001 JNG 01/03/24 Created this change log. Also updated NWSClock.
002 JNG 01/03/24 Updated the OS Sound Kit to version 1.21. This version includes the high quality Windows NT 4.0 startup and shutdown sounds from build 1273.
003 JNG 01/03/24 Fixed miner bug in latest NWSClock update.
004 JNG 01/06/24 Added NFBnet archive.7z to root, and removed old screen readers.7z from utilities as the newly added archive includes the same content.
005 JNG 01/16/24 Updated C1Bitcrusher VST.
006 JNG 02/15/24 Added Onion Radio News archive.
007 JNG 02/15/24 Added Onion Radio News May through December 2008 archive.
008 JNG 02/21/24 Updated dtex46.zip. Combined English/Spanish firmware images are now properly built, and disclaimer has been removed since the initial builds have been evaluated and verified to work. Also fixed year in change log.
009 JNG 03/03/24 Updated DTPad to fix speak selection.
010 JNG 03/06/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi.
011 JNG 03/07/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi, again.
012 JNG 03/08/24 Updated DTPad to fix memory leak.
013 JNG 03/09/24 Added PACMate Training to manual and tutorial tapes.
014 JNG 03/10/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi to fix a couple more random bugs.
015 JNG 03/11/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi to fix glitches when switching OPL3 emulators.
016 JNG 03/12/24 Added building section to OPL3GM readme.
017 JNG 03/14/24 Updated DTPad to improve the display of DECtalk version information.
018 JNG 03/21/24 Added 32-bit build of DECtalk 5.0 Beta to speak windows archive.
019 JNG 03/22/24 Updated DTPad to store settings in INI file and display error codes if DECtalk fails to load.
020 JNG 04/02/24 Updated DECtalk 4.99, Orpheus, and Eloquence 4.7 NVDA addon manifests. The DECtalk 4.99 addon itself has also been updated.
021 JNG 04/03/24 Replaced Roland VSC88.zip with VSC32.iso.
022 JNG 04/12/24 Replaced some files in games directory.
023 JNG 04/13/24 Added Cobra screen reader.
024 JNG 04/13/24 Added kitchensinc complete archive to games directory.
025 JNG 04/15/24 Added Apply button to NWSClock configuration dialog.
026 JNG 04/17/24 Updated NWSClock. A menu item for restarting the speech engine has been added, and the copyright year in the resource script has been updated.
027 JNG 04/20/24 Updated user dictionary in Orpheus NVDA addons.
028 JNG 04/21/24 Added GPS receiver documentation to Sendero GPS Docs.
029 JNG 04/28/24 Replaced ttdemo.iso with talking typer.iso.
030 JNG 04/30/24 Added Neural Voices NVDA addon.
031 JNG 05/08/24 Updated Neural Voices NVDA addon.
032 JNG 05/09/24 Updated NWSClock. Speaker names are stored as resource strings.
033 JNG 05/11/24 Updated NWSClock, again. A global hotkey conflict was fixed. Specifically, the shortcut for reading the clipboard is now Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R instead of Ctrl+Alt+R. Also, a note was added to the readme on how to effectively make the clock on-demand.
034 JNG 05/11/24 Added Audio Game Maker to games directory.
035 JNG 05/11/24 Added audio files from artictech.com to manual and tutorial tapes. These files were captured by the Wayback Machine.
036 JNG 05/12/24 Added DECtalk 4.60 R003 to speak windows archive.
037 JNG 05/12/24 Added 64-bit registry license file for DECtalk 4.60 R003 to speak windows archive. The full version of DECtalk 4.61 was also added.
038 JNG 05/12/24 Added Window Eyes tutorials to manual and tutorial tapes.
039 JNG 05/12/24 Added Outspoken tutorials to manual and tutorial tapes.
040 JNG 05/17/24 Added Old RealSpeak voices (circa 2002). Note: the uninstaller for the multilingual version is broken in control panel, so you will have to use the MSI file to uninstall.
041 JNG 05/18/24 Added RealSpeak Solo SAPI5 voices.
042 JNG 05/18/24 Updated DECtalk SAPI5 interface. Multiple small audio buffers are used, so this should reduce audio glitches and increase responsiveness in some applications.
