BALABOLKA :: History

10.01.2015 v2.10.0.577

- Fixed small bugs.
+ Added resources for Persian language (thanks to Seyed Mahmood Taghavi-Shahri).
+ Added resources for Slovenian language (thanks to Jozef Gregorc).
* Resources for Croatian language were updated (thanks to Gordan Radic).


14.12.2014 v2.10.0.576

- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Arabic and Turkish languages were updated (thanks to
Majid al-Asiri and Cagri Dogan).


11.10.2014 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).


27.09.2014 v2.10.0.574

- Fixed the text extracting for CHM files.
+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Romanian language were updated (thanks to Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu).


30.08.2014 v2.10.0.573

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Hungarian language were updated (thanks to Zoltan Magyar).


20.07.2014 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).


13.07.2014 v2.10.0.571

* The maximal speed for Spritz-Reader was increased up to 1000 wpm.
* Resources for Turkish language were updated (thanks to Cagri Dogan).


04.06.2014 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).


24.05.2014 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).


18.05.2014 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 Mueller, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu and Fernando Gregoire).


08.04.2014 v2.9.0.567

- Fixed small bugs.
+ Added the Spanish help file (thanks to Fernando Gregoire).


29.03.2014 v2.9.0.566

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Bulgarian, French and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to
Kostadin Kolev, Michel Such and Fernando Gregoire).


22.02.2014 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).


26.01.2014 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 Mueller).


19.01.2014 v2.9.0.563

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev).


03.01.2014 v2.9.0.562

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for French and Ukrainian languages were updated (thanks to
Michel Such and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


01.12.2013 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).


02.11.2013 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 Mueller, Cagri Dogan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


20.10.2013 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).


06.10.2013 v2.8.0.558

+ Added the main menu item "Balabolka Home Page".
- Fixed small bugs.


25.08.2013 v2.8.0.557

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Italian and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to
Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu).


18.08.2013 v2.8.0.556

+ Added the ability to receive data from STDIN for custom text import.
- The library DELZIP190.DLL is not used.


14.08.2013 v2.8.0.555

* Updated the window "List of Spelling Errors".
* Updated the text extracting from PDF files.


03.08.2013 v2.8.0.554

- Fixed the text extracting for EPUB and PDF files.


30.07.2013 v2.8.0.553

* Updated the subtitle converter.
* Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


28.07.2013 v2.8.0.552

* Updated the text extracting from PDF files.
* Resources for Bulgarian and French languages were updated (thanks to
Kostadin Kolev and Michel Such).


21.07.2013 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 Mueller and Cagri Dogan).


07.07.2013 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 Mueller).


21.06.2013 v2.7.0.549

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Italian and Romanian languages were updated (thanks to
Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu).


02.06.2013 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).


25.05.2013 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, Cagri Dogan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


01.05.2013 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 Mueller and Cagri Dogan).


14.04.2013 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).


06.04.2013 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).


24.03.2013 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 Mueller).


17.03.2013 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 Cagri Dogan).


12.03.2013 v2.6.0.541

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Bulgarian, German and Italian languages were updated
(thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Regine Mueller and Fabio Boccaletti).


03.03.2013 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 Mueller).


26.02.2013 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 Mueller).


10.02.2013 v2.6.0.538

- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Polish, Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian languages were updated
(thanks to Zbigniew Strzelczyk, Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu, Cagri Dogan and
Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


20.01.2013 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).


08.01.2013 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 Mueller and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


13.12.2012 v2.6.0.535

- Fixed the problem with skins (thanks to Gary Jennings).
* Resources for Bulgarian language were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev).


12.12.2012 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 Mueller).


11.11.2012 v2.5.0.533

- Fixed the extracting of text from EPUB files (thanks to Giuliano Artico).
- Fixed small bugs.


22.10.2012 v2.5.0.532

- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Japanese language were updated (thanks to Olga Chebysheva).


22.09.2012 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).


08.09.2012 v2.5.0.530

- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Polish and Portuguese (Brazil) languages were updated (thanks to
Zbigniew Strzelczyk and Tiago Nonato).


26.08.2012 v2.5.0.529

- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Serbian language were updated (thanks to Rajko Tomic).


20.08.2012 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).


12.08.2012 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,
Cagri Dogan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


24.06.2012 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 Mueller, Fabio Boccaletti and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu).


06.05.2012 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).


29.04.2012 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).


24.04.2012 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 Mueller and Choi Youn-Soo).


21.04.2012 v2.5.0.522

+ Added the main menu item "Tools | 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).


08.04.2012 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).


31.03.2012 v2.4.0.520

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Arabic, German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Romanian languages were updated
(thanks to Majid al-Asiri, Regine Mueller, Tiago Nonato and Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu).


25.03.2012 v2.4.0.519

+ Small improvements.
* Resources for Ukrainian language were updated (thanks to Evgeny Miroshnichenko).


20.03.2012 v2.4.0.518

+ Added the reading of Mobipocket/Kindle files (*.AZW, *.MOBI, *.PRC).
* The "fast" method of rules' applying was updated (thanks to Venedikt Lee).
* The help files are stored in the "Help" subfolder.
* Resources for French and German languages were updated (thanks to Michel Such and
Regine Mueller).


04.03.2012 v2.3.0.517

+ Small improvements.
- Fixed small bugs.


08.01.2012 v2.3.0.516

- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Arabic and German languages were updated (thanks to Majid al-Asiri
and Regine Mueller).


25.12.2011 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).


11.12.2011 v2.3.0.514

+ Added resources for Turkish language (thanks to Cagri Dogan).


26.11.2011 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).


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' applying 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' applying (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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