TextAloud 3 Release Notes

Version 3.0.118

• Updated installer to fix issues related to Office add-ins not installing correctly in some cases

Version 3.0.117

• Updated Firefox extension installation for compatability with Firefox 62

Version 3.0.116

• Fixed bug with reading text aloud when text contains split tags and tags specify split names containing spaces

Version 3.0.115

• Fixed problem with handling Sapi5 end tags, like </voice>, that occur immediatly before an audio clip

Version 3.0.114

• Updated problem reporting component
• Updated urls in the app to use secure http

Version 3.0.113

• Firefox Extension 4.0.4 -

Fixed issue with speed slider visibility when expanding / collapsing options panel.  

Added support for keyboard shortuts

Version 3.0.111

• Firefox Extension 4.0.0 - Compatibility with Firefox 57 (Quantum)

Version 3.0.110

• Updated extensions for Word, Outlook, Firefox and Internet Explorer.  Stability improvements.
• Fixed problem in phoneme helper dialog related to UK English voices

Version 3.0.109

• Firefox extension 3.2.6 - stability improvements

Version 3.0.108

• Fix for Firefox extension related to using the Stop button

Version 3.0 107

• Support for rSpeak voices

Version 3.0.106

• Fixes for Firefox extension

Version 3.0.105

• Fixed problem with setting article title when pasting text into an empty article
• Fixed problem related to invalid decimal separators in pause tag menu entries

Version 3.0.104

• Fixed a problem with importing some ePub documents
• Fixed problem with updating the status bar in some situations
• Updates for error reporting / problem reporting system

Version 3.0.103

• Fixed a problem in the article unarhcive dialog related to sorting articles by date

Version 3.0.102

• Fixed a problem with recovering from corrupt / missing configuration files in some cases

Version 3.0.101

• Minor update / stability improvement

Version 3.0.100

• Update status bar to include current article number along with the count, for example  ‘Article 9 of 10 Articles’
• Display warning when creating character filter that includes alphanumeric text
• Some stability improvements

Version 3.0.99

• Fixed problem with Acapela voices failing to load on some systems

Version 3.0.98

• Fixed a problem with hotkey update in previous version, causing hotkeys to freeze on some systems

Version 3.0.97

• Improve hotkey performance
• Fixed bug on voice options panel with speed / pitch / volume slider controls

Version 3.0.96

• Handle a condition where TextAloud is not able to see installed Sapi5 voices and is unable to start  

Version 3.0.95

• Fixed problem with split tag when using a  single character as the split name
• Minor updates

Version 3.0.94

• Rollback spell check component update in previous version due to some issues it is causing.
• New Advanced Settings option to allow Pronunciation Dictionary entries to overwrite changes from other entries

Version 3.0.93

• Updated spell check component and American English dictionary
• Fixed problem with losing tray icon
• Error handling improvements related to writing audio files

Version 3.0.92

• Minor updates

Version 3.0.91

• Fixed hang problem when clicking Stop button while writing audio files.
• Fixed problem with status field not updating on splash screen during TextAloud startup
• Fixed a problem with validating double quote characters in Sapi5 XML tags

Version 3.0.90

• Updates for error reporting / problem reporting system

Version 3.0.89

• Fix problem with losing some paragraph breaks when importing epub documents.
• Fix problem with split tags using option to specify split names - wasn’t working if tag placed at beginning of article.
• Allow space characters to be used in split names
• New TextAloud extension for Chrome

Version 3.0.88

• Pronunciation dictionary maintenance - added option under View menu to lock toolbars
• TAForFirefox 3.2.5 - Add support for 64 bit Firefox.

Version 3.0.87

• TAForFirefox 3.2.4 - Fixes for Add Article button, and fix problem with clearing text selection when speaking finishes
• Minor updates

Version 3.0.86

• TAForFirefox 3.2.1 - Updated toolbar for compatibility with Firefox 42

Version 3.0.85

• TAForFirefox 3.1.1 - Fixed problem with toolbar display when multiple Firefox windows open (File -> New Window)

Version 3.0.84

• TAForFirefox 3.1 - Updated toolbar for compatibility with Firefox 40
• Improved performance of Edit -> Replace All for large number of replacements
• Fixed decimal separator problem with SetOutputFileFormat API call
• Hotkey performance improvement

Version 3.0.83

• TAForFirefox 3.0.57 - Updated for release version of Firefox 39

Version 3.0.82

• TAForFirefox 3.0.56 - Added support for Firefox 39 Beta
• Fixed bug in previous version related to generating article titles when pasting text into article

