Opera Software ASA announced today that it will include voice capabilities in its updated browser software, using IBM’s embedded ViaVoice technology. The upgraded browser, which will continue to be ...

Opera is adding voice control to its browser, enabling users to browse the Web and fill in voice-enabled Web forms by talking to their PC. They can also have the contents of Web sites read back to ...

Norwegian company Opera is adding IBM speech-recognition technology to its free browser software. The company, which raised about $18 million in an initial public offering earlier this month, said it ...

John Holiday spent the first two months of this year in Los Angeles. He wasn’t expecting to spend the last one here too, but as we’ve learned, 2020 has left few plans unchanged. Which is why Holiday ...

When considering “blind auditions” for orchestras I began to wish opera companies were forced to cast their operas based on blind auditions. A blind audition means the auditors do not know anything ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Start the week of Christmas with the Indianapolis Opera’s “Voices of Christmas” concert at the Basile Opera Center on Sunday. “Voices of Christmas” will feature a mix of classic ...

Following an experimental treatment, Michael Niemann gets the best gift of all. Dec. 18, 2009— -- For Michael Niemann, singing was like breathing. But when a devastating diagnosis crippled his ...

THE OPERA IS ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT TO COME OUT OF THE WESTERN CLASSICAL TRADITION. IT IS NOT RACIALLY INCLUSIVE. OPERAS HAVE RARELY FEATURED BLACK CHARACTERS AND WHEN THEY ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Albert Garcia grew up in the small South Texas town of Beeville singing in his church choir. The little boy would grow up and into a giant voice. A voice with operatic beauty. Albert ...

John Holiday spent the first two months of this year in Los Angeles. He wasn’t expecting to spend the last one here too, but as we’ve learned, 2020 has left few plans unchanged. Which is why Holiday ...