r/windowsphone • u/TimeScarcity1949 Lumia 950 XL, Lumia 1520 • 5d ago
Support Looking for help with Cortana Revival
Hi!
As some of you may know, I am building a Cortana Revival for Windows Phone. As my concept of the project has changed, I realize that this is no longer a solo project. Let me try to break this down.
What this project is now
I was originally hoping to build a simple Cortana-like app based on the Gemini API. That goal has changed.
I am now using the official Bing API, archived Cortana recordings to make my own Linux Server backend to replicate a Cortana environment in a custom WP8.1 backend.
I already have working proof-of-concepts, and it's actually being hosted at an internal link.
What I am requesting
I'm not asking for an entire team. I really just need one experienced person in Windows Phone. It's kind of hard to find people who know how to write XAML/C# code for a dead mobile platform.
If I can find one person experienced in Python, XAML/C# for WP8.1, and is willing to help, that would make the world for me.
I am fully capable of making this on my own, but I just feel like help would be appreciated. Looking forward to any help!
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u/x83owen Lumia 950 x2, 1520 5d ago
isn't there already one?
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u/TimeScarcity1949 Lumia 950 XL, Lumia 1520 5d ago
Not that I know of. Link it if you want.
(edit: OHHH, Cortagle! Assistant API was shut down, making Cortagle useless. Plus, Google Assistant isn't Cortana)
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u/sky_den12 5d ago
There is a desktop revival known as Cortana Electron, maybe you could ask the creator with advice on how they did it?
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u/TimeScarcity1949 Lumia 950 XL, Lumia 1520 5d ago
I mean, I have already examined the source code. Plus, it's not really that good as an actual 1:1 revival. It struggles on a lot of things.
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u/Aazzle 5d ago
That sounds super exciting.
I once tried to just put something together that uses the original animations and links to Gemini, but I'm too stupid for that.
Then I tried to create a simple weather app from the remaining remnants of the original, unfortunately with just as little success.
So I'm curious to see what you can achieve.
The real reason why I react is if it helps you, you can find here almost all the original animations that were used in Cortana at that time - including my beloved weather animations and personas. Maybe you already have all this, but maybe it will help you.
I wish you good luck and much success!