History of changes for Speak-A-Message
New in version 10.3.0 (2017-08-09)
- Improved: License activation
- Enhanced: Various improvements and optimizations
New in version 10.2.0 (2015-07-16)
- New: Rewind by 10 seconds during recording simplifies record-over
- Fixed: Problem with accuracy of timeline and of total recording time after record-over
- Enhanced: Improved security using SHA256 for code signing
- Fixed: Unable to delete audio file in foto viewer.
New in version 10.0.2 (2015-05-23)
- Fixed: Transcription of speech to text won't start when button transcribe clicked
New in version 10.0.0 (2015-02-27)
- Foto viewer (View&Record): Improved user interface
- Improved encoder support
- Improved editing of title and speaker in Speak-A-Message, Diary and Foto viewer with audio (View&Record)
- Various improvements and optimizations
New in version 9.14.0 (2014-10-16)
- Diary: Improved display of search results
- Various improvements and optimizations
New in version 9.12.0 (2014-08-25)
- Diary: Fixed a missing first line problem in the table of contents
- Various improvements and optimizations
New in version 9.9.0 (2014-07-09)
- Search feature added to Diary. Search by a combination of keyword, relevant weekdays, month and year ranges.
- Various improvements and optimizations
New in version 9.8.0 (2013-12-30)
- New feature: Mix two sound files together. Great for adding background music to your voice messages.
- Enhanced: Diary now uses original EXIF date.
New in version 9.7.0 (2013-11-09)
- New feature: Open sounds for editing. Allows to continue recording on older audio files.
- New feature: Merge sound files by appending or prepending two sound files.
- New feature: Export your audio files in compressed or uncompressed wav format.
- Fixed: Screenshot in Diary only captures a single screen on multi-monitor systems.
- Fixed: Opening directory list of sounds while recording may fail.
- Fixed: Windows 8.1. API fails when verifying valid license file (workaround for older licenses).
New in version 9.5.0 (2013-09-23)
- New Feature: Insert screenshots into FotoShows
- Enhanced: Insert pictures before starting to record in Voice Recorder
- Enhanced: List of sound files in voice recorder improved (sorting, selection, bulk recycle)
- Fixed: Forms don't display correctly on computers when fonts are scaled to 125% or 150%
- Fixed: Language selector error when default language is Chinese
New in version 9.3.0 (2013-07-19)
- Diary: Photos can be inserted into the diary based on the date they were taken
- Bug fix: Fixed an error that occured occasionally when making a screenshot
New in version 9.2.0 (2013-06-26)
- Diary: Increased picture size
- Diary: Can now display multiple rows of thumbnails
- Diary: Improved export to Ebook in Epub 3 format
- Various improvements and optimizations
New in version 9.1.0 (2013-05-20)
- Automatically rotate photos based on EXIF flags
- Webmail messages greatly simplified
- Audio files are sent to recycle bin on delete
- Bug fix: Encoder download not working in some cases
- Bug fix: Can not change encoder path when already set in prior version
New in version 9.0.2 (2013-04-15)
- Many improvements in MS Outlook plugin
- Capture screenshot works again in MS Outlook plugin
- Minor bug fixes
New in version 9.0.0 (2013-04-02)
- Fundamental redesign of the whole application
- Much more intuitive user interface
- Extended features of voice diary
- Removed little-used features such as skins and sound effects
New in version 8.0.0 (2012-12-19)
- Added fabulous audio-enabled photo viewer: SAM View & Record
- Completely redesigned user interface for photo viewer
- Better support for the LAME encoder for MP3 audio files
- Bug fix in the Plugin for MS Word
- Better support for help viewer on small screens
New in version 7.9.1 (2012-11-14)
- Bug fix: Error when trying to change the paths in Menu..Options
New in version 7.9.0 (2012-11-08)
- Greatly improved photo messages module - now much easier to use!
