Balabolka (Command Line Utility)
Copyright (c) 2013-2023 Ilya Morozov
All Rights Reserved


*** History ***

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 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 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).