okay, let's get started with blogs! And what better way to start than by showing how you can quickly get setup and create a...

Welcome to the Cortana Skills Tech Community!

Greetings everyone & Welcome to the Cortana Developer community!   Just over 3 months ago at Build 2017, we announced the public preview of the Cortana...

Getting Started: Personalize your Cortana Skill interactions by leveraging User profile and Context

Welcome to the second blog post of our Getting Started series! Through this series, we aim to help you build great Cortana Skills, that...

Getting started: Playing short audio clips & composing speech responses in your Cortana Skill

In this blog post we will see how Cortana skills can play short audio clips and compose the Text-to-Speech(TTS) responses that Cortana speaks on...

Getting Started: Build a Cortana Skill that can stream audio on the new Harman...

  This week, Harman Kardon launched Invoke - the voice-activated speaker featuring Cortana. The Harman Kardon Invoke speaker combines the rich, captivating sound that Harman Kardon is...

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