Balabolka (Command Line Utility) Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Ilya Morozov All Rights Reserved *** History *** 2024-08-25 v1.84 [-] Fixed the using of the PAUSE tag. [*] Updated the Spanish translation of README file (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2024-05-26 v1.83 [+] Added the option to use the SoundTouch library for subtitle converting. [-] Fixed the applying of regular expressions. [*] Updated the Spanish translation of README file (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2023-12-13 v1.82 [+] Added the option to set the configuration file name. 2023-08-06 v1.81 [+] Added the option to display progress information in a console window. [*] Fixed the using of SAPI 4 for foreign languages. 2022-05-20 v1.80 [-] Fixed reading data from STDIN. 2022-03-12 v1.79 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2021-05-25 v1.78 [-] Fixed the using of external audio files (audio clips). [*] Updated the Spanish translation of README file (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2021-05-13 v1.77 [*] Updated the audio file saving. [*] Updated the subtitle converting. 2021-05-06 v1.76 [-] Fixed the subtitle creating. 2021-04-08 v1.75 [+] Added the option to open a file with a list of input filenames. [*] Updated the subtitle converting for SAPI 4. 2021-03-20 v1.74 [+] Added the options to insert blank lines after sentences and paragraphs in LRC files. 2021-02-23 v1.73 [+] Small improvements. 2021-01-24 v1.72 [+] Small improvements. 2020-11-28 v1.71 [+] Added the option to ignore URLs in text. [-] Fixed the subtitle creating. 2020-11-22 v1.70 [+] Small improvements. [*] The command line can contain more than one input text file name. 2020-09-13 v1.69 [+] Added the support of IPA phonetic transcription for BXD dictionaries. 2020-06-29 v1.68 [+] Added the support of LRC format for the subtitle converting. 2020-05-30 v1.67 [+] Added the support of WebVTT format for the subtitle converting. [+] Small improvements. 2020-05-16 v1.66 [-] Fixed the using of SAPI 5.1 on Windows 7. 2020-05-10 v1.65 [+] Added the option to fix the subtitle converting via SAPI 5. [+] Added the subtitle converting to audio files via SAPI 4. 2020-05-02 v1.64 [+] Small improvements. 2020-04-23 v1.63 [*] Some options were renamed and improved. 2020-04-21 v1.62 [+] Added options to read foreign text (an additional voice can be used to read foreign words). 2019-12-31 v1.61 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2019-12-29 v1.60 [+] Added the tag {{Voice}} to change a voice and its properties. 2019-12-25 v1.59 [-] Fixed the using of SAPI 5.1 on Windows XP. 2019-12-07 v1.58 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2019-10-08 v1.57 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2019-08-17 v1.56 [+] Small improvements. 2019-06-02 v1.55 [-] Fixed the option for pause/resume. 2019-05-12 v1.54 [-] Fixed the audio file saving if the audio output device is absent. 2019-04-03 v1.53 [-] Fixed the subtitle converting for SMI files. 2019-02-23 v1.52 [+] Added the options to ignore text in brackets. 2019-02-02 v1.51 [+] Small improvements. 2018-12-08 v1.50 [+] Added the option to ignore comments (single-line and multiline). [*] The options "--deletefile" and "--ignorelength" were renamed to "--delete-file" and "--ignore-length" ("-il"). 2018-11-25 v1.49 [*] An output file with visemes contains text splitted into words. A file encoding is UTF-8. 2018-10-15 v1.48 [-] Fixed the applying of rules. 2018-06-20 v1.47 [+] Small improvements. 2018-06-11 v1.46 [+] Added the option for pause/resume reading aloud by the active copy of the console application. [*] If the command line contains text for reading and the input encoding is defined, the application will convert the input text. 2018-05-12 v1.45 [*] The multi-line modifier is specified by default for regular expressions. 2018-04-14 v1.44 [+] Added the support of BXD format for dictionaries. [*] Updated Bulgarian translation of README file (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2018-03-31 v1.43 [+] Added the option for creating of text files with synchronized visemes. [-] Fixed the voice selecting: if the value of the [-n] parameter is "elena", the application must select the voice "Elena", not "Helena". 2018-03-17 v1.42 [+] Small improvements. 2018-02-24 v1.41 [-] Fixed the subtitle converting to audio files for IVONA voices (when the speech rate is not equal to 0). 2018-02-01 v1.40 [+] Small improvements. 2017-11-25 v1.39 [*] The subtitle converting to audio files was improved. 