How to send an email using Cortana?

I haven't bothered using Cortana much. In theory, you can ask Cortana to compose and send an email. However, when I say write email / send email or something similar, Cortana just does a web search on that phrase. I have the Mail app ad Outlook 2010. How do you configure Cortana to send an email using these?

dalchina said:

Hi, does that actually work in 1903 after the changes to Cortana? It just does a web search when I try it.

Cortana does accept 'Open Mail'

(Reminders still work though).

I'm on 1809. It will open Outlook but any other attempt to send an email just results in a web search. It should work as post 2 but it doesn't.

dalchina said:

Ah, without that you might as well - if you really want to play around with voice control- say e.g.

Hey Cortana, Open speech recognition
(you have to click the mike in the S.R. box)
(Hey Cortana, enable speech recognition - interestingly opened the Control Panel for S.R )
Open Mail - opens the Mail app
New mail - the Mail app starts a new mail dialogue - cursor at 'To:' field

etc... have fun!

OK - I've turned it off again. I'll try again in 5 years.