BALABOLKA :: History [+] New option [-] Fixed error [*] Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2020-11-09 v2.15.0.757 [-] Fixed the text scrolling in the Spritz-Reader. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Czech and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Adaptech s.r.o. and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-10-10 v2.15.0.756 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] The compability with screen readers was improved. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Hungarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Zoltan Magyar and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-10-04 v2.15.0.755 [+] Added the syntax settings for tags PRON and PHONEME (the window "Settings", the tab "Rules"). [+] Small improvements. [*] Updated the using of Yandex SpeechKit. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, German and Hungarian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Müller and Zoltan Magyar). 2020-09-26 v2.15.0.754 [+] Added the option "Save current sentence to text file during reading aloud" (the window "Settings", the tab "Broadcasting"). It allows to display closed captions in streaming/broadcasting software. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Anan). 2020-09-17 v2.15.0.753 [-] Fixed the minimized application launching. [-] Removed the options "Snap to the screen edge" and "Use Aero Snap in Windows 10". [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] The Ogg Vorbis and Opus encoders were updated. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-09-13 v2.15.0.752 [+] Added the "Insert Phonemes (IPA)" button and support of the PHONEME tag to the "Insert XML Tag" window. (The IVONA voices support the PHONEME tag and do not support the PRON tag.) [+] Added the support of IPA phonetic transcription for BXD dictionaries. [-] Fixed the syllable dividing for German language in the Spritz-Reader. [-] Removed the using of API-key for Yandex.Translate. (Yandex.Translate API was shut down on August 15, 2020.) [*] The LAME encoder was updated. [*] Resources for Czech and German languages were updated (thanks to Adaptech s.r.o. and Regine Müller). 2020-08-15 v2.15.0.751 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Italian and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Massimo Castiglia and Çağrı Doğan). 2020-08-01 v2.15.0.750 [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed the error in the "Find/Replace" dialog window (thanks to the Adaptech team). [-] Fixed the Clipboard Watch. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-07-18 v2.15.0.749 [+] Named bookmarks are copied and pasted together with selected text in Balabolka. [+] Added the option "Copy selected text before to read clipboard aloud" (for the small floating window). [+] Added the option "Replace by quotes" for the text formatting. 2020-07-06 v2.15.0.748 [-] Fixed the using of Yandex SpeechKit. [*] Resources for Hungarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-07-04 v2.15.0.747 [*] Improved the finding of names in text. [-] Fixed the handling of situations when an audio output device was changed. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Chinese (Simplified) languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Anan). 2020-06-30 v2.15.0.746 [+] Added the support of LRC format for subtitle converting. [+] Added the main menu item "Download Subtitles". [+] Added the option "Hide words from dictionaries (partial match)" to the window "Find Names in Text". [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2020-05-30 v2.15.0.745 [+] Added the support of WebVTT format for subtitle converting. [-] Fixed the using of the Baidu Translate service. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Updated the command-line argument processing. [*] The summary extraction for FB2/FB3 files is turned off by default. [*] The main menu item "Reopen" reloads a document which is already opened in the application. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2020-05-23 v2.15.0.744 [*] Updated the text extracting for EPUB files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-05-16 v2.15.0.743 [+] Universal tags can be used for reading of foreign words (the window "Add Tags to Text for Reading of Foreign Words"). [+] Universal tags can be used for reading of direct speech (the window "Add Tags to Text for Reading of Direct Speech"). [-] Fixed the using of SAPI 5.1 on Windows 7. [*] Resources for Czech, Hungarian and Slovak languages were updated (thanks to Adaptech s.r.o. and Zoltan Magyar). 2020-05-10 v2.15.0.742 [-] Fixed the applying of rules from BXD-dictionaries. [*] The using of IBM Watson Text-To-Speech was updated. [*] LibreOffice Writer is used for text extracting from old Microsoft Word 6.0/95 documents (if LibreOffice is installed). [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese and Serbian (Latin) languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Miguel Simões and Gradimir Kragić). 2020-05-02 v2.15.0.741 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Serbian (Latin), Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Gradimir Kragić, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-04-16 v2.15.0.740 [-] Fixed the text extracting for FB2 files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2020-04-12 v2.15.0.739 [+] Added the using of SpeechPro Text-To-Speech (for testing purposes only). [*] Resources for Hungarian, Italian and Serbian (Latin) languages were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar, Massimo Castiglia and Gradimir Kragić). 2020-04-05 v2.15.0.738 [+] Added OPUS audio format support. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-03-29 v2.15.0.737 [+] Added the option "Find Roman numerals" to the window "Replace Numbers with Words". 2020-03-21 v2.15.0.736 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2020-03-12 v2.15.0.735 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2020-03-09 v2.15.0.734 [+] Added the using of Google Cloud Text-To-Speech (for testing purposes only). [+] Added the main menu item "Repeat Forever". [+] Added new languages for the Google Translate service. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2020-03-01 v2.15.0.733 [+] Added the option "Text encoding in ID3v2 tags for MP3 files". [+] Added new languages for the Microsoft Translator service. [-] Fixed the using of the Baidu Translate service. [-] Fixed the text extracting for EPUB files. [-] Fixed the applying of regular expressions to German documents. [*] Resources for Hungarian language were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar). 2020-02-23 v2.15.0.732 [-] Fixed the using of BXT/BXZ files. [-] Fixed the text selecting in the editor. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] The LAME encoder was updated. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) and French languages were updated (thanks to Anan and Michel Such). 2020-02-08 v2.15.0.731 [+] Small improvements. 2020-02-03 v2.15.0.730 [-] Fixed the Clipboard Watch. [-] Fixed the global hotkey "Import Text from Clipboard". [-] Fixed the using of Yandex SpeechKit. