This document summarizes the history of updates made to the Balabolka software. It lists the version number, date, and key changes made in each update, which commonly include fixes, improvements, and additions of language resources contributed by various individuals. New features include support for additional file formats, languages, and options like clipboard monitoring and text importing.

1. BALABOLKA :: History
30.03.2015 v2.10.0.578
- Fixed small bugs.
* Resources for Persian language were updated (thanks to Seyed Mahmood
Taghavi-Shahri).
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

2. 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

3. + 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).

4. 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

5. 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

6. + 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).

7. 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

8. 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).

9. 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).

10. 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

11. + 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

12. 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:Soundsring.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.

13. * 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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