Speaker Changelog

3.4.2 - 28 December 2022

• Added 14 News voices for English languages
• Improved accessibility of the default browser player

3.4.1 - 12 October 2022

• Added Audio Encoding option, Sample rate option and Volume option

3.4.0 - 4 October 2022

• Added Neural2 voices for English languages
• Added text description before/after the audio player block
• Added the Speakable Markup JSON+LD snippet
• Added RSS feed for Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts
• Added speaker-say-as, speaker-prosody, speaker-sub, speaker-emphasis and speaker-voice HTML attributes to extend SSML functionality
• Added the ability to make substitutions in audio content using regular expressions
• Added dashboard widget to show used free quota
• Added Audio Content settings tab, Speakable Markup settings tab and Podcasts settings tab
• Before Audio Text, After Audio Text, Read the Title and Read the Image Caption options moved to the Audio Content Tab

3.3.10 - 3 September 2022

• Added Marathi (India) language and 6 voices

3.3.9 - 13 August 2022

• Fixed special characters escape in the Download link
• Added an audio preload attribute specifying how the audio file should be loaded

3.3.8 - 12 April 2022

• Replaced cURL page request by wp_remote

3.3.7 - 19 February 2022

• Fixed Speaker and Divi Builder compatibility issue

3.3.6 - 16 February 2022

• Added the option to disable checking for plugin updates
• Unused packages removed from the Google API dependencies
• Fixed error after plugin uninstalling

3.3.5 - 21 January 2022

• Added option for store and access audio files in the Media Library

3.3.4 - 13 January 2022

• Added saving audio meta to the post meta
• Fixed language choice for long posts in the Speech Template Editor

3.3.3 - 10 November 2021

• Fixed player buttons align in Safari
• Fixed translation issue for 'Playback speed:' string

3.3.2 - 4 October 2021

• Fixed cURL error

3.3.1 - 7 September 2021

• Added Chrome Style player skin for all browsers

3.3.0 - 29 August 2021

• Added Playback Speed controls for front-end
• Added saving audio files to Google Drive
• Fixed few translations issues

3.2.7 - 26 July 2021

• Fixed voice preview in the admin area
• Fixed UI of the settings page for Apple mobile devices

3.2.6 - 14 July 2021

• Added Punjabi (India) language and 8 voices
• Added support for the Madara Theme (by wpstylish)

3.2.5 - 11 June 2021

• Added developers option for voicing custom content
• Enabled speaker shortcode with post ID if shortcodes is disabled in settings

3.2.4 - 29 May 2021

• Added Dutch (Belgium) language and 4 voices

3.2.3 - 14 May 2021

• Added Malay (Malaysia) language and 4 voices

3.2.2 - 9 April 2021

• Added Unites States Spanish (Hispanoamericano) language and 6 voice

3.2.1 - 31 March 2021

• Added option for read/mute image caption in the figcaption tag
• Fixed white Activation tab
• Fixed error in Now Used player on Safari

3.2.0 - 11 March 2021

• Added audio output in WAV format
• Added Catalan (Spain) language and 1 standard female voice
• Added Afrikaans (South Africa) language and 1 standard female voice
• Added Bulgarian (Български) language and 1 standard female voice
• Added Latvian (Latvietis) language and 1 standard male voice
• Added Serbian (Cрпски) language and 1 standard female voice
• Added Icelandic (Íslensk) language and 1 standard female voice
• Updated firebase/php-jwt (v5.2.0 => v5.2.1)
• Updated firebase/php-jwt (v5.2.0 => v5.2.1)
• Updated guzzlehttp/psr7 (1.6.1 => 1.7.0)
• Updated guzzlehttp/promises (v1.3.1 => 1.4.0)
• Updated grpc/grpc (1.30.0 => 1.35.0)
• Updated guzzlehttp/guzzle (7.1.0 => 7.2.0)
• The Speaker Utilities plugin is now activated with the main plugin
• Changed the way of loading Guzzle if this library is already loaded by another plugin
• Improved compatibility with WordPress 5.7
• Improved compatibility with AMP
• Minor CSS improvements

3.1.2 - 6 February 2021

• Added audio metadata displaying
• Added player autoplay setting
• Added player loop setting
• Hide web-kit audio player download button
• Speaking Speed control step change to 0.1

3.1.1 - 6 January 2021

• Added Romanian language (ro-RO) and 1 female voices for it

3.1.0 - 24 September 2020

• Updated Google Cloud text-to-speech libraries up to 1.2

3.0.9 - 16 September 2020

• Fixed Bulk audio generation

3.0.8 - 1 September 2020

• Fixed issue with Custom Post types savings

3.0.7 - 26 August 2020

• Fixed issue with "Synthesize audio on save" option
• Fixed 'hover' pseudo-event is deprecated warning
• Removed migration from physical API key file to encoded DB option

3.0.6 - 21 August 2020

• Fixed issue with plugin update

3.0.5 - 14 August 2020

• Added new language Yue Chinese (yue-HK) and 4 voices for it
• Removed 'volume' parameter, as it caused errors

3.0.4 - 18 July 2020

• Fixed plugin update and activation issues

3.0.3 - 04 July 2020

• Added FOLLOW LOCATION for CURL when parsing.
• Added tag to speaker-mute shortcode. Use [speaker-mute tag="span"] to mute a couple word in a paragraph.

