Pipeline 2 v1.15.3 (App version 1.10.0) released

[bertfrees]

Dear all,

Version 1.15.3 of DAISY Pipeline 2 (App version 1.10.0) is now available for download! The following alternative packages are proposed:

• for Windows users: the desktop app installer (exe file, 249 MB)
• for Mac OS X users: the desktop app installer (pkg file, 295 MB)
• for Debian/Ubuntu users: the Debian package (deb file, 140 MB)
• for other Linux users: the zip package (zip file, 147 MB)
• there is also the Docker image

This release features MathCAT integration for math to speech and braille conversion. You will also get six new (experimental) scripts to convert from Word to EPUB 3, HTML, DAISY 2.02, DAISY 3, eBraille or a navigable MP3 file-set. Some bugs regarding the availability of text-to-speech engines and voices (notably Amazon Polly and Google Cloud) were fixed, and gender info is now provided for macOS voices. Furthermore, braille CSS now supports regular length units.

Many other fixes and improvements were made. Please refer to the full release notes:

• DAISY Pipeline Engine 1.15.3
• DAISY Pipeline App 1.10.0

User documentation is available on the project’s web site.

If you have any problems or identify some bugs, please report them to the Pipeline team through the forum or the issue tracker, or contact us at [email protected].

As usual, feedback is warmly welcome!

The Pipeline team