Hi. The only way I know of  is the control key unless I'm just
shutting my laptop off then I c have the hotkey set for Cortana so
just shut off all screen readers, bring up Cortana with the hotkey and
have it  shut down that way.

On 2/12/18, Karim Lakhani <karim.lakhani@...> wrote:
> I'm sure if you don't want to be giving any one your personal information
> these days  you will have to live with what you have.
> MY XP box is useless for searching the web and such these days, if going to
> a blind friendly web site can be a hit or a miss.
> Keep us posted how you can avoid upgrading without having to release your
> life!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shaun
> Everiss
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 4:49 PM
> To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
> Subject: Re: [nvda] How to silence NVDA when Cortana speaks?
>
> I've never really tried cortana yet.
>
> I do admin a lot of systems and most of it is keeping ms away from my data
> and keeping cortana silent.
>
> If I get my system I am unsure how usefull cortana is to me.
>
> If I put it back on, I will have to send all my data to microsoft, and all
> the extra spying crazyness which I don't mind but if it becomes a bother at
> all then I don't know.
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> On 13/02/2018 11:37 a.m., Scott VanDeWalle wrote:
>> I too love messing around with Cortana and  any other digital assistant.
>> I’m going to try to figure out collections in Cortana again.
>> Not that I have anything important to save but you never know when it
> will come in handy and it never hurts to learn new things.
>>
>> Later
>> Scott
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>> From: David Moore
>> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 12:06 AM
>> To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
>> Subject: Re: [nvda] How to silence NVDA when Cortana speaks?
>>
>> I use Cortana for directions, scores to all ball games, weather in many
> places around the world, and also time around the world, and that is just a
> start LOL!
>> Cortana is not quite as smart as SIRI, but they are beginning to run neck
> and neck LOL!
>> Personal assistants are my favorite toys LOL!
>> If you guys would like, I have an entire list of Cortana commands and
> questions for her LOL!
>> David Moore
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>> From: Karim Lakhani
>> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:28 PM
>> To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
>> Subject: Re: [nvda] How to silence NVDA when Cortana speaks?
>>
>> glad to hear you are using the feature, I have not found it as responsive
> as SIRI.
>>
>>
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>> EMAIL:karim.lakhani@...
>> $$$$
>> SKYPE: goldenace4
>> $$$$
>> Keep your fears to yourself,
>> but share your courage with others.
>> ****
>> Robert Louis Stevenson
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>> From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of
>> mel_thatcher via Groups.Io
>> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 3:02 PM
>> To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
>> Subject: [nvda] How to silence NVDA when Cortana speaks?
>> I wan to silence NVDA while Cortana speaks in Windows 10?  Are there ways
> to do this other than clicking the CTRL key?
>>
>> Mel
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