TextAloud 4 Release Notes Version 4.0.73 ● Fixed bugs with some Vocal Proofreader settings. ● Added minimum height constraint to Vocal Proofreader dialog to prevent dialog height from getting too small Version 4.0.72 ● Fix bug with saving pronunciation dictionaries when creating dictionary with no entries, and when moving / copying entries between dictionaries Version 4.0.71 ● Fixed an error inTextAloud’s Word Document import that we were seeing with certain Word documents Version 4.0.70 ● Fixed an issue we were seeing on some Acapela installs related to specific system configurations ● Fix bug in LibreOffice ODT document import that was causing some text to be imported out of order ● Fix Speaking Rule to change voices at double quotes to handle Sapi5 phoneme tags inside the quoted text Version 4.0.69 ● Added new configurable Increment Speed (Faster) and Decrement Speed (Slower) buttons to main toolbar ● New dynamic voice change tags for inserting voice change tags for system default voice: {{voice=default/}} and voice assigned to current article / request: {{voice=request/}} Version 4.0.68 ● Add support for visual and audio notifications when using system-wide hotkey to change TextAloud default voice ● Handle CereProc ssml <usel> tag without needing to disable TextAloud sapi5 xml validation Version 4.0.67 ● Minor updates Version 4.0.66 ● Update office add-ins (Word and Outlook) to prevent add-in from becoming disabled in some situations ● Fix for a problem that was causing pronunciation dictionary corruption ● New option in file splitter to append / prepend sequence numbers to chapter titles when splitting epubs by chapter ● Fixed issue with Repeat tag related to handling mix of text and embedded audio tags Version 4.0.65 ● Fixed bug with batch file converter when using background audio option Version 4.0.64 ● Fixed bug related to speaking new articles automatically while waiting on speak to file confirmation prompts ● Fixed progress bar color issue with Windows10 Blue theme ● Fixed problem with pause between sentences not working in certain conditions. Version 4.0.63 ● Minor fixes for themes and other bug fixes Version 4.0.62 ● Improve display of disabled toolbar icons when TextAloud theme is enabled ● Prevent file sharing errors when saving articles while article files are being read by antivirus / backup programs ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.61 ● Fixed issue with stop hotkey causing application errors under some conditions ● Fixed an issue related to voice change tags at parentheses Version 4.0.60 ● Fix for problem playing audio notifications if audio device not responding ● Fix error displayed when splitting ePub document and document does not contain table of contents ● Fix SSML error related to speaking rule to insert voice changes at parentheses under some conditions ● Fix error in Addin for Word related to clicking the Pause button Version 4.0.59 ● New option in article list popup menu to control whether double clicking article title starts speaking the article ● Fixed a bug with loading files into the batch file converter Version 4.0.58 ● New Batch File Converter utility available under Control Center menu ● Fixed intermittent issue with losing selection colors in TextAloud main window ● Workaround for issue where some voices insert the word ‘capital’ when spelling upper case text ● Fixed scrolling issue in TextAloud for Word addin when using the Pause button ● Fixed file encoding issues related to writing text files from File Splitter and loading PDF documents Version 4.0.57 ● Improve Search/Replace performance. Fix issues with searching large number of articles ● Handle error related to settings information becoming corrupted Version 4.0.56 ● Fixed issue in MS Word extension - shading actions related to word highlighting appear in Undo list ● Fixed issue with speaking rule to change voice for text in parentheses. Related to unpaired closing parentheses in text ● Added menu entry to reset main toolbar defaults under View -> Main Toolbar Options Version 4.0.55 ● Fixed issue with floating toolbar related to speaking already in progress ● Voice change speaking rule was causing punctuation to be pronounced under some conditions ● Fixed issue with speaking rule to format urls when used with rule to filter characters Version 4.0.54 ● Fixed a bug with installing the Edge extension ● Fixed problem related to accelerator keys Version 4.0.53 ● Suppress prompt when running uninstaller silently ● Fixed a problem with saving the list of applications ignored by Watch Mouse ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.52 ● Fixed issue with speaking text with floating toolbar when speaking already in progress ● Adjusted speaking rule for handling words with MixedCase characters to handle camelCase ● Adjusted speaking rule for end of sentence pauses to prevent Cerence voices from pronouncing double quote characters ● Fixed errors related to importing documents that contain null characters Version 4.0.51 ● New extension for Microsoft Edge ● Fixed some issues with importing Open Office (.odt) documents Version 4.0.50 ● Improve performance when speaking large documents containing large number of voice control / voice change tags ● Fixed issues related to disabling voices on voice options panel for voices used in speaking rules or hot key definitions ● Updated import hotkey to handle TextAloud in single article mode and speaking in progress Version 4.0.49 ● Fixed an issue that prevented the floating toolbar from launching in some situations ● Fixed file splitter to convert html codes in chapter titles when splitting epub documents by chapter Version 4.0.48 ● Fixed a problem related to displaying the clipboard prompt Version 4.0.47 ● Fixed issue with pasting text into pronunciation dictionary add / edit entry dialog ● Fixed speaking rule for voice changes at parentheses to handle consecutive parenthese pairs Version 4.0.46 ● Fixed problem with check for update dialog displayed behind other windows ● Fixed an install problem on 32 bit versions of Windows