There are three components to this:
- Set display language to English.
- Set region settings to United States.
- Download the English (US) Speech-packages.
1. Setting display language to English
Click the Start button –> Settings –> Time & language –> Region & language –>
- Set country to United States.
- Add a language “English (United States)”, when it’s downloaded/installed, click on it and set it as Primary language.
- You will be forced to log in and out.
2. Setting region settings to United States
Click the Start button –> Settings –> Time & language –> Region & language –> Additional date, time & regional settings (furthest down) –> Region
- In the “Formats” tab, choose format as English (United States)
- In the “Location” tab, choose Home Location as United States
- In the “Administrative” tab, choose Current System Locale to English (United States)
3. Download the English (US) Speech-packages.
Click the Start button –> Settings –> System –> Apps & features –> Manage optional features
- Download English (US) optical character recognition
- Download English (US) speech recognition
- Download English (US) text-to-speech
- Download English (US) typing
Finally, enable Cortana
- Next to the Windows Start-button there’s a magnifying glass. Click it.
- Click on the Circle/Gear on the side-menu that pops up.
- Swipe “On” where it asks if you want to enable Cortana.
- Follow the instructions to set-up Cortana.