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2020-01-25 v2.15.0.729 [+] Added the options "Remove text in angle brackets except SAPI tags" and "Skip text in except SAPI tags" (the window "Settings"). [+] Added the global hotkey "Minimize/Restore Program". [+] Added the new options for the global hotkey "Import Text from Clipboard". [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2020-01-08 v2.15.0.728 [+] Added the document type detecting for files with unknown extensions. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2020-01-03 v2.15.0.727 [+] The reading of text can be started from the beginning of a sentence (the window "Settings", the tab "General"). [*] Updated the loading of text files on the application startup. [*] Resources for Hungarian language were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar). 2019-12-29 v2.15.0.726 [+] Added the universal tag {{Voice}} to change a voice and its properties. [-] Fixed the text extracting for Markdown files. 2019-12-25 v2.15.0.725 [-] Fixed the using of SAPI 5.1 on Windows XP. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Spanish language were updated (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2019-12-20 v2.15.0.724 [+] Added the text extracting for Markdown files (*.MD). [-] Fixed the modifying of audio output format settings. [-] Fixed the viewing of JPEG images from books. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Jožef Gregorc). 2019-12-15 v2.15.0.723 [*] Updated the text extracting for FB2 and FB3 files. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Anan and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-12-07 v2.15.0.722 [-] Fixed the ID3v2 tag adding for MP3 files. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2019-11-21 v2.15.0.721 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Hungarian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Zoltan Magyar). 2019-11-16 v2.15.0.720 [+] Added the options to insert text into notes when the application extracts data from DOCX, FB2, FB3 and ODT files (the window "Text Import", the tab "Text Extracting"). [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2019-11-09 v2.15.0.719 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Korean and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Park Sung-Wan and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-11-02 v2.15.0.718 [*] The list of available voices was updated for Yandex SpeechKit. [*] Resources for French language were updated (thanks to Michel Such). 2019-10-29 v2.15.0.717 [+] If text was modified, a marker is added to the file name in the window caption. [-] Fixed the text formating. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2019-10-27 v2.15.0.716 [+] The named bookmark window allows to select and delete more than one bookmark. [-] Fixed the updating of a named bookmark position when text is modified. [-] Fixed the support of high contrast modes in the operating system. 2019-10-10 v2.15.0.715 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Chinese (Simplified) languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Anan). 2019-10-05 v2.15.0.714 [-] Fixed the "Undo" operation in the main window. [*] The LAME encoder was updated. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Hungarian, Spanish and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Zoltan Magyar, Fernando Gregoire and Çağrı Doğan). 2019-09-21 v2.15.0.713 [+] Added the option "Use a custom folder to store temporary audio files". [+] Added the main menu item "Delete All". [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2019-09-16 v2.15.0.712 [-] Fixed the text extracting for EPUB, HTML and MHT files. 2019-09-07 v2.15.0.711 [*] The using of Yandex SpeechKit was updated. 2019-09-01 v2.15.0.710 [*] The using of IBM Watson Text-To-Speech was updated. [+] Small improvements. 2019-08-22 v2.15.0.709 [-] Fixed the "Undo" operation in the main window. [*] The using of Yandex SpeechKit was updated. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and French languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Michel Such). 2019-08-02 v2.15.0.708 [+] Microsoft Translator is available again (v3 is used now). [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Zoltan Magyar, Miguel Simões and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-07-27 v2.15.0.707 [+] Added the main menu item "Split and Convert (Not Show Window)". [*] The LAME encoder was updated. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2019-07-20 v2.15.0.706 [+] Baidu Translate is available again (v2 is used now). [+] Added the support of an API-key for Yandex.Translate. [-] The using of Microsoft Translator and Bing TTS was disabled (free service was turned off by Microsoft). [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Spanish language were updated (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2019-07-06 v2.15.0.705 [*] The LAME encoder was updated. [-] The using of Baidu Translate service was disabled (v1 was turned off by Baidu). [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Hungarian and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Zoltan Magyar and Jožef Gregorc). 2019-06-22 v2.15.0.704 [+] Added the option "Hide tab area with filenames" for the full screen mode. [+] Added the using of IBM Watson Text-To-Speech (for testing purposes only). [+] Added resources for Slovak language (thanks to Jiří Fenz). [*] Resources for Czech and German languages were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz and Regine Müller). 2019-06-08 v2.15.0.703 [-] Reduced the memory usage. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Anan). 2019-06-01 v2.15.0.702 [+] Added the option "Press once to start reading then once to pause" for the global hotkey "Read Clipboard Aloud". [+] Added the main menu item "Delete". [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Çağrı Doğan). 2019-05-25 v2.15.0.701 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified), Czech, French and Korean languages were updated (thanks to Anan, Jiří Fenz, Michel Such and Park Sung-Wan). 2019-05-15 v2.15.0.700 [+] Added the using of Youdao Text-To-Speech (for testing purposes only). 2019-05-12 v2.15.0.699 [-] Fixed the audio file saving if the audio output device is absent. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, German, Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Müller, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-04-20 v2.15.0.698 [+] Added the setting for pauses between sentences in the Spritz-Reader. [-] Removed the setting "Minimal Block Size" from text splitting. [*] Updated the list of voices for Yandex SpeechKit. 2019-04-15 v2.15.0.697 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Spanish language were updated (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2019-04-07 v2.15.0.696 [-] The using of of custom encoders was fixed. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2019-04-03 v2.15.0.695 [+] Added the subtitle converting for online TTS services. [-] Fixed the subtitle converting for SMI files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Hungarian and Korean languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Jiří Fenz, Zoltan Magyar and Park Sung-Wan). 