Version 3.0.81

• Generate article titles when pasting text into blank article

Version 3.0.80

• Added 24 and 48 kHz quality settings for PCM and RAW Wav files.
• TAForFirefox 3.0.55 - Added support for Firefox 38

Version 3.0.79

• Fixed a proofreading problem, and some other minor updates

Version 3.0.78

• Main window progress bar now always indicates position from beginning of article, instead of from where speaking started
• TAForFirefox 3.0.54 - Added support for Firefox 37

Version 3.0.77

• Support for Ivona voices
• Minor updates

Version 3.0.76

• Fixed vendor name problem  in pronunciation dictionary maintenance, introduced in 3.0.75

Version 3.0.75

• Allow phoneme testing directly from Add/Edit Dictionary Entry dialog, eliminating need to use Phoneme Helper dialog.
• TAForFirefox 3.0.53 - Added support for Firefox 36
• Other minor updates

Version 3.0.74

• Pronunciation Dictionary Performance improvements
• Fixed bug related to using Apply button on Add Entry dialog in Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance
• TAForFirefox 3.0.52 - Added support for Firefox 35
• Other minor updates

Version 3.0.73

• Fixed a shutdown problem related to 3.0.72 update

Version 3.0.72

• Fixed screen reader related problem in Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance dialog
• Fixed occasional display problem with Filter Panel in Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance
• Fixed intermittent error during TA shutdown when shutdown requested by voice installer
• TAForFirefox 3.0.51 - Support for Firefox 34

Version 3.0.71

• Fixed bug with using Select All when article title field has focus
• Fixed problem with Pauses and Text Insertions dialog
• TAForFirefox 3.0.50 - Support for Firefox 33

Version 3.0.70

• Added support for user specified split names with {{Split}} audio file tag.  Tag now allows {{Split=MySplitName}}
• Fixed a problem that was causing search to fail when searching backwards
• TAForFirefox 3.0.49 - Support for Firefox 32

Version 3.0.69

• New option on Article Options panel to highlight the current tab
• Fixed problem with detecting drm protection in some epub documents
• Fixed accelerator keys in main window
• Fixed problem related to writing audio files with AT&T voices and  phoneme pronunciation corrections
• TAForFirefox 3.0.48 - Support for Firefox 31

Version 3.0.68

• Fixed a problem with launching invalid url’s in the TextAloud main window
• When creating articles from the file splitter, set focus on first article created instead of the last one.

Version 3.0.67

• Fixed sizing problem with pronunciation dictionary maintenance dialog
• TAForFirefox 3.0.47 - Support for Firefox 30

Version 3.0.66

• New Advanced Setting, Clipboard Processing Delay, solves very rare clipboard related problems.
• Support for Acapela 9.2
• Miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.65

• TAForFirefox 3.0.46 - Support for Firefox 29
• Miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.64

• Fixed problem with losing some accented characters when loading epub documents
• TAForOutlook 3.0.31, TAForWord 3.0.35 - Fix for intermittent freeze problem on Windows 8
• TAForFirefox 3.0.45 - Support for Firefox 28

Version 3.0.63

• TAForIE 3.0.18 - Fixed problem with toolbar for Internet Explorer freezing occasionally in IE11
• Fixed problem with handling keyboard volume controls

Version 3.0.62

• TAForFirefox 3.0.44 - Support for Firefox 27

Version 3.0.61

• Update required for web service used for TextAloud problem reporting

Version 3.0.60

• TAForFirefox 3.0.43 - Support for Firefox 26
• Miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.59

• Add support for replaceable parameters in Display Text field for visual notifications.  Supports %Title%, %Voice%, %ArticleCount%, %ArticleIndex%, %DateTime%, %Date%, and %Time%
• TAForWord 3.0.32 and TAForOutlook 3.0.28 - Fixes to help with occasional problems leading to toolbar disabled.
• TAForFirefox 3.0.42 - Support for Firefox 25
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.58

• TAForFirefox 3.0.41 - Support for Firefox 24
• TAForIE 3.0.17 - Support for IE Enhanced Protected Mode, enabled by default in Windows 8.1 / IE 11
• Miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.57

• Improved screenreader compatibility for Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance dialog
• Fixed problem with occasionally losing toolbar customizations
• Fixed problem with Word document import failing if document is already open in MS Word
• TAForFirefox 3.0.40 - Support for Firefox 23

Version 3.0.56

• Updates for new Nuance Vocalizer 1.1 voices
• Updated shortcut setup to allow some shortcuts that were being blocked, such as Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab
• TAForFirefox 3.0.39 - Support for Firefox 22

