What's new in GhostReader 2.4.1
Aug 17, 2021
- Download the latest version to benefit from several bug fixes and performance improvements.
New in GhostReader 2.4 (Feb 25, 2021)
- GhostReader offers macOS Big Sur compatibility and is now optimized for the new Mac computers with Apple silicon.
New in GhostReader 2.3 (Oct 17, 2018)
- We're keeping up with the latest macOS Mojave update by introducing Dark Mode compatibility.
- This version also fixes a few minor bugs to streamline use with a Dvorak keyboard and to keep the playback volume steady. It also addresses issues with exporting files made with the Alex voice.
New in GhostReader 2.2 (Aug 18, 2017)
- GhostReader 2.2.1 contains several small bug fixes, including issues with speech pausing after every tag, reported in the GhostReader 2.2 update.
New in GhostReader 2.1 (Dec 3, 2015)
- Adds several user-requested features that make reading significantly easier and also brings a full French localization:
- Global shortcuts for playback control: assign system-wide shortcuts to control GhostReader from any application, even when GhostReader is running in the background
- Action extension for Mac OS 10.10 and later to quickly select and read text in applications that support extensions
- Fully translated into French
- Several small bug fixes, including the incorrect highlighting of text
New in GhostReader 1.6.8 (Nov 21, 2011)
- Compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”.
New in GhostReader 1.6.7 Beta 2 (Aug 1, 2011)
- Compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”. However, note that due to a bug in Mac OS X 10.7.0 speak text below the cursor does not work correctly on web content at present.
- For more info see the "GhostReader and Lion Notes" document included on the disk image.
New in GhostReader 1.6.5 (Aug 31, 2009)
- Made fully compatible with Snow Leopard.
- Improved installation and activation options for large scale deployment in schools.
- Added icon for Arabic.
- Fixed a potential crashing bug when using Speak Selection.
New in GhostReader 1.5.1 (Jun 4, 2008)
- Export to iTunes now: (1) Sets album, album artist, and year to default values; (2) Puts the date and time of audio creation in the iTunes comments field; (3) Uses the GhostReader logo as default album art.
- Fixes spinning cursor issue with Pages 2008
- Acapela Group provided fixes to the following voice issues: (1) Activation problem with American Spanish; (2) Occasional crash with the Italian Chiara voice; (3) Text encoding problems with Czech and Polish voices.
New in GhostReader 1.5 (May 14, 2008)
- Adds new natural sounding voices for Czech, Polish, Swedish and Finnish while existing voices have been enhanced
- Adds a pronunciation editor, which can be used to modify the way a word is pronounced or to add new abbreviations
- Adds direct export to iTunes of documents and selected text for playback on iPhone or iPod
- Adds user-selectable encoding for export to iTunes (AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless)
- In Leopard now also reads DOCX and ODT documents
- Export to iTunes now runs in the background
- Enhanced responsiveness when speaking selected text or text below the cursor
- Speaking selected text now also works in floating windows such as those of the Leopard Help Viewer
- Speak Text Below the Cursor now speaks the alt. tags for images and buttons in web pages, Mail and widgets
- Speak Text Below the Cursor now also speaks just the paragraph below the cursor in Mail, TextEdit and Pages 2008
- Many other enhancements and fixes