- Bug fix: Flash movie generation failed if first image is a .png image
New in version 7.8.0 (2012-10-06)
- Completely reworked internationalization and unicode support
- Fixed a bug within the Plugin for MS Office
New in version 7.6.8 (2012-06-01)
- It is now possible to change the date of a diary entry
- Various optimizations and bug fixes
New in version 7.6.7 (2012-04-24)
- Optionally add a text message to your Facebook audio / photo message
- Various optimizations and bug fixes
New in version 7.6.6 (2012-03-30)
- More fine-grained control over the recipients of your voice and photo messages on Facebook: Select any of your friend lists when posting messages on Facebook
- Customize your default paths for Voice Messages, Diary and Photo Messages
- Optimizations and bug fixes
New in version 7.6.5 (2012-03-15)
- Improved image resizing algorithm: Resized screenshots now look much better on photo page
- Improved foto rendering in diary when recording finishes
- Bug fix: When aborting a recording, a diary entry nevertheless appears briefly
- Bug fix: Changing volume after playback leads to error
New in version 7.6.4 (2012-02-20)
- Export audio diary as an electronic book (readable on EPub 3 compatible tablets, mobile phones, PCs)
- Improved user interface for voice-over feature
- Bug fix: Error when trying to upload zero images to facebook
New in version 7.6.3 (2012-01-10)
- Improved user interface for inserting photos, making screenshots and personalizing greeting cards
- Enlarged window size for online help
- Bug fix: Selecting recording position not always correct when recording is paused
New in version 7.6.2 (2012-01-02)
- Bug fix: Dubbed audio sounds strange. Frequency may be incorrect.
New in version 7.6.0 (2011-12-21)
- Record your audio diary with or without photos
- Capture screenshots with Speak-A-Message and add an audio comment
- Personalize electronic greeting cards with Speak-A-Message
- Enlarge window size when showing photos
- Remember user's window size preferences
New in version 7.4.2 (2011-11-04)
- Fixes problems with new version of Lame Encoder
New in version 7.4.1 (2011-11-03)
- Bug fix: Error when trying to record wma with sound effects
- Bug fix: Web sounds not found when recording with sound effects
New in version 7.4.0 (2011-10-24)
- Add compressed wave files (ADPCM) as additional recording format
- Various bug fixes and improvements
New in version 7.3.0 (2011-09-14)
- Active gain control during recording
- Noise reduction during recording
New in version 7.1.0 (2011-08-19)
- Improved loading of photos
- Improved audio setup dialog
- Bug fix: After removing a second monitor, Speak-A-Message window is no longer visible
- Bug fix: Audio error when canceling recording after having recorded
New in version 7.0.9 (2011-07-20)
- Create Flash Movies directly
- Added a FlashViewer component
- Improved thread synchronization in Microsoft Office Plugins
- Enhancement: Avoid immediate playback when changing record-over position
New in version 7.0.3 (2011-07-01)
- Insert multiple photos on the photo tab during recording
- Enhancement: When changing title or author after recording, ENTER key updates the sound header
New in version 7.0.2 (2011-06-08)
- Minor fixes and enhancements
New in version 7.0.1 (2011-05-26)
- Bug fix: Record-over deletes after cut when pausing a second time
New in version 7.0.0 (2011-05-23)
- Post voice messages and photos to Facebook
- Added photo tab to recording page
- Various optimizations and bug fixes
New in version 6.0.3 (2011-02-23)
- Voice-over indicator warns that end of message will be overwritten in record-over mode
- Users can provide feedback directly from within Speak-A-Message
- Various optimizations and bug fixes
New in version 6.0.2 (2011-01-21)
- Various optimizations and bug fixes
New in version 6.0.1 (2011-01-15)
- Improved handling of speech engine initialization errors
New in version 5.0.1 (2009-12-27)
- Added a dialog for testing the microphone after first install
New in version 5.0.0 (2009-12-01)
- Convert audio message into written text via speech recognition on Windows 7, Vista
- Skin can be changed after recording has finished
- Alert user when microphone levels too low
