What's new in SpeakLine 5.1
Apr 18, 2024
- New support for using your Personal Voices (only supported on some devices)
- New options for text size and text style
- Accessibility improvements for larger text and VoiceOver
- Import of RTF text files is now possible again
- Drag-and-drop TXT/RTF files onto the doc icon to import them works again
- Right-click the voice selection to reset the voice to the system default
- New help tips let you discover all features of SpeakLine
- Lots of UI design improvements
New in SpeakLine 5.0.2 (Feb 20, 2024)
- Added option to export text as TXT file (via menu)
- Smaller tweaks and improvements
- This version also introduces a Tip Jar for those who want to support my ongoing development. This is entirely optional and won’t unlock any extras as of now.
- You can continue to use SpeakLine for free without any ads or limitations!
New in SpeakLine 5.0.1 (Feb 4, 2024)
- Improved default window size and sidebar table column sizes (you can resize them as you like)
New in SpeakLine 5.0 (Feb 1, 2024)
- Redesigned interface with all voice settings located in the sidebar
- New speech engine driven by Apple’s modern frameworks
- New voice settings, including voice pitch
- Exporting audio files now generates .CAF files
New in SpeakLine 4.2.2 (May 25, 2023)
- Updated for macOS 13 Ventura.
- Fixed an issue with pausing the reading.
- The speech rate can now be set as low as 50 words per minute.
New in SpeakLine 4.2.1 (Jan 25, 2022)
- You can now change the text size via the menu: View > Text Size
New in SpeakLine 4.2 (Dec 8, 2020)
- Updated for macOS 11 Big Sur
- New App Icon
- Ready for the new M1 Chips (Universal App)
New in SpeakLine 4.1.1 (Jun 17, 2020)
- SpeakLine now supports to pause reading the text.
- Larger speaking rate range (now 1 to 600 words per minute).
- Completely removed Fabric crash-reporting.
- Minor Improvements.
New in SpeakLine 4.0.4 (Oct 15, 2019)
- updated for macOS Catalina 10.15
- support for new system fonts “SF Mono” and “New York” (only for macOS 10.15+)
New in SpeakLine 4.0.3 (Nov 8, 2018)
- Crash fixes and improved app stability
New in SpeakLine 4.0.2 (Oct 14, 2018)
- Drag and drop TXT or RTF files on the dock icon to import them
- Improved performance when working with very big texts and text files
New in SpeakLine 4.0.1 (Sep 28, 2018)
- Improved support for macOS Mojave
- Fixed a crash for some users when opening the settings
- Fixed a crash for some users when reading text with “highlight spoken words” enabled
New in SpeakLine 4.0 (Aug 16, 2018)
- We've completely redeveloped SpeakLine with Swift to make it faster and modern for the coming years.
- NEW:
- redesigned interface with dark mode support (change it via the app menu “View”)
- import the text of TXT or RTF files
- we removed the confusing “saved texts” function …
- … if you want to safe your texts you can now export them as TXT file
- improved voice selection with language and gender information
- quickly share your read out text via Mail, Messages, …
- choose from a selection of fonts to customize the appearance of SpeakLine (View > Font)
New in SpeakLine 3.1.5 (Oct 10, 2017)
- Ready for macOS High Sierra.
New in SpeakLine 3.1.4 (Oct 11, 2016)
New in SpeakLine 3.1.3 (Oct 12, 2015)
- Small improvements for OS X El Capitan
- Added link to Apple's system voice terms and conditions
New in SpeakLine 3.1.2 (Mar 2, 2015)
- You can now activate word highlighting in the preferences.
New in SpeakLine 3.1.1 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Compatibility fixes for Yosemite
New in SpeakLine 3.1 (Feb 7, 2014)
- updated graphics for Retina Display (with new App Icon)
- rewritten exporting
- small UI changes (SpeakLine has now the standard window appearance)
- open the saved texts window alternatively with ⇧⌘T and create a new Text with ⌘N
- minor tweaks and fixes
New in SpeakLine 3.0.4 (May 22, 2012)
- [NEW] better UI
- [NEW] Sandboxing enabled
- [NEW] Dock Menu
New in SpeakLine 3.0.3 (Dec 1, 2011)
- SpeakLine should now work again with Snow Leopard! Sorry for this troubles.
New in SpeakLine 3.0.2 (Nov 11, 2011)
- graphical Icon refinement
- added a Help
- updated frameworks
- updated copyrights
New in SpeakLine 3.0.1 (Sep 13, 2011)
- Some cosmetic changes and a improved workflow on Lion.
- Tip: press cmd+R to start Reading.