Using Voice

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Introduction

Opera with Voice lets you control the browser by talking to it and generates speech from text in Web pages.

The voice support is only available for the English language and the Windows platform at this point.

Requirements

Your computer has to run Windows 2000 or XP, and it needs to have a functioning sound card as well as a microphone and speakers or a headset properly connected.

Note: Make sure the volume controls for microphone and speakers are not zero or muted. JavaScript also needs to be enabled for voice-enabled documents such as this one to work properly.

Talking to Opera

You can control the Opera user interface with your own voice, along with — or instead of — the mouse and keyboard.

First of all, you need to enable the option to control Opera using voice. Press Alt + P or go to Tools > Preferences to launch the preferences dialog.
When you have enabled the option, you will be asked whether you want to download and install the voice libraries. Confirm, and Opera will handle the rest automatically.
Go to a Web page or keep this page open.
Click and hold the "Voice" button on the address bar.
Say "reload" into your microphone and let go of the voice button.

With a few attempts at pronunciation you should be able to tell Opera to do a variety of things, for example to read selected text from a Web page. Just highlight the text, click the voice button and say "speak".

Note: You can use the Scroll Lock key as a substitute for the "Voice" button on the address bar.

Talking to Web pages

Opera with Voice also enables you to communicate with voice-enabled Web services and pages using your voice and hearing.

Follow these steps to see a simple example of how this works:

Click the form below and listen to what is said.
Click and hold the "Voice" button on the address bar or the main bar.
Speak into your microphone and then let go of the voice button.

If you do this properly, a synthetic voice will repeat the word you said.

Note: Be aware that on some voice-enabled pages, commands intended for Opera may coincide with commands or answers expected by the page. If needed, start your command with "browser" to direct it specifically to Opera.

Voice commands

The main voice commands that come with Opera are:

General

Command	Opera action
Voice commands	Display list of default voice commands (this list).
Voice help	Go to the voice help page (this document).
Help	Go to the index page of Opera's built-in help files.
Speak	Read selected text.
Read	Select first/next block of text in page and read it.
Back/Forward	Go back to the previous page or forward to the next page.
Fast forward	Analyze page and go to presumed next.
Rewind	Return to previous site or first page of current site.
Home	Go to your preset home page.
Reload page	Reload the current page.
Reload all	Reload all open pages.
Stop loading	Interrupt loading of current document.
Log in	Use the Wand password manager for login.
Full screen	Enter/leave full-screen mode.
Small screen	Emulate handheld device/return to normal display mode.
Next/previous page	Switch to next or previous open page in workspace.
Paste and go	Go directly to Web address (URL) on clipboard.
Duplicate page	Duplicate the active page.
New page	Open a new, blank page.
Close page/all	Close the active page or all open pages.
Close other	Close all open pages except the active page.
Reopen page	Reopen the last closed page.
Quit application	Close Opera.
Zoom in/out	Increase or decrease zoom % by steps of 10.
Zoom normal	Reset to 100%.

Navigating a page

Top/Bottom	Go to start or end of page.
Up/Down/Left/Right	Scroll current page one screen up, down, left, or right.
Scroll up/down/left/right	Scroll up, down, left, or right on current page.
Move up/down/left/right	Navigate upwards, downwards, left, or right to next page element.
Next/previous link	Highlight next or previous link in page.
Open link	Follow highlighted link.
Next/previous heading	Highlight next or previous heading.
Next/previous element	Highlight next or previous element.
Toggle images	Toggle between display of all/none/cached images.
Toggle mode	Toggle between author mode and user mode.
Next/previous widget	Go to next or previous form input element.
Next/previous radio	Go to next or previous radio button.
Click	Click selected button.
Check	Check/uncheck item (such as checkbox or radio button).

Panels

Compose	Compose new message.
Check mail	Check for new messages.
Show bookmarks/mail/links	Display bookmarks panel, mail panel, or links panel.
Show messages	Display messages in selected view.
Down/Up	Move to next or previous item in panel.
Open link	Open selected link.
Open link in new	Open selected link in new page.

Message view

Next/previous message	Move to next or previous message in list
Reply to message/all	Reply to message sender or to all recipients of original message
Mark as read/unread	Mark current message as read or unread
Open message	Edit draft or open message for reading (depends on view).
Forward message	Forward current message