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On Android, it has worked well for me for simple things (e.g. "Remind me to take my laundry off the hanger tomorrow at 15:00"). Have not tried anything fancy, t
by krylon 10y ago
On Android, it has worked well for me for simple things (e.g. "Remind me to take my laundry off the hanger tomorrow at 15:00"). Have not tried anything fancy, though.
A coworker once told his smartphone, "Tell me a dirty joke". It kind of worked, it opened a web search for "dirty joke". Cortana really impressed me by actually telling a joke; it was about dirty laundry (but I suspect that was intentional to avoid offending people). ;-)
- amingilani 10y agoI use it obsessively. Currency conversions, fact checking, basic maths, "what's the tip for $20", sending texts, sending WhatsApp messages, making phone calls, "flip a coin", "wake me up at 7", setting timers, "Add to calendar".... It works wonderfully well. I use it obsessively to the point that people now joke that if you ask me a question I'll simply ask Google about it.
- hengheng 10y agoHow did you find out what you could tell it? After the first ten useless Google searches that popped up, I was looking for a vocab list. And then I gave up.
- amingilani 10y agoHonestly, I think i've built an instinct on what works and what doesn't. Simple statements do work, as do some simple questions. It's a bit of trial and error but if it's a simple fact check, it's most likely you can phrase the question in a manner that gets you an answer. E.g. I randomly tried: What do I do when I burn my finger? and it answered. Same for: How do I get ink stains out of my shirt?
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