3.0.2 - 02 July 2020

• Fixed issue with script tags in content.
• Improved error and exception processing.
• Updated cloud-text-to-speech client libraries.

3.0.1 - 01 July 2020

• Improved [speaker-mute] shortcode.
• Improved element editor form.
• Fixed bulk processing with default speech templates.
• Code improvements

3.0.0 - 25 June 2020

• Added Speech Template Editor(beta)
• Added Elementor widget and WPBakery addon.
• Added shortcode [speaker-prosody] to customize the pitch, speaking rate, and volume.
• Added shortcode [speaker-say] to say but not show content.
• Added Read the Title option
• Added Volume Gain control in settings
• Added a mirror for customers from Iran and other countries without access to Google Cloud
• Added new rules to Assignments: WordPress Content, Home Page, Menu Items, URL
• Added filter speaker_before_synthesis
• Added filter speaker_before_part_speak
• Added filter speaker_before_adding_watermarks
• Added filter speaker_before_voice_divider
• Added filter speaker_before_content_dividing
• Added filter speaker_before_content_manipulations
• Added Drag & Drop API Key uploading
• Increased plugin speed
• Added new voices (Standard and WaveNet)
• Added Custom Post Types Support
• Added Custom CSS tab in settings
• Updated cloud-text-to-speech client library up to 1.0.1
• Fixed multiple voices issue with different sample rates
• Improved handling of special characters
• Improved parsing mechanism
• Improved Multi-sites Support
• Improved plugin stability
• Improved Security
• Code refactoring

2.1.2 - 1 May 2020

• Added new language bn-IN, Bengali (বাংলা), with two voices: male and female.
• Added new language gu-IN, Gujarati (ગુજરાતી), with two voices: male and female.
• Added new language kn-IN, Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), with two voices: male and female.
• Added new language ml-IN, Malayalam (മലയാളം), with two voices: male and female.
• Added new language ta-IN, Tamil (தமிழ்), with two voices: male and female.
• Added new language te-IN, Telugu (తెలుగు), with two voices: male and female.
• Added new language th-TH, Thai (ภาษาไทย), with one male voice.

2.1.1 - 28 February 2020

• Improved compatibility with automated content creation systems
• Fixed bug with synthesizing audio after

2.1.0 - 27 February 2020

• Added auto generation on post update as option
• UI notification and messages improvements
• Minor code improvements

2.0.6 - 16 January 2020

• Fixed bug with Elementor Builder
• Fixed issue with plugin icon color
• Other minor improvements

2.0.5 - 8 December 2019

• Added Taiwanese Chinese
• Improved HTML entities processing

2.0.4 - 6 December 2019

• Improved page processing algorithm

2.0.3 - 13 November 2019

• Improved compatibility with WordPress 5.3

2.0.2 - 8 November 2019

• Added plugin update notifications
• Moved module Bulk Process to the separate plugin
• Fixed missed column name in the WordPress Screen Options
• Fixed responsive behavior for the Speaker column
• Improved the status tab
• Fixed other minor issues

2.0.1 - 2 November 2019

• Fixed plugin activation issue

2.0.0 - 1 November 2019

• Added Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)
• Added speech synthesis in different voices on one page (voice dialogue)
• Added batch processing for WordPress posts and WordPress pages
• Added the ability to mute(not voice) pieces of the page
• Added the ability to add Intro Phrase to audio
• Added the ability to add Outro Phrase to audio
• Added the download display preference (Backend/Frontend)
• Added pitch and speaking speed settings
• Added plugin activation interface
• Added the removal settings
• Added system requirements check and notices
• Improved compatibility with WPBakery Page Builder and Divi Builder
• Plugin prepared for PHP 7.3
• Moved plugin on the modern User Interface
• Multiple minor improvements

1.1.1 - 7 September 2019

• Hotfix for the Fusion Builder

1.1.0 - 7 September 2019

• Introduced a new way to process page content
• Added compatibility with NextGen Gallery, Fusion Builder and TablePress
• Added compatibility with old plugins

1.0.5 - 22 August 2019

• Improved compatibility with Divi Page Builder
• Fixed broken Documentation link

1.0.4 - 21 August 2019

• Fixed issue in WPBakery audio player

1.0.3 - 21 August 2019

• Improved compatibility with WPBakery Page Builder

1.0.2 - 16 August 2019

• Improved compatibility with Voicer WordPress Plugin

1.0.1 - 15 August 2019

• Now, when you delete a post, it will be removed and the mp3 attached to it
• Fixed generation large audio files bug
• Fixed bug with HTML special characters

1.0.0 - 13 August 2019

• Initial release