Version 3.0.55

• Fixed problem with changing keyboard layouts from Windows language bar
• Fixed pronunciation dictionary problem with word boundary characters  when Pronounce Using set to Spell Text
• Updated install for Firefox toolbar
• TAForFirefox 3.0.38 - Support for Firefox 21

Version 3.0.54

• Fixed problem with importing some ePub documents
• Fixed intermittent problem with splash screen when TextAloud started automatically at login
• TAForFirefox 3.0.37 - Support for Firefox 20

Version 3.0.53

• Support for Acapela 9.01
• Minor fixes

Version 3.0.52

• Fixed occasional errors related to resizing main window with skins enabled
• New substitution parameter for audio tags: %BaseTitle%.  Works like %Title%, but strips leading/trailing sequence numbers
• Fixed Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance error related to adding entries when screenreader is in use
• TAForFirefox 3.0.36 - Support for Firefox 19

Version 3.0.51

• TAForFirefox 3.0.33 - Fix to run on Windows XP with Firefox 17

Version 3.0.50

• TAForFirefox 3.0.32 - Support for Firefox 18.  Fixed crash related to TextAloud closing while Toolbar open.
• Added ability to customize display of line numbers from TextAloud font panel
• Other minor fixes

Version 3.0.49

• Fixed access violation related to certain hotkey definitions
• Other minor fixes

Version 3.0.48

• Update toolbars for MS Word and MS Outlook to support Office 2013
• TAForFirefox 3.0.30 - Support for Firefox 17
• Fixed for Acapela voice problems related to between paragraph pauses and bookmark tags

Version 3.0.47

• New dictionary format function ##Sum() for including the sum of two numbers in the Pronounce As field
• Fix for occasional problem with Word toolbar buttons
• Other minor fixes

Version 3.0.46

• TAForFirefox 3.0.27 - Support for Firefox 16
• Fixes related to SAPI5 xml voice change ‘end tag’.
• Fixed date handling problem related to specific short date formats in regional settings
• Fixed problem with keyboard shortcuts on non-English versions of Windows

Version 3.0.45

• Improved UTF-8 detection when reading text files
• Update File Splitter to prevent writing blank lines at top of split files
• Other minor fixes

Version 3.0.44

• TAForFirefox 3.0.26 - Support for Firefox 15
• Minor fixes

Version 3.0.43

• Fixed problem that was preventing hotkeys from working with Adobe reader
• Workaround for problem with Acapela voices when pause tags appear in text before the text to be spoken.
• Fixed problem with Find/Replace dialog

Version 3.0.42

• Phoneme helper dialog fixes
• Workaround for problem with Acapela voices processing a pause tag immediately following voice change tag
• Fixed errors related to running spell check manually (Tools -> Perform Spell Check)
• TAForFirefox 3.0.25 - Support for Firefox 14

Version 3.0.41

• Improve performance for large pronunciation dictionaries

Version 3.0.40

• Fix for occasionally losing toolbar customizations in screen reader mode.
• Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance dictionary validation fix
• TAForFirefox 3.0.24 - Support for Firefox 13
• TAForOutlook 3.0.25 - Outlook 2007 and earlier - Fix to prevent toolbar from displaying at startup when toolbar hidden in View menu

Version 3.0.39

• Fixed problem with importing some ePub documents
• Added option to lock toolbars under View menu
• Fixed problem with toolbars occasionally resetting to default configuration, losing customizations
• Fixed problem with losing TA icon in notification area when Windows Explorer restarts following an error
• TAForFirefox 3.0.23 - Update word highlighting to scroll page, scrolling highlighted text into view

Version 3.0.38

• Fixes for pronunciation dictionary name validation
• Minor updates for Windows 8
• TAForFirefox 3.0.21 - Support for Firefox 12
• Other minor fixes

Version 3.0.37

• Hide article cursor (caret) when reading article text / proofreading
• Updated regular expression engine.
• TAForFirefox 3.0.20 - Support for Firefox 11
• Other minor fixes

Version 3.0.35

• TAForFirefox 3.0.19 - Support for Firefox 10
• TAForOutlook 3.0.24 and TAForWord 3.0.29 - Support for 64 bit Office
• Added 64 bit support to Windows Explorer integration
• Fixed problem with using <Volume> tags
• Fixed problem with losing order of pronunciation dictionary entries when entry(s) added while filter applied

Version 3.0.34

• Updated Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance to preserve selected row when filter applied / removed
• Suppress warning dialog displayed when PC shutdown and Toolbar for Internet Explorer connected to TA
• Added link to video tutorials under help menu

Version 3.0.33

• TAForFirefox 3.0.16 - Support for Firefox 9
• Fixed problem with importing some epub documents
• Updated regular expression engine

