manage your life with cortana with aonghus fraser
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National Adult Learning WeekManage your Life with CortanaFriday 13th June 2014
Aonghus Fraser Director, Head of Process & Platforms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX9P6skzZNU
Meet Cortana: The New Windows Phone 8.1 Personal Assistant
IntroductionsCortana – What Can You
Do?Why?How?DemoQ&A
Aonghus Fraser
IT Geek Technology Evangelist
Director, Process & Platforms @ C5
Keen interest in Machine Learning
Gadget Freak Likes Productivity
Cortana
“My” intelligent personal assistant
Powered by Artificial Intelligence and Bing
*Recognizes natural voice
*Responds with Humor
Beta software!
(She calls me Gus)
*She’s American..
Cortana: What Can You Do?
REMEMBER
COMMUNICATE
FIND
People
Places
Calendar
Information
Cortana: What Can You Do?Phone
MessagingCalendarRemindersNotes
Alarms
Music
Places
Search
Cortana: What Can You Do?
Why?
Driving Statistics (USA)
660,000 drivers use cell phones or manipulate electronic devices while driving AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT!
3,300+ people killed, 387,000+ injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011
25% of teens respond to a text message once or more every time they drive.
20% of teens and 10% of parents admit that they have extended, multi-message text conversations while driving. Sources: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, UMTRI
How?
Developing Apps with Cortana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqiDu1BQXY
Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home – Keyboards are “Quaint”
Demo
Summary
We live in exciting times! Privacy debate – Privacy vs ServiceCortana coming to the UK very soon Apps, APIs and SDKs being extended (e.g.
IFTTT.com) Only v1 (Beta) – expect more!
Q&A