2019-03-31 v2.15.0.694 [+] Added the popup menu items "Insert Audio Clip" and "Insert Silence" for online TTS services. [*] Resources for Czech, German and Portuguese languages were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz, Regine Müller and Miguel Simões). 2019-03-24 v2.15.0.693 [*] The compability with screen readers was improved. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-03-22 v2.15.0.692 [+] Added the button "Change language" for online TTS services. [*] Updated the text extracting for DOCX, CHM, EPUB, HTML, ODP, ODT and PPTX files. [-] Fixed the text extracting for CHM files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Hungarian, Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Michel Such, Regine Müller, Zoltan Magyar, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-03-10 v2.15.0.691 [+] Added the using of Baidu Translate. [+] Added the setting "Minimal Block Size" for text splitting. The value must be set as a number of characters (not as a number of kilobytes). [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Polish and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Fresta and Jožef Gregorc). 2019-03-03 v2.15.0.690 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Korean and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Park Sung-Wan and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-03-02 v2.15.0.689 [+] Added the batch converting of text files to audio files by using of online TTS services. [*] The LAME encoder was updated. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Chinese (Simplified) languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Anan). 2019-02-23 v2.15.0.688 [+] Added the setting "Launch Balabolka on Windows logon". [+] Added the settings to ignore text in brackets. [+] Added the setting to add a period if there is no punctuation at the end of the paragraph. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-02-16 v2.15.0.687 [+] Added the using of Baidu Text-To-Speech and Bing Text-To-Speech (for testing purposes only). [+] Added the using of Microsoft Translator and Yandex.Translate. [+] Added the settings for alternation of original and translated text. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, German, Korean and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Müller, Park Sung-Wan and Jožef Gregorc). 2019-02-09 v2.15.0.686 [+] Added support of the native format *.BXZ (ZIP-compressed Balabolka documents). [+] Added the text extracting for ODP files (OpenDocument Presentations). [+] Small improvements. [*] Updated the text extracting for PPT files. [*] Updated the text import settings: the built-in converter is always used for text extracting. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Hungarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Zoltan Magyar and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-02-02 v2.14.0.685 [+] Added the text extracting for PPT and PPTX files. [+] Added the LANG tag to change a language for Google TTS. For example: {{lang=en}}Here is an English text. [*] The encoding detecting for input text files was improved. [-] Fixed the editing of shortcuts for menu items. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2019-01-26 v2.14.0.684 [*] The "Find/Replace" window was updated. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2019-01-19 v2.14.0.683 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Arabic, Bulgarian and Korean languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Kostadin Kolev and Park Sung-Wan). 2018-12-21 v2.14.0.682 [+] Added the option "Remove text in round brackets" for the text formatting. [*] Fixed the compability with Safe Exam Browser. [*] Resources for Czech, Hungarian, German, Korean and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz, Zoltan Magyar, Regine Müller, Park Sung-Wan and Çağrı Doğan). 2018-12-08 v2.14.0.681 [*] The application saves BXT files with the BOM header. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-12-01 v2.14.0.680 [+] Added the options to ignore comments (single-line and multiline). [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French, Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-11-17 v2.14.0.679 [+] Added the option "Remove page numbers" for the text formatting. [-] Fixed the application exit error. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Hungarian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Zoltan Magyar). 2018-11-10 v2.14.0.678 [+] Added the support of Online Text-To-Speech and Yandex SpeechKit (for testing purposes only). [*] Resources for Czech, German and Italian languages were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz, Regine Müller and Massimo Castiglia). 2018-11-02 v2.14.0.677 [+] Added the support of FictionBook 3.0 books (*.FB3). [*] Updated the text extracting for FB2 files. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2018-10-21 v2.14.0.676 [*] Updated the extracting of images from documents. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-10-15 v2.14.0.675 [+] The window "Replacement Statistics" was updated. [-] Fixed the applying of rules. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2018-10-12 v2.14.0.674 [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed the text extracting for EML files. 2018-10-08 v2.14.0.673 [*] Updated the applying of rules. [-] Fixed small bugs. 2018-10-07 v2.14.0.672 [-] Fixed the application exit error (on computers with the German regional settings of Windows). [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Hungarian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Zoltan Magyar). 2018-10-06 v2.14.0.671 [+] Added the option "Apply rules for pronunciation correction" to the window "Extract Text from Files". [*] Updated the applying of rules for the menu item "View Modified Text". [*] Resources for Czech and German languages were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz and Regine Müller). 2018-09-21 v2.14.0.670 [-] Fixed the text extracting for DjVu files. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2018-09-07 v2.14.0.669 [*] Updated the text splitting. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French, Spanish and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Michel Such, Fernando Gregoire and Çağrı Doğan). 2018-09-02 v2.14.0.668 [+] Added the options for text extracting (the window "Text Import", the tab "Options"). [*] Updated the text extracting for DOCX, FB2 and ODT files. [+] Added the Czech help file (thanks to Jiří Fenz). [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Czech, German and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Jiří Fenz, Regine Müller and Jožef Gregorc). 2018-08-21 v2.14.0.667 [+] Added the option "Ignore numbers" to the window "Add Tags to Text for Reading of Foreign Words" (to read numerical digits always by the default voice). [*] Updated the installer of Balabolka. [*] Updated the "Replace All" option in the "Replace" window. [*] Resources for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Hungarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to MFM Dawdeh, Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Zoltan Magyar and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-07-30 v2.13.0.666 [+] Added the option to fix pauses in audio files for subtitle converting. It the current voice does not fully support SAPI tags, another voice can be used to add pauses to audio files. [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed the text extracting for PDF files. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Updated the saving of audio files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and German languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Regine Müller). 2018-07-23 v2.12.0.665 [*] Updated the option "Remove All XML Tags": if text is selected in the main window, the application will remove tags from the selected text only. 2018-07-19 v2.12.0.664 [*] Updated the "Batch File Converter" window. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Zoltan Magyar, Massimo Castiglia, Fernando Gregoire and Çağrı Doğan). 2018-07-09 v2.12.0.663 [+] Added the option "Emulate keystroke CTRL+A before reading" for global hotkeys (the windows "Settings", the tab "Hotkeys"). [+] Added the option "Ignore clipboard updates from applications" for Clipboard Watch (the windows "Settings", the tab "Clipboard"). [+] Added the "Edit Text" window to edit long rules in the BXD dictionary editor. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2018-06-30 v2.12.0.662 [+] Added the support of the %Header% variable for option "Create an audiobook file with chapters (for MPEG-4 only)" in the window "Split and Convert to Audio Files". The real names of chapters will be used (not "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2" as it was before). [-] Fixed the statistics gathering for applied rules. [*] The LAME encoder was updated. 2018-06-20 v2.12.0.661 [*] Improved the code page detecting for plain text files. [*] Resources for Czech language were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz). 2018-06-02 v2.12.0.660 [+] Added the support of the %Header% variable in the "Output Filename Pattern" box in the window "Split and Convert to Audio Files". The application will replace this variable by the name of the nearest bookmark (if text is split by named bookmarks). 2018-05-27 v2.12.0.659 [*] Updated the text extracting for AZW and MOBI files. [*] Text formatting was improved. 2018-05-19 v2.12.0.658 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Updated the text extracting for PDF files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Çağrı Doğan). 2018-05-12 v2.12.0.657 [*] The multi-line modifier is specified by default for regular expressions. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French, Hungarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Zoltan Magyar and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-05-02 v2.12.0.656 [+] Added the main menu items "Go to Previous Bookmark" and "Go to Next Bookmark". [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2018-04-27 v2.12.0.655 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Chinese (Simplified) languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Anan). 2018-04-26 v2.12.0.654 [*] Updated the windows "List of Used Rules" and "List of Homographs". [*] Updated the sequential numbering of blocks (when the application inserts a block number at the beginning/end of audio files). [*] Updated the text extracting for EPUB files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-04-21 v2.12.0.653 [+] Added the new splitting method in the window "File Splitter": split by table on contents. The application extracts chapters from a document to divide text. [-] Fixed the handling of situations when all audio output devices are turned off. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] If the named bookmark window is opened, the application selects the nearest bookmark to the text position. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and German languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Regine Müller). 2018-04-14 v2.12.0.652 [+] Added the new format of dictionaries for pronunciation correction. BXD-files combines the options of REX and DIC formats. [+] Added the option "Include notes inside text" for DOCX, FB2 and ODT documents (the window "Text Import"). [-] Fixed the selecting of the audio output device in Windows 10 (for situations when the default audio output was changed). [*] Updated the text extracting for EPUB and FB2 files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, German, Hungarian, Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Müller, Zoltan Magyar, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-03-31 v2.11.0.651 [+] Added the option "Extract summary from e-book" for FB2 documents (the window "Text Import"). [*] Updated the text extracting for FB2 files. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) and German languages were updated (thanks to Anan and Regine Müller). 2018-03-24 v2.11.0.650 [+] Added the text extracting for FB2.ZIP and FBZ files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-03-17 v2.11.0.649 [+] Added the option "Fix letter-spacing" for the text formatting (for example: s p a c e, _w_o_r_d). [*] Resources for French and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Jožef Gregorc). 2018-02-24 v2.11.0.648 [+] Added the new feature: use the double-click on the document's tab to scroll to the top of the text. Double-clicking the tab again will bring back to where you were before. [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed the converting subtitles to audio files for IVONA voices (when the speech rate is not equal to 0). Unfortunately I still got no answer about fixing this problem from the IVONA support. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-02-17 v2.11.0.647 [+] Added the option "Create an audiobook file with chapters (for MPEG-4 only)" to the window "Batch File Converter". [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Hungarian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Zoltan Magyar). 2018-02-10 v2.11.0.646 [+] Added the "Insert Phonemes" button to the editor window for pronunciation correction. It will allow to define phonemes for the XML PRON tag. [+] Added the "Insert Phonemes" button and support of the PRON tag to the "Insert XML Tag" window. [*] Resources for German, Italian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller, Massimo Castiglia and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-02-01 v2.11.0.645 [+] The web-site of Balabolka is available at http://balabolka.site. [+] Small improvements. [*] The help files were updated. [*] Resources for Czech and Hungarian languages were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz and Zoltan Magyar). 2018-01-14 v2.11.0.644 [-] Fixed the silent unistallation of Balabolka. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Italian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Massimo Castiglia and Fernando Gregoire). 2018-01-04 v2.11.0.643 [+] Added the setting for action after processing of all files in the window "Extract Text from Files". [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Jožef Gregorc). 