Version 4.0.45 ● Handle audio device errors caused by device disconnecting while system idle ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.44 ● Minor improvements to the proofreader window, including support for pause/resume keyboard shortcut and keyboard accelerator for the options button (Alt + O) ● Fixed intermittent problem with cursor position in main window off by one word after speaking article ● Automatically filter non breaking spaces from text inserted by word processors, prevents problems with some voices ● Fixed crashes related to using batch mode Version 4.0.43 ● Fixed for error happening occassionally at TextAloud startup ● Fixed issue where voice change rules do not work in certain conditions ● Dropdown boxes in Search / Replace dialogs were not accessible Version 4.0.42 ● New Accessibility panel in TextAloud Settings. Includes new options: ○ Set tab stops on article tabs when using tabbed display (requires TextAloud restart) ○ Display the current article title in the main window title bar. ● Moved existing option to control article line width to the accessibility panel ● Fixed accessibility issues on several settings panels / dialogs ● Fixed issues related to launching TextAloud Help with theme enabled ● Fixed problem with losing paragraph breaks between chapters when importing epub documents with File -> Open ● Updated help Version 4.0.40 ● Made TextAloud's default pronunciation of URLs a speaking rule (Pronounce URLs), allowing the rule to be disabled. ● Added new system wide hotkey to minimize / restore the TextAloud main window ● Fixed issue with article text selection being cleared when speaking article and word highlighting not enabled ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.39 ● Fixed issue that was preventing problem reporting to connect to problem reporting server ● Fixed a character encoding problem with extracting text from epub documents Version 4.0.38 ● Fix problem pasting text into article title field related to newline characters in the pasted text ● Fix problems caused by using {{split}} tags in some situations Version 4.0.36 ● Fix voice change speaking rule to prevent voice from pronouncing punctuation in some situations ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.35 ● Fixed speaking rules problem related to inserting pauses at voice change tags ● Added new formatting function ##spell in pronunciation dictionary mainteance for voices that do not support sapi spell tag Version 4.0.34 ● Fixed crash in pronunciation dictionary maintenance under certain conditions ● Updated Check For Updates to report if new version is available instead of launching download page ● Some other minor fixes Version 4.0.33 ● Fixed problem with WordPerfect document import ● Fixed a problem with handling some sequences of multiple clipboard notifications ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.32 ● Fixed application freeze introduced in version 4.0.31 Version 4.0.31 ● Bug fixes Version 4.0.30 ● Improvements to TextAloud themes, including system / File Open dialogs and better support for Windows dark mode ● Fixed screenreader compatibilty issue with automatic pauses panel ● Several bug fixes Version 4.0.29 ● Minor updates. Version 4.0.28 ● TAForFirefox 4.0.8 - Fixed problem that was causing browser console to display first time keyboard shortcut used Version 4.0.27 ● Fixed problems with applying speaking rules / pronunciation dictionaries in some situations ● Added additonal validation for xml tags in the text ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.26 ● Fixed problems with creating / validating article titles when the title is pasted into the article title field ● Fixes for some problems related to applying pronunciation dicationaries and speaking rules ● Fixed a bug with importing Microsoft Word documents when the document contains multiple comments Version 4.0.25 ● Updated installer to fix issues related to Office add-ins not installing correctly ● Updated Help ● Fixed a problem with speaking rules that was causing occasional application hangs ● Fixed cosmetic issue with importing rich text files (.rtf) that caused some window flashing / flickering during the import ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.24 ● Fixed an error related to the voice options panel fix in the previous version Version 4.0.23 ● Improvements to clipboard monitor ● Added option to play audio confirmation for system-wide hotkeys that toggle watch clipboard and watch mouse ● Fixed issue related to using floating toolbar with Microsoft Edge browser ● Fixed an intermittent error when displaying the voice options panel in TextAloud settings ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.22 ● Fixes for TextAloud Themes and Clipboard monitor related to Windows October update ● Fixed problem with saving archiving preferences when prompted during article delete ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.21 ● Fixed display of About Dialog with Windows high contrast theme selected ● Other minor fixes Version 4.0.20 ● Firefox Add-in - fixed keyboard shortcut validation to prevent creating shortcuts using only the Shift key ● Fixed a problem related to automatically purging the archive at TextAloud startup ● Other minor bug fixes Version 4.0.19 ● Word Add-in - fixed to allow speaking text selection that includes footnotes. (Word Highlighting currently not supported for footnotes). ● Fixed a performance issue related to automatic pauses with locales that do not use periods for decimal separators ● Miscellaneous word highlighting updates / fixes Version 4.0.18 ● New advanced setting “Keep display powered on when speaking aloud”. Defaults to Yes, new option allows override ● Fixed a bug with importing word documents ● Fixed a bug that was causing option to automatically speak new articles to skip paragraphs at top of article. ● Fixed an installer hang we were seeing under rare conditions. Version 4.0.17 ● Fixed a problem with splitting some epub documents by chapter in the file splitter ● Updated Firefox extension installation