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Opera Promises Voice-Operated Web Browser

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the got-porn? dept.

unassimilatible writes "Opera's latest browser talks and listens, according to AP. The new browser incorporates IBM's ViaVoice technology, enabling the computer to ask what the user wants and "listen" to the request. "Hi. I am your browser. What can I do for you?" asked a laptop with the demonstration versions of the browser. The message can be personalized, such as greeting users by name. The computer learns to recognize users' voices, accents and inflections by having them read a list of words into a microphone. Opera plans to first launch an English version of the voice browser for computers running the Windows operating system. Versions for other systems, including handhelds, will follow. Opera's press release has more details, including Opera's hopes that people will adopt this technology for presentations - and to replace PowerPoint."

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  1. i can hear see it now by rabbot · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Computer...Take me to the pr0n!!"

    1. Re:i can hear see it now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Two birds, one stone

  2. Voice activated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Great.

    Now the jerk in the cubicle next to me will talk both with himself, "the fairies" and his browser.

    1. Re:Voice activated by taernim · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, if Bob can listen to his radio, then I should be able to talk to my browser at a reasonable volume...

      --
      "PC Load Letter? What the $@#% does that mean?!"
  3. Slash dot by moberry · · Score: 5, Funny

    *speak it* h t t p : / / slash dot . org

    1. Re:Slash dot by baryon351 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Opera responds with...

      "Cannot connect to http:///..org"

  4. Hard to manage tech by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Voice input and output.. that'll make it a lot harder to discreetly search for pr0n whilst at work.

    Computer: "Hi. I am your browser. What can I do for you?"

    User: [whispering]Find me "porn"...

    Computer: "The band KoRn was formed in 1993 by Jonathan Davis and..."

    User: NO! [whispering] Not "KoRn"; "porn".

    Computer: "Clogged pores are the major cause of adolescent acne. Starting at puber..."

    User: NOT "PORE", DAMMIT!!! [coughs, lowers voice] find me "porn"..

    Computer: "Iron Ore is the primary ingredient in steel. Metalurgists will add other elements and compounds to give the steel certain proper..."

    User: NOT "ORE", YOU PIECE OF SHIT! [office mates look over cubes] [whispers] Look.. I want to look at naked people..

    Computer: "The goatse.cx lawyer has informed us that we need a warning! So.. if you are under the age of 18 or find this photograph offensive, please don't look at it. Thank you!"

    --
    Trolling is a art,
  5. The catch... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    As it's Opera, you have to sing to it.

    "Is this the real life, is this just fantasy..."

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  6. http:///..org by modder · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't load that.