Microsoft disables Cortana's voice when first installing a Pro version

Cortana is the Microsoft assistant designed to assist us in our day to day and although it came with the aim of competing with rival proposals such as Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant, at this point we can almost assure thatis on assisted breathing

The deal to switch roles with Amazon's Alexa was risky. Amazon's assistant is much more developed and offers a huge number of options that dwarf Cortana. That Alexa can be used in Windows and even that it can be used in the future, or so it seems, by default, is a high-risk idea that gains more strength if Cortana does not improve in its operation Something far from reality right now.

And it is that the virtual assistant devised by Microsoft begins to be a hindrance depending on what situations Raise your hand someone who considers Cortana as a fundamental utility right now within Windows 10. It is present and the minimum that is asked of it is that it does not bother and that is what it is not doing right now.

Or that is at least what seems to emerge after the latest move by Microsoft, which seems to want to put land in the middle with Cortana. It is surprising that from the Redmond company they have chosen to disable Cortana's voice-over during the initial configuration process of Windows 10 for the first time in a business environment in the Pro, Enterprise or Education editions of Windows 10:

Users of the Home version still have this function, but this behavior of Microsoft offers bad feelings, especially when given the Cortana's delicate situation in the market, what she deserves is the full support of the company and the developers, something that is clearly not happening, or at least not as it should.It is true that there are movements in favor, but they are too discontinuous.

Many may or may think that right now Cortana has no place in a market in which each manufacturer almost has an assistant its own virtual network and in which Amazon has achieved a position of indisputable strength with Alexa.

Time will tell if Cortana's future is bleak or if on the contrary Microsoft decides to keep it through thick and thin, but for now it cannot be predicted that he will have a long and prosperous life.

Source | Windows Central