Version 3.0.32

• Fix audio quality for  L&H Michael / Michelle voices
• Added option to display article  line numbers under View menu

Version 3.0.31

• Added support for writing RAW PCM audio files
• Added 16 kHz settings to existing Bit / Sample Rate settings for Wav / Raw audio files.
• Fixed problem with Skip to Paragraph when skipping to first or last paragraph in article
• Fixed some display problems related to scrolling article text while speaking.
• Fix for occasional problem with Wav format not available as an Audio File Format.
• Fix for intermittent problem with deleting articles.
• TAForWord 3.0.27 - Fixed Word 2010 crash when document opened in protected view and Enable Editing button clicked

Version 3.0.30

• TAForFirefox 3.0.15 - Support for Firefox 8
• Fix for intermittent problem deleting articles
• Fixed error writing audio files when multiple, consecutive split tags occur at beginning of article
• Fixed error on Font Selection dialog when no sizes / character sets associated with selected font
• Fixed problem with Speak From Cursor at start of  paragraph and automatic pauses in use

Version 3.0.29

• Fixed problem with voice speed resetting to default when resuming from pause
• Fixed background audio to work when splitting audio files
• TAForFirefox 3.0.14 - Support for Firefox 7

Version 3.028

• Fixed intermittent problems related to automatic action to delete articles after speaking
• Fixed problem with truncating last word when setting article title from selected text
• Fixed problem with assigning correct voice speed / pitch when article begins with audio clip
• Fixed starting offset problem when using Speak From Cursor
• TAForWord 3.0.26 - Fix for Word 2002 hang at startup

Version 3.0.27

• Fixes for setting Undo/Redo/Cut/Copy toolbar button enabled/disabled states
• Fixed problem with losing cursor position when article unarchived in single article mode
• Hotkey fixes
• TAForFirefox 3.0.13 - Support for Firefox 6

Version 3.0.26

• Fixed problem with saving articles after unarchving
• TAForOutlook 3.0.20 - Fixed problem with selecting text from email, seems to be related to other add-ons installed
• Improved Sapi4 error handling
• Fixed article focus problem when article deleted
• TAForFirefox 3.0.12 - Rebuild toolbar with latest release versions of Mozilla XULRunner libraries

Version 3.0.24

• Fixed Acapela 8 Deepa error 8004503A on Windows XP
• TAForIE 3.0.14 - Misellaneous fixes
• Fixes for Open Office (.odt) file import.
• Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance - retain columns widths in dictionary entry table when columns resized

Version 3.0.23

• TAForFirefox 3.0.11 - Support for Firefox 5
• Fixed border displayed around toolbar icons in screenreader compatibility mode
• Fixed problem when hotkey to read text aloud interrupts a previous hotkey request.

Version 3.0.22

• TAForWord 3.0.25 - Fix for hiding toolbar at startup (Word 2000 / Word 2003)
• Hotkey fix
• Fix for error resizing main window with skins enabled

Version 3.0.21

• Fixed Undo/Redo icons, they were reversed.
• Fixed problem with minimizing main  window
• Update to support Sapi5 Context tag

Version 3.0.20

• Fixed some problems related to the 3.0.19 update.

Version 3.0.19

• Added support for Epub document format (DRM free only)
• Prevent progress bar from resetting following Pause / Resume
• Fixed error when restoring window from maximized state with skins enabled and speaking in progress
• Fix error when running on Linux (Wine emulation) related to saving keyboard shortcuts
• Fix for splitting text (by size)  in middle of xml tags when article contains {{split}} tags
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.18

• Fix related to loading Scansoft voices
• Fix for occasional stack overflow error.
• Added option on Article Options panel to write audio for multiple articles to a single audio file
• TAForFirefox 3.0.10 - Prevent clearing text selection when finished speaking and word highlighting not enabled
• TAForWord 3.0.24 - Update to restart speaking when voice dropdown changed and already speaking.
• Fix intermittent error with Microsoft Anna when using hotkeys
• Character filtering fix to prevent pronouncing the word  ‘dot’.