2017-12-09 v2.11.0.642 [+] Added the option "Allow to use Spell Checking API for Windows 8/10". Since Windows 8, the spell checking is built-in to the operating system. But it works slow, and its using will slow down the application start. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2017-11-25 v2.11.0.641 [*] The converting of subtitles to audio files was improved. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2017-11-18 v2.11.0.640 [+] Added the main menu items "Insert XML Tag" and "Remove All XML Tags". [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), German, Slovenian, Spanish and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Regine Müller, Jožef Gregorc, Fernando Gregoire and Ferhat Bakıroğlu). 2017-10-28 v2.11.0.639 [+] Added the option "Area of use" for audio file creating actions (the windows "Settings", the tab "Pauses"). [*] Updated the text extracting for EPUB and MHT files. [-] Fixed the text extracting for DOCX files. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2017-09-30 v2.11.0.638 [-] Fixed the text extracting for EML files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and French languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Michel Such). 2017-09-26 v2.11.0.637 [+] Added the text extracting for XLS, XLSX and ODS files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2017-09-24 v2.11.0.636 [+] Added the text extracting for EML (E-mail messages) files. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2017-09-17 v2.11.0.635 [+] Added the option "Use Aero Snap in Windows 10" (the window "Settings", the tab "View"). [-] Fixed small bugs. 2017-09-15 v2.11.0.634 [-] Fixed the custom text import. [*] The library UNRAR.DLL was updated. 2017-09-08 v2.11.0.633 [-] Fixed the text extracting for EPUB files (thanks to Adelio Alves). [*] Resources for Spanish language were updated (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2017-07-29 v2.11.0.632 [+] Added the option "Minimize to tray when closing the program" (the window "Settings", the tab "View"). [-] Fixed the support of ClearType. [*] Resources for German and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller and Çağrı Doğan). 2017-06-25 v2.11.0.631 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Hungarian and Portuguese languages were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar and Angelo Abrantes). 2017-06-17 v2.11.0.630 [*] The panel of dictionaries was updated (for the compability with screen readers). [-] Fixed small bugs. 2017-06-10 v2.11.0.629 [+] Added resources for Armenian language (thanks to "Arman High Foundation"). [-] Fixed the shell extension library. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Jožef Gregorc). 2017-05-14 v2.11.0.628 [+] Added the support of the USLT tag for saving of unsynchronized text in MP3 files. [+] Added the option "Pin to taskbar" to the installer. [*] Resources for Italian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Massimo Castiglia and Fernando Gregoire). 2017-04-29 v2.11.0.627 [+] Added the support of the %FullText% variable in ID3 tags. The variable will be replaced by the content of a text file. [*] Resources for Filipino language were updated (thanks to William Nabaza). 2017-04-23 v2.11.0.626 [-] Fixed the drag-and-drop support for text files. [+] Small improvements. [+] Resources for Catalan language were updated (thanks to Hiro5). 2017-04-18 v2.11.0.625 [+] Added the drag-and-drop support for the text editor. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Anan). 2017-03-29 v2.11.0.624 [+] Added the support of Spell Checking API for Windows 8 and above. [-] Fixed the creating of LRC and SRT files. [*] Resources for Czech language were updated (thanks to Jiří Fenz). 2017-03-21 v2.11.0.623 [+] Added resources for Filipino language (thanks to William Nabaza). [+] Small improvements. [+] Uploaded the Hunspell dictionaries for Filipino, Kazakh, Korean and Turkish languages. [*] Resources for French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2017-02-11 v2.11.0.622 [+] Added the support of new operators for regular expresions (\U, \L, \E, \u, \l). 2017-02-05 v2.11.0.621 [-] Fixed the creating of LRC and SRT files. [*] Updated the extracting of text and images from LIT files. [+] Added the Italian help file (thanks to Massimo Castiglia). [*] Resources for Hungarian and Italian languages were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar and Massimo Castiglia). 2017-01-28 v2.11.0.620 [-] Fixed the saving of text files with the ANSI encoding. [*] Updated the text extracting for DjVu files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2017-01-22 v2.11.0.619 [+] Added the support of the %FileName% variable for the option "Output Filename Pattern" in the window "Split and Convert to Audio Files". The application will replace this variable by the text filename. [*] The window "Split and Convert to Audio Files" was updated. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2017-01-21 v2.11.0.618 [+] Added the support of the %Number% variable for the option "Base Output Filename" in the window "Split and Convert to Audio Files". Use this variable to change the position of the sequence number inside the output filename. [+] Added the option "Display close button on all tabs" (the window "Settings", the tab "View"). 2017-01-02 v2.11.0.617 [-] Fixed the support of Asian languages for the text editor. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Jožef Gregorc). 2016-11-26 v2.11.0.616 [+] Added the support of the IFilter interface for the custom text import. [+] Added the main menu item "Check for Update". [+] Added the setting "Check for update on Balabolka startup". [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Gordan Radic, Jožef Gregorc and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-11-19 v2.11.0.615 [+] Added the creating of SRT files for text synchronized audiobooks. [*] Resources for French language were updated (thanks to Michel Such). 2016-11-12 v2.11.0.614 [+] Added the main menu item "Save All". [+] Uploaded the Hunspell dictionaries for Bosnian, Hindi, Icelandic and Serbian languages. [+] Added the spell check support for Hindi language. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Anan). 2016-11-05 v2.11.0.613 [+] Added the text extracting for PDB (Plucker) files. [+] Added the image extracting for PDB (eReader) books. [+] Added the support of PNM, SVG and TIFF formats for the image viewer. [*] The editor window for pronunciation correction can be resized. [-] Removed the main menu item "Repeat Text". [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-10-27 v2.11.0.612 [+] Added the text extracting for PalmDoc books (*.PDB). The supported formats of PDB: PalmDOC, Palm Reader/eReader, zTXT. [+] Added the support of Psion/EPOC books (*.TCR). [-] Fixed the text extracting for AZW3 files. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-10-15 v2.11.0.611 [+] Added the support of Corel WordPerfect documents (*.WPD). 2016-10-11 v2.11.0.610 [-] Fixed the text extracting for MHTML files. 2016-10-01 v2.11.0.609 [+] Added support of the Ukrainain language to the Google Text-To-Speech window. [+] Small improvements. 