Balabolka (Command Line Utility)

Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Ilya Morozov

*** History ***

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 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 "[Link]".
[-] 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 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 [Link] 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).