Voice

Introduction

Voice support in Opera is based on the Voice XML standard and can basically do two things:

The voice support is based on the English language.

Requirements

  1. You need to install a version of Opera with voice support

Note: Make sure the volume controls for microphone and speakers are not zero or muted.

Speaking to Web pages

Opera with voice support enables you to communicate with Web services using your voice and hearing.

Type opera:/help/voice.html in the Opera address field for voice content demo.

Note: You can use the round center key / space bar as a substitute for the Voice button.

Speaking to Opera

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

  1. Enable the option to control Opera using voice
  2. Go to a Web page
  3. Press and hold the Voice button on the main bar
  4. Say "Browser reload" into your microphone and let go of the Voice button

With a few attempts of pronounciation you should be able to tell Opera to do a variety of things.

Tip: If you want to execute voice commands without having to press the Voice button, enable the option to recognize voice commands automatically.

Available voice commands

The default voice commands shipped with Opera are:

Command to say What Opera does
Browser back Go back to the previous page
Browser forward Go forward to the next page
Browser home Go to your default homepage
Browser reload Reload the current page
Browser refresh Refresh the current page
Browser top Go to start of page
Browser bottom Go to end of page
Browser page up Scroll current page one screen up
Browser page down Scroll current page one screen down
Browser page left Scroll current page horizontally one screen to the left
Browser page right Scroll current page horizontally one screen to the right
Browser scroll up Scroll up on current page
Browser scroll down Scroll down on current page
Browser scroll left Scroll left on current page
Browser scroll right Scroll right on current page
Browser show bookmarks Show Bookmarks panel
Browser voice help Go to the voice help page (this page)
Browser voice commands Display list of default voice commands
Browser help Go to Opera's built-in help files
Browser zoom out Zoom out by 10%
Browser zoom in Zoom in by 10%
Browser normal size Set normal zoom (100%)
Browser move up Navigate upwards to next page element
Browser move down Navigate downwards to next page element
Browser move left Navigate left to next page element
Browser move right Navigate right to next page element
Browser next link Highlight next link in page
Browser previous link Highlight previous link in page

Voice options

You can choose:

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