2016-08-25 v2.11.0.608 [*] Realized the processing of the default audio output defice changing. [*] Resources for Portuguese (Brazil) language were updated (thanks to Felipe Porciuncula Zanabria). 2016-08-07 v2.11.0.607 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-07-30 v2.11.0.606 [+] Added the main menu item "Read All Opened Documents". If the setting is active, the application will read the opened documents one by one. [+] Small improvements. [*] The main menu items were rearranged. The new submenu "Voice" was added. [*] Resources for Hungarian language were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar). 2016-07-16 v2.11.0.605 [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed the text extracting for DOCX and ODT files. [*] Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). 2016-06-02 v2.11.0.604 [+] Added the support of the %FirstLine% variable in the "Base Output Filename" box in the window "Split and Convert to Audio Files". The application will replace this variable by the first line of each text part. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French, Portuguese (Brazil), Slovenian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Kostadin Kolev, Anan, Michel Such, Jožef Gregorc and Felipe Porciuncula Zanabria). 2016-05-28 v2.11.0.603 [+] Added the using of the left mouse button to stop the reading aloud. [+] Added the main menu items "Skip to Next Sentence" and "Skip to Previous Sentence". [+] Added the menu items "Skip to Next Sentence" and "Skip to Previous Sentence" to the Spritz-Reader window. [-] Removed the main menu items "Skip to Next Line" and "Skip to Previous Line". 2016-05-21 v2.11.0.602 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Spanish and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Fernando Gregoire and Çağrı Doğan). 2016-04-23 v2.11.0.601 [+] Added the support of regular expressions for the menu items "Find" and "Replace" (for more information, see the chapter "Frequently Asked Questions" in the help file). [-] Fixed the silent installation of Balabolka. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-03-12 v2.11.0.600 [+] Added the support of URLs to the "Open" dialog box. [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed the text extracting for HTML files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-03-02 v2.11.0.599 [+] Added the option "Split and Convert to Audio Files" to the Batch File Converter. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for German and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller and Fernando Gregoire). 2016-02-25 v2.11.0.598 [*] Google Text-To-Speech is used again. 2016-02-23 v2.11.0.597 [*] Other online TTS services are used instead of Google Text-To-Speech. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Anan). 2016-02-14 v2.11.0.596 [*] Improved the character encoding detection for text files. [*] Google Translate service is used instead of the Microsoft Translator. 2016-01-16 v2.11.0.595 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Improved the text extracting for PDF files. 2016-01-03 v2.11.0.594 [-] Fixed the text extracting for HTML files. [*] Resources for Arabic and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri and Jožef Gregorc). 2015-12-05 v2.11.0.593 [+] Added resources for Catalan language (thanks to Hiro5). [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2015-11-28 v2.11.0.592 [+] Added the check box "Create subfolder" to the "Split and Convert to Audio Files" window. [+] Small improvements. 2015-11-06 v2.11.0.591 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2015-10-31 v2.11.0.590 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Microsoft Translator is used instead of the Google Translate service. Memo for Google: "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils." 2015-10-11 v2.11.0.589 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Hungarian and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar and Çağrı Doğan). 2015-09-20 v2.11.0.588 [-] Fixed the image viewer. [*] The menu items "Skip to Next Paragraph" and "Skip to Previous Paragraph", "Skip to Next Line" and "Skip to Previous Line" were interchanged. [*] Resources for Spanish language were updated (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2015-08-08 v2.11.0.587 [-] Fixed the access to the Google TTS service. 2015-08-06 v2.11.0.586 [-] Fixed the text extracting for EPUB files. [*] Resources for French and Slovenian languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Jožef Gregorc). 2015-07-28 v2.11.0.585 [-] Fixed the access to the Google Translate service. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2015-07-20 v2.11.0.584 [+] Added the main menu items "Add Current Line as Named Bookmark" and "Create Table of Contents". [*] Updated the text split method: if text block size is defined, this value will be used as a limit, not as a target. The program will split text into equal parts. [*] Resources for German and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller and Fernando Gregoire). 2015-07-05 v2.11.0.583 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2015-06-10 v2.11.0.582 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for French language were updated (thanks to Michel Such). 2015-06-07 v2.11.0.581 [+] Added the main menu item "Find Previous". [+] Small improvements. [-] Removed the main menu item "Magnifier". [*] Updated the applying of rules from REX-dictionaries. [*] The set of skins was fully updated (old skins will not work correctly on Windows 10). [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Slovenian and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Jožef Gregorc and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2015-05-11 v2.10.0.580 [-] Fixed small bugs. [+] Added the option to prevent multiple instances of Balabolka. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2015-04-12 v2.10.0.579 [+] Added the removing of soft hyphens to the text formatting. 2015-03-30 v2.10.0.578 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2015-01-10 v2.10.0.577 [-] Fixed small bugs. [+] Added resources for Slovenian language (thanks to Jožef Gregorc). [*] Resources for Croatian language were updated (thanks to Gordan Radic). 2014-12-14 v2.10.0.576 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Arabic and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri and Çağrı Doğan). 2014-10-11 v2.10.0.575 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2014-09-27 v2.10.0.574 [-] Fixed the text extracting for CHM files. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Romanian language were updated (thanks to Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu). 2014-08-30 v2.10.0.573 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Hungarian language were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar). 2014-07-20 v2.10.0.572 [+] Added the support of new languages to Spritz-Reader. [*] Resources for French and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2014-07-13 v2.10.0.571 [*] The maximal speed for Spritz-Reader was increased up to 1000 wpm. [*] Resources for Turkish language were updated (thanks to Çağrı Doğan). 2014-06-04 v2.10.0.570 [-] Fixed the error in the using of global hotkeys. