So Microsofts version of Samantha from "HER" is about to drop soon (Cortana) and...

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Well, are you guys ready for the future?
They haven't even revealed the Forteleza augmented reality glasses yet

As we revealed in a previous article Microsoft have been working on a digital personal assistant with Siri-like speech recognition called Cortana, named after the holographic AI character from the Halo series, and now somebody at Windows Phone Lovers has leaked a ton of data from the SDK! The leak is obviously from the Windows Phone version but presumably most of it should apply to the Xbox One version as well. I’m hoping the emoticon mentioned is just temporary for the current build or just for the Windows Phone version though as it would be great to at least have an option for a full Cortana avatar, or at the very least just her head, on screen doing the speaking! The website The Verge has done a great job of collecting all the leaks together so I’ll post the info from them:

• You can change Cortana’s name. It’s named Cortana by default.

• Cortana is available in different languages.

• There are visual representations of Cortana’s emotional states and reactions, designed on the basis of some sort of circle (probably an emoticon type of design). Its expressions are: Abashed, Alert, Bouncy, Calm, Considerate, Elated, Greeting (probably 4 versions), Listening, Need More, Intro, Optimistic, Reminder, Satisfied, Sensitive, Speaking, Thinking

• There are 38 different versions of Cortana’s greeting line (“Hi, name, how can I help?”, “What’s up, name?”, “What else can I do for you?”, etc.)

• Cortana saves all kinds of relevant personal data (your name, your reminders, your inner circle, etc.) in what’s called Cortana’s “personal notebook”, which is stored locally and synchs via the cloud. That notebook can be cleared.

• The types of information Cortana handles include: weather, stock, traffic, directions, calendar, time, places, persons, music, notes, calls and texts.

• Cortana can handle settings including modes and connectivity.

• Cortana can automatically turn on “quiet hours”

• During “quiet hours” Cortana handles calls and texts.

• There’s some sort of Cortana tile for the Start screen.

• Cortana can automatically scan your mails for useful information. For example it can track flights mentioned in your mails.

• Cortana only works in certain regions and can be disabled by “company policy”

• Things you can ask Cortana about: weather (current, forecast), news (headlines, specific topics), “who is…” type of questions, conversions, stock (general situation, specific stocks), nutritional values, your schedule, directions, opening hours, your location

• Actions Cortana can do for you: call and text contacts, set alarms, create or change appointments, play music, create location-dependent reminders, take notes

• Things Cortana can search for: videos, places, events, recipes, apps

• Looks like Cortana might be available in the following languages: de-de, en-gb, en-in, en-us, es-es, es-mx, fr-fr, it-it, ja-jp, pl-pl, pt-br, ru-ru, zh-cn, zh-hk, zh-tw (for each language there are different voices to choose from, male ones and female ones)

• When battery saver is activated, some of Cortana’s functionality is disabled. The user can adjust how battery saver impacts Cortana.

Here are a few rather dull screenshots from the SDK, most of it is just code afterall: