Virtual assistants are increasingly becoming a part of our daily lives. To use them effectively, it's important to know the key phrases we can use to activate them so they can respond to our needs. "OK Google" is the phrase for Google Assistant, just like "Hey Cortana" in Windows, which will soon be available in the UK.
There are third-party programs that can even let you change the voice command for Cortana in Windows 10. MyCortana by LazyGuyz lets you replace "Hey Cortana" on your PC with any voice command you prefer.
It's a way to adapt that voice command that can sometimes sound really strange into one that's more in line with something funny, allowing us to even use Cortana more regularly, a voice assistant that was intended to expand to other operating systems, although in the end it seems that the PC is its natural habitat.
How to change the "Hey, Cortana" voice command in Windows 10
- The first is download the file Mycortana.exe. from Sourceforge
- MyCortana is a "portable" program, which means that you don't even need to install it on the system so that you can launch it at all times; yes, it will not be available from the start menu
- We do double click on the .exe and we launched it
- Now we have the MyCortana window open and we go to Settings
- At the bottom of the screen make sure that the option "Run at startup" is active
- It is important that do not delete the .exe file MyCortana so that it always starts on Windows startup
- To configure a word from MyCortana, click on «Settings» and then in the plus symbol on the right side to create a new entry
- Type the name you want to use for Cortana and click on "OK"
- It is important that minimize the screen instead of closing it. By clicking on the "x" you will close the program
Remember that we are using a third-party program for voice command input.