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Interact with a virtual assistant

Interact with a virtual assistant

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Interact with a virtual assistant

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- [Instructor] Another common feature found in the operating systems of modern devices is a digital assistant. You may have heard of Microsoft's Cortana, Apple's Siri, or Google's Assistant. Virtual assistants use artificial intelligence, or AI, to learn more about you so they become more helpful the more you use them. Here let's take a look at Cortana, the virtual assistant built into Microsoft Windows 10. You can interact with Cortana either through typing on your computer's keyboard or by using your voice. Bear in mind that your computer needs to have a microphone in order for you to use your voice with Cortana. To use Cortana by typing, you just click in the search box in the task bar and type a question. To you use your voice, click the Talk to Cortana button next to the search box. Let's say, for example, that I need to remember to step away from my computer at 5:00 tomorrow to cook dinner. I'll click the Talk to…

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