2017-09-24 v1.38 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2017-08-24 v1.37 [+] Added the option for selecting of audio device by its name. 2017-06-10 v1.36 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2017-03-29 v1.35 [-] Fixed the creating of LRC and SRT files. 2017-02-11 v1.34 [+] Added the support of new operators for regular expresions (\U, \L, \E, \u, \l). 2017-02-05 v1.33 [-] Fixed the creating of LRC and SRT files. 2016-11-19 v1.32 [+] Added the options for creating of SRT files. 2016-10-15 v1.31 [*] The utility was renamed to "balcon.exe". [-] Fixed small bugs. 2016-08-25 v1.30 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2016-05-28 v1.29 [+] Added the options for the output audio format. [+] Small improvements. 2016-04-26 v1.28 [-] Fixed the reading of text from STDIN. 2016-03-12 v1.27 [+] Small improvements. 2016-01-03 v1.26 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2015-11-06 v1.25 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2015-07-05 v1.24 [-] Fixed small bugs. [*] Updated the Spanish translation of README file (thanks to Fernando Gregoire). 2015-06-07 v1.23 [*] Updated the applying of rules from REX-dictionaries. 2015-03-09 v1.22 [+] Added the option for selecting of text lines by their numbers. 2014-12-14 v1.21 [+] Added new messages about errors. 2014-08-30 v1.20 [+] Small improvements. 2014-04-24 v1.19 [+] Small improvements. [*] Updated French translation of README file (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina). [*] Updated Polish translation of README file (thanks to Natalia Atamanchuk). [*] Updated Finnish, Portuguese and Spanish translations of README file. 2014-02-08 v1.18 [+] Added the option for closing of the active copy of the console application. [+] Added the items "Pause" and "Next" to the context menu of the tray's icon. 2014-01-26 v1.17 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2014-01-19 v1.16 [+] Added the option for the program's icon in the system tray. [+] Small improvements. [*] Updated Bulgarian translation of README file (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). 2014-01-03 v1.15 [+] Small improvements. 2013-12-15 v1.14 [+] Added the option for text file deleting. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). 2013-10-02 v1.13 [*] Added the option for voice selecting by Locale ID. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). [*] Updated French translation of README file (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina). 2013-09-24 v1.12 [*] The command line options were renamed. [*] Updated Bulgarian translation of README file (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2013-09-22 v1.11 [+] Added the exit code = 1 for errors. 2013-08-25 v1.10 [+] Added the options for silence at the beginning/end of audio files. [+] Added the using of audio clips (WAV) in text of documents. [+] The library LIBSAMPLERATE.DLL is used. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). 2013-08-22 v1.09 [+] Added the option for input encoding. 2013-07-21 v1.08 [+] Added the options for subtitle converting to audio files. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). 2013-06-21 v1.07 [+] Small improvements. 2013-06-02 v1.06 [-] Fixed small bugs. 2013-04-06 v1.05 [+] Added the option for printing of the voice's parameters. [+] Added the option for output as raw PCM data. [+] Added the option for ignoring of data length in WAV header. [+] The Polish translation of README file (thanks to Natalia Atamanchuk). [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). [*] Updated French translation of README file (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina). 2013-03-31 v1.04 [+] Added the options for creating of LRC files. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). 2013-03-27 v1.03 [+] Added the option for closing of other copies of the console application. [+] Added the option for a queue of the application's copies. 2013-03-12 v1.02 [+] Added the option for audio device selection. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). [*] Updated Bulgarian translation of README file (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). [+] The French translation of README file (thanks to Lyubov Tyurina). [+] The Finnish translation of README file. [+] The Portuguese translation of README file. [+] The Spanish translation of README file. 2013-03-03 v1.01 [+] Added the output to stdout for SAPI 5 and Microsoft Speech Platform. [*] Updated German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). [*] Updated Bulgarian translation of README file (thanks to Kostadin Kolev). 2013-02-26 v1.0 [+] The console application is available for downloading. [+] The German translation of README file (thanks to Regine Mueller). [+] The Bulgarian translation of README file (thanks to Kostadin Kolev).