Welcome Slate readers. This is a demo of the X+V voice technology built into the Opera browser. Click the links below for interactive demos from Opera and IBM. Paul is still trying to figure out how to make me listen to you on this page. Hey Paul, mister hotshot tech writer, why don't you try reading the manual!

X+V Demo Page for Webhead

System requirements:

If you load this page with Opera, you should hear it speak to you.

Opera demos - see the section "Getting started with X+V" for lots of them.

IBM demos