Cortana available on iOS and Android

Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android by dave5104 on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @12:34PM (#10705166)

I don't think there's a problem with automagically inferring the language. It sounds like the problem lies in not being able to override that decision.

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Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android by lovemenot on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @07:09PM (#10707876)

The route to revert language must be clear though, even when the UI is in a foreign language.

This can be trickier than it sounds. For instance, selecting English from a Japanese UI should be "English" not 英語. Conversely, from English to select Japanese has to be 日本語　not "Japanese".

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Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android by Mahn on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @01:35PM (#10705720)

That's exactly the thing, in an ideal world it would try to infer the language automatically, but still let you change it if you are not happy with it.

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Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android by vagelim on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @01:36PM (#10705723)

Well then you open up the possibility of being unable to override the language because you cannot interpret the one inferred.

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