Version 3.0.17

• Screenreader mode fixes
• Fixed occasional access violation in setup wizard.
• TAForWord 3.0.23 - Fixed startup delay problem with Word 2000 when toolbar installed
• Fixed proofreader errors related to voices disabled / uninstalled
• Removed code that was resequencing custom article titles on each article import / delete
• Fixed sample rate used for Cereproc voices

Version 3.0.16

• In pronunciation editor, added ability to move/copy dictionary entries between dictionaries using drag and drop.
• Word highlighting fixes
• Fixed problem with progress bar display on main window

Version 3.0.15

• Fixed problem with handling word boundary phoneme (&) character on windows xp
• Fixed problems with Dictionary Maintenance display
• Fixed word highlighting problem with AT&T voices
• Handle errors related to opening invalid audio clips and invalid background audio files
• Handle error when launching proofreader window when TA is busy
• Fix Pause / Stop problems with IBM ViaVoice
• Text filtering was not allowing Sapi5 XML tag PARTOFSP

Version 3.0.14

• Output audio to left and right channels when speaking text aloud with Sapi5 voices
• Fixed problem using escape key to close pronunciation editor dialog
• Fixed intermittent problem with File Open dialog related to skins enabled

Version 3.0.13

• Workaround for problems with Pause / Stop and Cepstral voices
• Fix problems related to word boundary character in regular expressions and masks
• Improve error handling in mp3 encoder
• Fixed problem related to audio file splitting
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.12

• Added automatic action to bring TextAloud main window to foreground when text imported
• Added menu entry Set Article Title from Selected Text to Edit and Article Popup menus
• Fixed text file import problem
• Fixed Sapi4 Pause / Stop problem with some Sapi4 voices. 
• Fixed article archiving option.  Option was being ignored when disabled.
• Fixed pronunciation editor problem related to word boundary option

Version 3.0.10

• Toolbar updates for Internet Explorer, Outlook and Microsoft Word
• Fixed Word 2003 startup delay with TA Toolbar installed
• Fixed some problems related to step navigation.
• Fixes for some problems with automatic actions.
• Minor Pronunciation Dictionary performance improvement 
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 3.0.9

• On TextAloud Options Fonts tab, allow font sizes to be entered manually in addition to selecting from preset sizes.
• Fixed some problems with step navigations.
• Fixes for problems when 'data' directory path contains non-western characters
• Update automatic action to speak new articles to handle articles added while speaking is in progress.
• Fixed problem with using article navigations while playing audio clips.
• Fixes for connection problems when generating TextAloud error / problem reports
• Fixed audio file hang problems related to ulead acm codecs
• Added 'en dash' and 'em dash' to Symbols.chl file to allow these dash symbols to work with Speak Character option
• Fixed font / display problem on Character Speaking and Filtering edit dialog
• Updated File Open to work when Word 2000 is installed
• TAForFirefox 3.0.9 - Support for Firefox 4

Version 3.0.8

• Fixed problem with losing articles when editing the article title and new title contains one or more trailing spaces
• Fixed occasional problem with new article not displayed correctly.

Version 3.0.7

• Fix article refresh problem during auto save
• Fixed minor typo in TextAloud Help menu.
• TAForWord 3.0.19 - Fixed problem with international keyboards not working in Word until space or carriage return entered.

Version 3.0.5

• Fix for intermittent problems with loading Acapela voices

Version 3.0.4

• Fixed word highlighting problem introduced in version 3.0.3 that was causing text refreshes and text jumping up and down
• Updated installer to make integration with Windows Explorer optional
• TAForWord 3.0.18 - Updates to load command bar faster in office 2003, and modified to register toolbar for all users on the machine

Version 3.0.3

• Fixed font / character set problem with unarchive dialog
• Fixed problem with using wma files for background audio
• Fixed error deleting pronunciation dictionary entries when entry is selected but does not have focus
• Fixed problem with retaining position in article following TextAloud restart.
• Fixed problem with losing dictionary enabled/disabled states when changing dictionary sequence in pronunciation editor 
• TAForWord 3.0.16 - Fixed problems with enabling / disabling Speak Selected Text button with multiple Word windows open

Version 3.0.2

• Fixed phoneme string validation on dictionary entry edit dialog
• Fixed problem with enabling live spell check on multiple article tabs
• Implemented API calls SetOutputFormat and Shutdown
• Lame_Enc.dll version 3.98.4 - Fixes occasional floating point error
• Testing fix for AV when closing File Open Working dialog with skins enabled
• Add reseller setting AcmCodecsEnabled.  Set to false to prevent loading ACM audio drivers in case of driver problems.

Version 3.0.1

• Fixed problem with filtering left angle bracket for Sapi5 voices
• Fixed problem with end of sentence pause used in place of end of paragraph pause when both pauses specified.
• Fixed problem with shortcuts resetting when system default shortcut cleared in shortcut setup and TextAloud restarted.
• Allow Spacebar to be assigned as shortcut / hotkey provided Ctrl or Alt is included in the hotkey.
• TAForOutlook 3.0.11 - Allow changing dock position of toolbar in the Outlook window

Version 3.0.0

• Initial Release