BALABOLKA :: History

06.11.2011     v2.3.0.512

  + Added the creating of playlists for audio files (the window "Audio Files", the tab "Playlist").
    M3U, PLS, WPL and XSPF formats are supported.
  * Resources for German and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Regine Mueller
    and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


30.10.2011     v2.3.0.511

  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Yupeng).


22.10.2011     v2.3.0.510

  + Added the support of Microsoft Speech Platform:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh361572.aspx
    The current version of Speech Platform supports 26 languages.
    Download and install Speech Platform Runtime:
    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27225
    Download and install Text-to-Speech Engines:
    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27224
    The installed voices will be available on the tab "Microsoft Speech Platform" in the program.
  - The version 1.xx of Balabolka is not supported anymore.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, German, Italian, Korean and Ukrainian languages were updated
    (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Mueller, Fabio Boccaletti, Choi Youn-Soo and
    Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


16.10.2011     v2.2.0.509

  + Added the option "Use system default voice" to the window "Settings", the tab "Voice".
  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for French and German languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and
    Regine Mueller).


02.10.2011     v2.2.0.508

  * The window "Translate" was updated. Google Translate API is not used anymore
    (because it will be available as a paid service on December 1, 2011). Now the program
    uses the Google Translate service directly.
  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Romanian and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to
    Kostadin Kolev, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


11.09.2011     v2.2.0.507

  + New options were added to the windows "Timer" and "Extract Text from Files".
  + Small improvements.
  * The license agreement was updated.
  * Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Mueller).


28.08.2011     v2.2.0.506

  + Small improvements.
  * Resources for Portuguese (Brazil) language were updated (thanks to Tiago Nonato).


08.08.2011     v2.2.0.505

  + Small improvements.
  + Added resources for Japanese language (thanks to Igor Sergeev and Misa Tsurumi).
  * The "fast" method of rules' application was updated (thanks to Venedikt Lee).


03.07.2011     v2.2.0.504

  - Fixed small bugs.


24.05.2011     v2.2.0.503

  - Fixed the extracting of text from EPUB files.
  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Chinese (Simplified) and Polish languages were updated (thanks to
    Yupeng and Zbigniew Strzelczyk).


02.05.2011     v2.2.0.502

  + The extracting of text from HTML and MHT files was improved.
  + The support of Hunspell spell checker was improved.
  + Added resources for Arabic language (thanks to Majid Al-Asiri).
  * Resources for Korean language were updated (thanks to Choi Youn-Soo).


26.04.2011     v2.2.0.501

  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Italian and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to
    Kostadin Kolev, Fabio Boccaletti and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


10.04.2011     v2.2.0.500

  + Added the main menu item "Direct Speech". It allows to add tags for changing 
    of voice during reading of dialogs. For SAPI 5 only.
  * Resources for Chinese (Traditional), Czech and German languages were updated
    (thanks to CMHDREAM, Stanislav Tomecka and Regine Mueller).


27.03.2011     v2.2.0.499

  - Fixed the "fast" method of rules' application (thanks to Venedikt Lee).
  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


20.03.2011     v2.2.0.498

  + Added the track bar "Pitch" to the tab "SAPI 5" in the main window.
  + Added resources for Vietnamese language (thanks to Missfly82-AIO).
  - Fixed small bugs.


12.03.2011     v2.2.0.497

  + Added the global hotkeys "Skip to Next Paragraph" and "Skip to Previous Paragraph".
  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev).


26.02.2011     v2.2.0.496

  + Added the chapter "Phonetic Alphabets" to the help file.
  + Small improvements.
  * Resources for German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil) and Ukrainian languages were
    updated (thanks to Regine Mueller, Fabio Boccaletti, Tiago Nonato and Evgeny
    Miroshnichenko).


20.02.2011     v2.2.0.495

  + Added the reading of DjVu-files (the program extracts data from an OCR text layer).
  - Removed the setting "Write to file speed" (SAPI 4) from the window "Audio Files".
  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, French, Italian, Korean and Romanian languages were updated
    (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Fabio Boccaletti, Choi Youn-Soo and
    Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu).


12.02.2011     v2.2.0.494

  + Added the reading of CHM-files (Compiled HTML Help).
  + A table of contents will be imported as named bookmarks to the program (for
    CHM and EPUB).
  * Updated the extracting of text from EPUB and HTML.
  - Fixed the reading of FB2-files.
  + Added the button "Text color" to the window "Font and Colors".
  + Added the setting "Encoding of output files" to the window "File Splitter".
  + Small improvements.
  * Libraries and "viewer.exe" are stored in the subfolder "utils".
  * Resources for Bulgarian, German, Korean and Ukrainian languages were updated
    (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Mueller, Choi Youn-Soo and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


06.02.2011     v2.1.0.493

  * Updated the extracting of text from DOC, DOCX, EPUB, ODT.
  + Added the main menu item "Edit | Convert Selected | Line Case" (to capitalize
    all lines of selected text - for poems).
  * Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Mueller).


30.01.2011     v2.1.0.492

  + The dictionary of homographs can be converted to DIC file (the button "Save as"
    in the editor of homographs).
  * During the reading of selected text the selection does not disappear.
  + Added the tab "Search" to the help files (for compatibility with screen readers).
  + Small improvements.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Italian, Polish and Ukrainian languages were updated
    (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Fabio Boccaletti, Zbigniew Strzelczyk and Evgeny
    Miroshnichenko).


23.01.2011     v2.1.0.491

  + Added the Korean help file (thanks to Choi Youn-Soo).
  - Fixed bugs in the pronunciation correction.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Korean and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to
    Kostadin Kolev, Choi Youn-Soo and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


16.01.2011     v2.1.0.490

  + Added the French help file (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina).
  + Added the options "Show all words" and "Do not show words from text file" to the
    window "Find Names in Text".
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Czech, German, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian and
    Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Stanislav Tomecka,
    Regine Mueller, Choi Youn-Soo, Tiago Nonato, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and
    Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


06.01.2011     v2.1.0.489

  + Added the main menu item "Audio Clip". It allows to insert a link to external
    audio clip into text:
      {{Audio=C:\Sounds\ring.mp3}}
    Supported formats: WAV, MP3, OGG. The program will play an audio clip during
    reading aloud. When converting to audio files, an audio clip will be embedded in
    the audio file created by the program.
  * The file extension 'INI' will be automatically changed to 'REX' for pronunciation
    correction dictionaries.
  + Small improvements.
  * Resources for German, Italian and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to
    Regine Mueller, Fabio Boccaletti and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


20.12.2010     v2.0.0.488

  - Fixed small bugs.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Korean and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to
    Kostadin Kolev, Choi Youn-Soo and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


19.12.2010     v2.0.0.487

  + The window "Translate" was improved.
  + The reading of text can be started from the beginning of a paragraph (the window
    "Settings", the tab "General"). In previous versions the reading can be started from
    the position of cursor or from the begining of a document.
  + Small improvements.
  * Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Yupeng).


12.12.2010     v2.0.0.486

  + The version 2.0 was released.
  + The support of Hunspell was improved.
  * Resources for Bulgarian, Italian, Korean, Polish and Ukrainian languages were updated
    (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Fabio Boccaletti, Choi Youn-Soo, Zbigniew Strzelczyk and
    Evgeny Miroshnichenko).

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