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Fernando Gregoire). 2014-05-24 v2.10.0.569 [+] Added the button "Delete with Text" to the window "Go to Named Bookmark". [*] Spritz-Reader was improved. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2014-05-18 v2.10.0.568 [+] Added the support of Spritz technology for high-speed reading. [*] Resources for German, Romanian and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and Fernando Gregoire). 2014-04-08 v2.9.0.567 [-] Fixed small bugs. [+] Added the Spanish help file (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2014-03-29 v2.9.0.566 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire). 2014-02-22 v2.9.0.565 [+] Added the item "Edit with Notepad" to the context menu of the dictionaries' panel. [+] Added resources for Croatian language (thanks to Gordan Radic). [*] Resources for Serbian (Latin) language were updated (thanks to Aleksandar Duric). 2014-01-26 v2.9.0.564 [+] A table of contents will be imported as named bookmarks (for FB2 files). [-] Fixed the text extracting for EPUB files. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2014-01-19 v2.9.0.563 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2014-01-03 v2.9.0.562 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for French and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-12-01 v2.9.0.561 [+] Improved the text extracting for DOCX and ODT files: the extracting of footnotes and endnotes was added. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Italian and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu). 2013-11-02 v2.9.0.560 [*] The panel of voice settings was updated. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for French, German, Turkish and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina, Regine Müller, Çağrı Doğan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-10-20 v2.8.0.559 [+] Added the proxy server settings for Google Translate and Google TTS. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2013-10-06 v2.8.0.558 [+] Added the main menu item "Balabolka Home Page". [-] Fixed small bugs. 2013-08-25 v2.8.0.557 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Italian and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu). 2013-08-18 v2.8.0.556 [+] Added the ability to receive data from STDIN for custom text import. [-] The library DELZIP190.DLL is not used. 2013-08-14 v2.8.0.555 [*] Updated the window "List of Spelling Errors". [*] Updated the text extracting for PDF files. 2013-08-03 v2.8.0.554 [-] Fixed the text extracting for EPUB and PDF files. 2013-07-30 v2.8.0.553 [*] Updated the subtitle converter. [*] Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-07-28 v2.8.0.552 [*] Updated the text extracting for PDF files. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and French languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Michel Such). 2013-07-21 v2.8.0.551 [+] Added the main menu item "Subtitle Converter". The program will convert text files with subtitles to audio files. SRT, SSA/ASS and SMI formats are supported. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French, German and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Regine Müller and Çağrı Doğan). 2013-07-07 v2.7.0.550 [+] Added the main menu item "Text Import". The new window contains settings for custom text import, by using of external programs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian and German languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Regine Müller). 2013-06-21 v2.7.0.549 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Italian and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu). 2013-06-02 v2.7.0.548 [+] Creating of new document tab by double clicking on empty tab area. [+] Closing of tab by middle button clicking. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-05-25 v2.7.0.547 [+] Added the option "Never prompt to save modified text" (the window "Settings", the tab "Text"). [*] Resources for Bulgarian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Zbigniew Strzelczyk, Tiago Nonato, Çağrı Doğan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-05-01 v2.7.0.546 [+] Added the option "Open folder in Windows Explorer when saving of audio file is finished" to the window "Audio Files". [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French, German and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Regine Müller and Çağrı Doğan). 2013-04-14 v2.7.0.545 [+] Added the main menu items "Increase Font Size" and "Decrease Font Size". [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Korean language were updated (thanks to Choi Youn-Soo). 2013-04-06 v2.7.0.544 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French, Italian, Romanian and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Fabio Boccaletti, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-03-24 v2.7.0.543 [+] Added the options "Insert silence" and "Insert audio clip" (the window "Settings", the tab "Pauses"). [*] The button "Audio Output" was replaced by the main menu item "Options | Audio Output". [*] The tab "Buttons" at the window "Settings" was transformed to the window "Buttons". [*] Resources for Arabic, Bulgarian, French and German languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Regine Müller). 2013-03-17 v2.6.0.542 [+] Added the main menu items "Skip to Next Line" and "Skip to Previous Line". [+] Added the list of French homographs (thanks to Michel Such). [*] Resources for French and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Çağrı Doğan). 2013-03-12 v2.6.0.541 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, German and Italian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Müller and Fabio Boccaletti). 2013-03-03 v2.6.0.540 [+] The text extract utility is available for downloading of the web-site. [+] Added the support of Kindle Format 8 (*.AZW3). [+] Added resources for Greek language (thanks to Wasilis Mandratzis). [*] Resources for Bulgarian and German languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Regine Müller). 2013-02-26 v2.6.0.539 [+] The console application is available for downloading of the web-site. [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2013-02-10 v2.6.0.538 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Polish, Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Zbigniew Strzelczyk, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu, Çağrı Doğan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2013-01-20 v2.6.0.537 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French and Italian languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fabio Boccaletti). 2013-01-08 v2.6.0.536 [+] Added the global hotkeys "Import Text from Clipboard" and "Change Voice". [+] Added resources for Serbian (Cyrillic) language (thanks to Ozzii). [*] Resources for German and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2012-12-13 v2.6.0.535 [-] Fixed the problem with skins (thanks to Gary Jennings). [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2012-12-12 v2.6.0.534 [+] Added the using of custom encoders (the window "Audio Files", the tab "Options/Custom Encoders"). [+] A silent installation is available by using "-silent" command-line switch. [+] New settings for Clipboard Watch were added. