Cortana

Submitted by
Arun S Kurup
S5 CT

MICROSOFTCORTANA

Cortana:everythingyouneedtoknowaboutMicrosoft's
Toanyonewho'splayedtheHalogames,Cortananeedsnointroduction:
she'sanadvancedartificialintelligenceandMasterChief'sonlyrealfriend.
Cortanaiscurrentlythecodenameforawholenewwayofcontrolling
WindowsPhone,andinthelongertermmaybeWindowstoo.
BingSmartSearchfeaturesareincorporatedintoCortana

Featurs of cotana

Cortana'sfeaturesincludebeingabletosetreminders
Cortanarecognizenaturalvoicewithouttheuserhavingtoinputa
predefinedseriesofcommands,andanswerquestionsusinginformation
fromBing(likecurrentweatherandtrafficconditions,sportsscores,and
biographies)
Windows8.1'suniversalBingSmartSearchfeaturesareincorporatedinto
Cortana,whichreplacesthepreviousBingSearchappwhichisactivated
whenauserpressesthe"Search"buttonontheirdevice.

Notebook

The"Notebook"iswherepersonalinformationsuchasinterests,location
data,reminders,andcontactswillbestoredforaccessbyCortana.
Cortanawillbeabletodrawuponandaddtothisdatainordertolearnthe
user'sspecificpatternsandbehaviors.
Theuserwillbeabletoviewthisinformation,withtheaimofoffering
greatercontroloverprivacysettingsbyallowingthemtospecifywhat
informationiscollected,"alevelofcontrolthatgoesbeyondcomparable
assistants".
Userscanalsodeleteinformationfromthe"Notebook"iftheydeemit
undesirableforCortanatoknow.

HISTORYBEHINDCORTANA!
Cortanais a fictionalartificially
theHalovideogameseries.

intelligent (AI)

character

in

The origin of Cortana is not explained in the video games, but in

theHalonovels.HerfirstchronologicalappearanceinthestoryisinHalo:
The Fall of Reach,a2001prequeltothefirstHalogame.
Cortana is constructed from theclonedbrain ofDr. Catherine Elizabeth
Halsey,thecreatoroftheSPARTAN Project.
According to theHalonovels, Cortana is classified as a "smart" AI,
meaning that her creative matrix is allowed to expand, in contrast to the
limitedmatrixofother"dumb"AIcharactersinthestories.

Itisbasedona26th-centuryartificiallyintelligentcharacterintheHalo
videogameseries
CortanawilldebutaspartofWindowsPhone8.1,thenextbigupdatefor
Microsoftsmobileoperatingsystem.

THE CORTANA INTERFACE

CORTANAwillbeyourPersonalDigitalAssistant...

Cortanaispositionedasapersonaldigitalassistantthathelpsyouorganizeyour
day-to-dayactivities,alongsideregularwebsearchesforinformation.

HowwillCORTANAwork?
Cortana will allow Windows Phone users to set how they want to be
addressedbythevoice-activatedassistant.
Cortanacancallusersbytheirnameornicknameslike"MasterChief"after
thefunctionisenabledinthesettings.

A key part of Cortana is its ability to save information and data in a
Notebooksystem.
Notebook will allow the Cortana digital assistant to access information
such as location data, behaviours, personal information, reminders, and
contactinformation
Cortana can also track flights or other mentions in emails, allowing it to
generatenotificationssimilartoGoogleNow.

SCHEMATICFLOWCHARTOFCORTANA

SPEECH RECOGNITION
Speechrecognition-YOURAPP
VOICECOMMANDS--TEXT-TO-SPEECH
(TTS)--SPEECHRECOGNITION
Naturalinteractionwithyourapplication
Grammar-based
Requiresinternetconnection

SPEECHRECOGNITIONFLOWDIAGRAM

2014 FIFA World Cup

Cortanacorrectlypredictedthewinnersofthefirst14matchesofthe2014
FIFAWorldCupknockoutstage,includingthesemi-finals,beforeit
incorrectlypickedBrazilovertheNetherlandsinthethirdplaceplay-off
match
ThisstreaktoppedPaultheOctopuswhocorrectlypredictedall7of
Germany's2010FIFAWorldCupmatchesaswellastheFinal.

The IMPORTANCE of CORTANA in social media!

FinallyCORTANAisreadyforyourWindowsPhone8.1

References
GOOGLENOW:AGuideToWorld'sMostPowerfulPersonalDigital
AssistantbyDarrenNelson(Jan31,2014).

FoundationsofStatisticalNaturalLanguageProcessingbyChristopherD.
ManningandHinrichSchtze(Jun18,1999).
AIAgentsinVirtualRealityWorlds",J.Wiley1996(C++frameworkfor
AIingames).

ThesoftwaresocietyCulturalandeconomicimpactByWilliamMeisel.
Wikipedia

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