The Cortana voice assistant in Windows 10 can set reminders, send emails as well as engage in witty banter when you talk to her. But what if you're in the U.S. and also you want her to have a British accent or talk to you in Chinese? At the moment, the voice assistant supports seven regions -- the U.S., United Kingdom, China, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. You can change Cortana's language voice to the of these countries' native languages in just a few steps.

Automatically, altering your region will also change the date format Windows uses, the keyboard layout, the headlines you receive from Cortana plus some of the promotions in the Windows store. However, if you want, you are able to switch the date and keyboard back to U.S. settings once you make the initial region change. Here's how to change Cortana's speech.

1. Navigate to Settings. You can get there by clicking the Settings icon around the start menu.

2. Click Time & language.

3. Select Region & language from the left pane.

4. Select a new region from the pulldown menu. At this moment, Cortana is just obtainable in the United State, Uk, Italy, France, Spain, Germany and China. If you wish to give Cortana a British accent, select "United Kingdom."

5. Click Give a language under the Languages subhead.

6. Choose the appropriate language. The top-level menu only shows major language groups, but you'll be able to choose a specific dialect around the next screen. So, for British English, you decide on "English" from this menu.

7. Choose the local dialect for the language. For British English, for example, you would select "English (United Kingdom)."

8. Click on the language you just added.

9. Hit "Set as default."

The new language will now be at the top of the list.

10. Choose the language again striking Options.

11. Click on the Download buttons under "Download language pack" and "Speech." Wait for both to set up. It could take a few minutes and you'll need to click on the button again to restart one of these whether it provides you with a note that it failed.

12. Click Settings under Speech.

13. Choose the new language from the Speech language menu.

14. Check "Recognize non-native accents . . . " That should help improve speech recognition, particularly if you are an American but using the British English Cortana.

15. Restart your pc.

The next time you launch Cortana, you'll be asked to set the voice assistant up by providing it your name, just like would for any language.

16. Improve your keyboard should you still want the standard U.S. QWERTY layout. The British layout is comparable but moves some important symbols around (ex: the @ sign is no longer on the 2 key). To change your keyboard, click on the button to the left of your system clock and select "US Keyboard" in the menu that appears. The laptop keyboard button is going to be called "ENG," "ESP" as well as other abbreviation that represents the currently-selected keyboard.

Change the Date Format, Location

Whenever you change the region and language, you not only change Cortana's voice but also set the time and date so that it appears the actual way it would for your country. For example, changing to United Kingdom makes the time display inside a 24-hour clock and formats the date with as day / month / year. If you wish to use U.S. date formatting instead, adopt these measures.

1. Search for "Region" in the Cortana / Search box and click "Region Ccontrol Panel" in the results.

2. Select "English (United States)" from the Format menu.

3. Click Ok.