for compatibility with Firefox 62 Version 4.0.16 ● Fixed a bug with Step To Previous Word under the Navigation menu Version 4.0.15 ● Fixed a problem that prevented default spell check dictionary from working when UK or Australian English voice assigned to article ● When right clicking misspelled word, popup menu displayed now contains an autocorrect menu. Autocorrect was previously available only when performing a full spell check from the control center menu. ● Corrected some spelling errors in online help ● Fixed a problem related to receiving Pause / Resume shortcuts or button clicks too quickly ● Fixed problem with inserting control tags (speed, voice change, etc) that caused some settings to reset unexpectedly ● Updated Word document import (File -> Open) to remove headers, footers and comments from imported article text Version 4.0.14 ● New Lame MP3 encoding presets: 16.000 kbps / 16.000 kHz / Mono and 56.000 kbps / 22.050 kHz / Stereo ● Fixed problems with temporary files created when writing audio files to Dropbox folder ● Fixed problems related to Voice Change dropdowns in Speaking Rules allowing Sapi4 voices to be used ● Fixed error when changing themes ● Fixed bug with using spacebar to end scroll navigation and speak from new position ● Fixed bug with importing some html files related to character encoding Version 4.0.13 ● Fixed bug with moving cursor to end of article after creating audio file ● Fixed bug with using voice change tags with names containing accented characters, such as Penélope ● Other bug fixes Version 4.0.12 ● Increase display time for ‘New Version Available’ notification based on notification display time in Windows Settings. ● Fixed application crash related to drag and drop Version 4.0.11 ● Updated article text control for compatibility with NVDA screen reader ● Editing article text while article is paused now resets the pause state. Remove resume button and hide progress bar. ● Updated step navigations to pause when a step completes, allowing you to resume from where the step ended. ● Fixed a problem with using Ivona voices in TextAloud related to having multiple Ivona versions installed. Version 4.0.10 ● Make archiving prompt configurable in settings. Previously there was not a way to turn prompting on again after it was disabled. ● Updated split tags to support templates as split file names. Valid tokens in split file names are %sn% (sequence number) and %title% (article title). For example, you can now use names like MyName_%sn% as split file names. ● Added Step items to Navigations menu (Step to Next/Previous Line, and Step To Next/Previous Word) ● Bug fixes Version 4.0.9 ● Added Skip to Next Line / Skip to Previous Line to Navigations menu ● Fixed an xml parser error related to using tags in the text to change speed Version 4.0.8 ● Fixed problem with progress bar in main window resetting when speaking paused ● Fixed problem where Sapi4 voice installation problem prevents TextAloud from starting Version 4.0.7 ● Allow Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to be assigned as keyboard shortcuts, overriding default tabbing behavior in main window. ● For new installs, switch shortcuts for skipping to next / previous article from F10 and F11 to Alt+F10 and Alt+F11. F10 is used by Windows to navigate the main menu from the keyboard. ● For new installs and upgrades, change default setting for Use Document Name as Article Title to True ● Mouse / Clipboard options - separated option to ignore updates while speaking to separate options to ignore updates while speaking aloud and ignore updates while creating audio files. Version 4.0.6 ● Fixed problem with handling sequence numbers in article titles when importing files created by file splitter ● When importing articles using drag and drop, import files sorted by file name ● Was not resizing voice settings panel in main window when changing voice and pitch slider visibility changes Version 4.0.5 ● Fix for speaking rule that inserts voice changes at single quoted and double quoted text ● Fixes for audio device handing related to writing audio files and playing notification sound files ● Updated Word add-in with stability fixes and improve error logging. Version 4.0.4 ● Fixed an intermittent crash related to accessing the main menu after changing themes ● Handle Shift+Tab when article control has focus. Places focus in article title field, for compatibility with TextAloud 3 ● Fixed bug with reading text aloud when text contains split tags and tags specify split names containing spaces ● Fixed problem with keyboard shortcuts not working in online help ● Updated Word add-in to disable highlighting changes in made in 4.0.2 if running Word 2003. Version 4.0.3 ● New option under View -> Article Toolbars to hide the toolbar panel containing the Article Title and Voice ● Fixed problem with Sapi5 end tags not working when followed by an audio clip ● Fixed crash in pronunciation dictionary maintenance when clicking the New Entry button ● Updated installer to handle situation where old TA version found on system and previous install location unavailable Version 4.0.2 ● Updated version of add-in for Microsoft Word. Includes support for configurable highlighting color, keyboard shortcuts, and a button on the ribbon to display TextAloud Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance. ● Updated version add-in for Microsoft Outlook to handle errors related to accessing text in the Outlook window ● Fixed problem in TextAloud Settings, General Application Options with audio device setting if no supported audio devices on the system ● Fixed an issue with File -> Open related to file encoding ● Improvements in Sapi5 XML validation ● Fixed a problem that was causing incorrect text offsets in Find / Replace dialog ● Display an hourglass cursor when loading large articles ● Fixed an intermittent issue in large articles resulting in words being split incorrectly. ● Cosmetic updates to About dialog Version 4.0.1 ● Fixed bug with restoring application after maximizing Version 4.0.0 ● Initial Release |