Opera Browser Beta Adds Voice, More

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article at DesktopLinux.com, the first public beta of Opera 8 is available for free download. It adds voice input/output and a host of other niceties. Key new features include improved RSS handling, fit to window or paper width, a start-bar for easy access to the most commonly used functions, and automatic update checks. The beta release supports Windows only, but a general release is scheduled for early 2005. Opera and IBM have partnered on XHTML+Voice (X+V) technology for several years, co-announcing a Multimodal Browser and Toolkit early in 2003."

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Here's why you dont want to enable it ..

[Kalroth]

User: Take me to www.slashdot.org!

* Opera acknowledges the request and types www.goatse.cx *

Wrong - Only 1 post

[Agret]

Guys Firefox is heaps better beacuse Opera is not free and is bloated.