Opera Browser

[fantasiafan]

I installed the extension on both v 8.xx and 9 (I have different versions on different computers). You'll know if your version has that capability by highlighting some text and right-clicking on it; you'll see an option that says "Speak". Click on that and it will automatically initiate the download. It will also open a new page with instructions on how to configure and use it. (Note that you can choose a male or female sounding voice.)

After it's installed, you can just press "v" on your keyboard after you've highlighted the text. (God, I love those keyboard shortcuts!)

Sweet! Now if I could only bring in more natural sounding voices like the ones from DragonNS this would be amazing! Im sure there are other voices out there for Opera....

 

[spiderman05]

Pretty neat extension. Unfortunately it only works under Windows 2000 and Windows Xp for now.

Also, it is unfortunate that there are no similar Firefox extensions (the only extension I found is called FoxyVoice and is not compatible with FF 1.5)

 

[fantasiafan]

Pretty neat extension. Unfortunately it only works under Windows 2000 and Windows Xp for now.

Also, it is unfortunate that there are no similar Firefox extensions (the only extension I found is called FoxyVoice and is not compatible with FF 1.5)

Please tell me youre not using Win98 or worse!

 

[spiderman05]

Please tell me youre not using Win98 or worse!

Yes I do , (careful it is SE). Seriously, I use Linux in 98-99% of the time. I keep windows, to be able to run some programs that do not run on Linux platforms. I have Win Xp too that I use once every 3 months or so

 

[fantasiafan]

Yes I do , (careful it is SE). Seriously, I use Linux in 98-99% of the time. I keep windows, to be able to run some programs that do not run on Linux platforms. I have Win Xp too that I use once every 3 months or so

So you can still run Opera in Linux, right? Just not the voice extensions?

 

[WoodPeckr]

Just installed the voice extensions on Opera 9!

Simply amazing, it seems to work great!

 

[spiderman05]

So you can still run Opera in Linux, right? Just not the voice extensions?

Yes,

The latest Opera works fine under Mandriva 2006. The voice extensions are not supported under Linux.