Lewis River (Washington) The Lewis River is a tributary of the Columbia River, about 95 miles (153 km) long, in southwestern Washington in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range north of the Columbia River. The drainage basin of the Lewis River covers about 1,046 square miles (2,709 km2).
Cortana does read your text that's why there are links under days or times you type. But think the guy is asking about cortana being able to read his messages out loud. And i think you need a Bluetooth headset...could be wrong just regurgitating what little I've read about it in the forums.
and go to the Option settings and enable Cortana. Once done, you should be able to speak to Cortana to control the notifications and other things on your Android device. As for the smart bulbs and other gadgets that you may have and want to control using Cortana, you will need to first link it to the Tasker app.