Cortana voice

Feature Requests
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Hi,
Would it be too hard or even possible to add cortana voce to assist?

I meant the cortana voice from Halo that is :grin:

Thanks for reading my post.

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Isn’t Cortana already EOL? :thinking:

And feel free to vote for your own feature request @Nismonx :wink:

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Aha, I didn’t see the vote box above. Thank you for pointing that out.

Yes, Micro$oft voice assistant was replaced with copilot.
But I was referring to some sort of voice pack option with the cortana wake-up word.

Hopefully Halo fans would appreciate it :see_no_evil:

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You’ll need to talk to Microsoft about the usage rights for Jen Taylors voice… Im sure she would like to be paid for her hard work.

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It’s a valid point, that probably explains why I can’t find anything on github.

I just assumed once Microsoft EOL Cortana it would be free for grabs but clearly its not that simple.

Thank you for the input :+1:

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Nope it stays as long as they own the content rights. Ask Disney about Mickey Mouse. Same thing.

Microsoft is actually quite liberal with its use rights policies (see Mojang and Minecraft media) but you can’t just yoink someone’s work and do things with it.

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This feature request was clearly very naive…

Now off to chatgpt to help me write a letter to Microsoft.
Just kidding

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You’re not alone mate.
I’m wanting to call my voice assistant Cortana, because the odds of us saying that are incredibly rare unless in that context.
I also used to have one of the Cortana speakers, and various Microsoft hardware that featured it, so it’s a bit of a joke in the family.

I’m a Microsoft MVP and have a bunch of contacts in there, so am going to ask, but highly doubt I’ll have any luck.

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In all honestly, Microsoft, would have a leg up if into the open source stuff :crazy_face:… Couldn’t somebody throw her voice in an editor scramble and tweek it… Lol. I’m good with that for HA Assist

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Forgot to give an update on this.
I did ask a few folks, and apart from some internal use by individuals - they won’t let it out in any way given that Jen Taylor’s voice is currently being used in the Halo TV show, so there’s a licensing issue.

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