Cortana in Windows 10 is only for those people who lives i United States and if you are living outside the US and have downloaded the latest Technical Preview of Windows 10 build 9926, you may have noticed that Cortana, one of the biggest new features present in the build, will not work for you, at least not officially.
Gabe Aul has recently confirmed on Twitter that Cortana will officially come in other regions and languages in future preview builds, but there is a way for you to test it right now, although it is limited to using English when communicating with the digital personal assistant.
To get it working, all you have to do is change Region and Language settings. To do this, go to the desktop control panel, and select "Clock, Language, and Region" from the right-hand side. Then click on Region and change the following:
- In the "Formats" tab, set format as English (United States)
- In the "Location" tab, set Home Location as United States
- In the "Administrative" tab, set Current System Locale to English (United States)
Restart your PC, and when you click Cortana, she'll be happy to assist you. You need to sign in with your Microsoft account, and tell her what you’d like her to call you. Once you're done, use the microphone or keyboard to interact, and you can also enable "Hey Cortana" by following our guide here.
To make life easier for non-native speakers who wish to speak to Cortana, there's a setting that compensates a bit for phonetic differences in pronunciation. To activate it go in the Settings app, choose System -> Speech -> set Speech-language as English (U.S.), then tick the box that says "Use speech patterns for non-native speakers of this language".
Source: Neowin
