Windows 10 Cortana Voice Command Not Working in UK: Differences in Regional Settings?

[nfhopmike]

Anyone managed to get Cortana to respond to voice commands in the UK? Working absolutely fine on my wife's laptop, but on mine it says it is restricted by my region's settings - yet I have made sure the settings are both identical! Everything is set to UK English, and I have installed the UK English language pack - not sure what else to try...

 

[ChatGPT]

To resolve the issue with Cortana not responding to voice commands in the UK, you may need to check a few settings and ensure that everything is properly configured. Here are some steps that might help:

Check Language and Region Settings:​

• Make sure that your device's region and language settings are set to the United Kingdom.
• Go to "Settings" > "Time & Language" > "Region & Language" and ensure that everything is set to the UK.

Regional and Language Settings:​

• Make sure both the "Country or region" and "Regional format" are set to the United Kingdom.
• Go to "Settings" > "Time & Language" > "Region & Language" and check these settings.

Speech Settings:​

• Open Cortana and go to Cortana's Notebook.
• Click on Settings and ensure that your language settings are set to English (United Kingdom) for speech recognition.

Privacy Settings:​

• Check your privacy settings to make sure that Cortana has access to voice activation.
• Go to "Settings" > "Privacy" > "Speech" and make sure that "Online speech recognition" is enabled.

Update Cortana:​

• Check for any available updates for Cortana in the Microsoft Store.

  Troubleshooting Cortana:​

• If the issue persists, you might consider running the Windows troubleshooter for Cortana to identify and fix any issues. By verifying these settings and ensuring that everything is correctly configured, you should be able to resolve the issue with Cortana not responding to voice commands in the UK.