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Support of Windows 7/8 was improved. [*] Resources for German language were updated (thanks to Regine Müller). 2012-11-11 v2.5.0.533 [-] Fixed the extracting of text from EPUB files (thanks to Giuliano Artico). [-] Fixed small bugs. 2012-10-22 v2.5.0.532 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Japanese language were updated (thanks to Olga Chebysheva). 2012-09-22 v2.5.0.531 [-] Fixed the problem with Windows Media Audio (thanks to Nickolay Ponomaryov). [-] Fixed the problem with spell-checkers (thanks to German Garcia). 2012-09-08 v2.5.0.530 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Polish and Portuguese (Brazil) languages were updated (thanks to Zbigniew Strzelczyk and Tiago Nonato). 2012-08-26 v2.5.0.529 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Serbian language were updated (thanks to Rajko Tomic). 2012-08-20 v2.5.0.528 [+] Added resources for Serbian (Latin) language (thanks to Rajko Tomic). [*] Resources for Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Romanian and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Fabio Boccaletti, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2012-08-12 v2.5.0.527 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Arabic, Bulgarian, Japanese, Turkish and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Kostadin Kolev, Olga Chebysheva, Çağrı Doğan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2012-06-24 v2.5.0.526 [+] Added the option "Clipboard Watch" to the window "Settings", the tab "Clipboard". [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for German, Italian and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to Regine Müller, Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu). 2012-05-06 v2.5.0.525 [+] Small improvements. [*] The French help file was updated (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina). [*] Resources for Japanese language were updated (thanks to Olga Chebysheva). 2012-04-29 v2.5.0.524 [+] The main window and the small floating window snap to the screen borders or the borders of other windows. [*] Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2012-04-24 v2.5.0.523 [-] The "fast" method of rules' applying is not used anymore. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Bulgarian, French, German and Korean languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such, Regine Müller and Choi Youn-Soo). 2012-04-21 v2.5.0.522 [+] Added the main menu item "Save Audio File (Google TTS)". The program saves text as audio file by using Google Text-To-Speech service. The voices for more than 30 languages are available. [+] Small improvements. [+] Added resources for Finnish language (thanks to Veikko Muurikainen). [*] Resources for Italian language were updated (thanks to Fabio Boccaletti). 2012-04-08 v2.4.0.521 [+] Added the reading of Microsoft Reader files (*.LIT). [*] Resources for Bulgarian and French languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Michel Such). 2012-03-31 v2.4.0.520 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Arabic, German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Regine Müller, Tiago Nonato and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu). 2012-03-25 v2.4.0.519 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2012-03-20 v2.4.0.518 [+] Added the reading of Mobipocket/Kindle files (*.AZW, *.MOBI, *.PRC). [*] The "fast" method of rules' applying was updated. [*] The help files are stored in the "Help" subfolder. [*] Resources for French and German languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and Regine Müller). 2012-03-04 v2.3.0.517 [+] Small improvements. [-] Fixed small bugs. 2012-01-08 v2.3.0.516 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Arabic and German languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri and Regine Müller). 2011-12-25 v2.3.0.515 [+] The special codes can be used in the windows "Find" and "Replace" (the same codes as in Microsoft Word). [*] Resources for Italian language were updated (thanks to Fabio Boccaletti). 2011-12-11 v2.3.0.514 [+] Added resources for Turkish language (thanks to Çağrı Doğan). 2011-11-26 v2.3.0.513 [+] Added the button "Split" to the window "Split and Convert to Audio Files". [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2011-11-06 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 Müller and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2011-10-30 v2.3.0.511 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Chinese (Simplified) language were updated (thanks to Yupeng). 2011-10-22 v2.3.0.510 [+] Added the support of Microsoft Speech Platform. 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 Müller, Fabio Boccaletti, Choi Youn-Soo and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2011-10-16 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 Müller). 2011-10-02 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). 2011-09-11 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 Müller). 2011-08-28 v2.2.0.506 [+] Small improvements. [*] Resources for Portuguese (Brazil) language were updated (thanks to Tiago Nonato). 2011-08-08 v2.2.0.505 [+] Small improvements. [+] Added resources for Japanese language (thanks to Igor Sergeev and Misa Tsurumi). [*] The "fast" method of rules' applying was updated. 2011-07-03 v2.2.0.504 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2011-05-24 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). 2011-05-02 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). 2011-04-26 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). 2011-04-10 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 Müller). 2011-03-27 v2.2.0.499 [-] Fixed the "fast" method of rules' applying. [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2011-03-20 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. 2011-03-12 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). 2011-02-26 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 Müller, Fabio Boccaletti, Tiago Nonato and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2011-02-20 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). 2011-02-12 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 Müller, Choi Youn-Soo and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2011-02-06 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 Müller). 2011-01-30 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). 2011-01-23 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). 2011-01-16 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 Müller, Choi Youn-Soo, Tiago Nonato, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2011-01-06 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 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 Müller, Fabio Boccaletti and Evgeny Miroshnichenko). 2010-12-20 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). 2010-12-19 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). 2010-12-12 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). ###