Balabolka Portable 2.5.0.533 (text-to-speech on demand) Released

Gord Caswell's picture
Submitted by Gord Caswell on November 13, 2012 - 12:15am

logoBalabolka Portable 2.5.0.533 has been released. Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program that uses the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) voices installed on the system to read text aloud or save it to an audio file. This release updates Balabolka to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. Balabolka Portable is freeware for business and personal use.

Balabolka is packaged with permission from the publisher

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Features

ScreenshotBalabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. This feature is useful when you want to change the spelling of words. The rules for the pronunciation correction use the syntax of regular expressions. Balabolka can save the synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. When an audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text is displayed synchronously (at the same way, as lyrics for songs).

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PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Balabolka Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Balabolka Portable is available for immediate download from the Balabolka Portable homepage. Get it today!

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Comments

Gord Caswell's picture

I added in the "This release does something" line, as it was missing, and some people have asked in the past what has changed version to version.

Enjoy the update!

John T. Haller's picture

We no longer include that if the only thing changed is the app version, since that's implied.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Can you start including a link to a changelog on the website of the main app if there is one available so we can at least we can at least see whats different from version to version?

John T. Haller's picture

Most apps have a new location for their changelog for every release and we don't take the time to hunt it down and link to it as 99%+ of users don't care. For those that do, you can head to the website and click their changelog link.

We may at some point add in a changelog link to each app's homepage in the download section for apps which have a consistent URL for it.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!