This early adopter program for the latter is opt-in, and gives people the option to try Cortana using English language models from the US and the UK. Let's see how we can configure it for Windows Phone devices in these regions.
Here are the Steps to activate Cortana alpha version
Essentially, all you need to do is to change your speech settings to English US or UK. If any other permutation works, let us know in the comments.
- If you've changed region or language settings previously to try out Cortana when it released for the US, revert to the original settings for your country. A restart maybe required if you change these settings. If you haven't, confirm that the settings are in order.
- Language: English (India)/English (Canada)/English (Australia)
- Country/Region: India/Canada/Australia
- If you've not made any changes before, you'd need to start here and just change your speech settings.
- Speech: English (United Kingdom)/English (United States)/English (United Kingdom)
Source: WPcentral