043 JNG 05/20/24 Added VMware Workstation Pro Windows installer.
044 JNG 05/21/24 Added DECtalk 4.60 R011 November 2000 build to speak windows archive.
045 JNG 05/22/24 Fixed bug in NWSClock. Speech parameters are set after speech engine restart.
046 JNG 06/16/24 Added "Our Fair City" sci-fi audio drama. These files were downloaded from ourfaircity.com in June of 2020, and as of June of 2024, the site has a "Coming Soon" notice.
047 JNG 06/17/24 Updated NWSClock. The font of the time display and background color is now customizable, and an option to hide the menu bar has been added. A popup menu was also added to the system tray functionality.
048 JNG 06/19/24 Fixed bug in latest NWSClock update. If the background color was set to black, it wasn't properly set the next time the configuration was read.
049 JNG 06/21/24 Fixed another NWSClock bug. The time is no longer displayed twice on initialization.
050 JNG 06/22/24 Replaced soundfonts.7z with HammerSound soundfonts.7z. A couple files were missing from the initial archive.
051 JNG 06/24/24 Updated NWSClock to use a multimedia timer, which is more accurate than the normal Windows timer. An option to show seconds in the painted time was also added.
052 JNG 06/27/24 Updated NWSClock again. The time is only automatically announced when the interval is reached, and when the current second is 0.
053 JNG 06/30/24 Fixed bug in NWSClock window initialization logic. Include Seconds was only getting checked if Paint Time was already checked.
054 JNG 07/22/24 Added option to save the configuration to the registry to the desktop version of NWSClock. An option to enable or disable saving the window position has been added as well.
055 JNG 07/23/24 Added Series_40_5th_edition_FP1__GM_.sf2 to utilities directory. This is an SF2 version of the soundbank found on some older Symbian-based Nokia phones.
056 JNG 07/25/24 Added archive of Passport Designs MIDI files. The files in this archive were downloaded from a capture of passportdesigns.com on the Wayback Machine.
057 JNG 07/29/24 Updated some notes in tts/DECtalk source code archive/info.html.
058 JNG 07/31/24 Updated MAME package with latest release, which includes DECtalk PC emulation.
059 JNG 08/01/24 Removed jaws 3.3 basic training.7z and JawsForDos.7z from old jaws versions as the contents is in manual and tutorial tapes.
060 JNG 08/02/24 Replaced WordPerfect Presentations 2.0 MIDI files.7z with WordPerfect Presentations 2.0 MIDI and WAV files.7z.
061 JNG 08/03/24 Added DECtalk 4.60 R008 build for the PC1 hardware platform.
062 JNG 08/21/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi. Various bugs were fixed, and a channel mixer was added.
063 JNG 08/30/24 Added Braille n Speak Classic and Braille 'n speak 640 Users Manual from Eatbird to manual and tutorial tapes.
064 JNG 08/30/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi, again. A checkbox for hiding the parameter display was added to the GUI.
065 JNG 09/05/24 Added WINNT351WithSpeech.7z to vmware directory.
066 JNG 09/05/24 Added ROAR (the Really Old Ass Reader) to utilities. This is a screen reader that can run on Windows NT 3.51. The WINNT351WithSpeech.7z package was also updated.
067 JNG 09/17/24 Major update to ROAR. The Windows NT 3.51 VMs were also recreated with a single hard disk image, which makes it easier to transfer files onto the system. The new ROAR version is included in the updated Windows NT 3.51 With Speech VM.
068 JNG 09/19/24 Minor update to ROAR. Refined how some controls are read, and added support for reading MDI client windows. A shortcut for reading the status bar was also added (Ctrl+Shift+B). WINNT351WithSpeech was also updated with this new version.
069 JNG 09/21/24 Another minor ROAR update. Fixed a bug involving character echo and the control key, and added a hotkey to repeat the last speech (Ctrl+Shift+Tab). WINNT351WithSpeech was also updated.
070 JNG 09/21/24 Fixed hotkey conflict in the latest ROAR update. The command to repeat the last speech has been changed from Ctrl+Shift+Tab to Ctrl+Shift+L.
071 JNG 09/21/24 Added VMware Workstation Pro 17.6 Windows installer.
072 JNG 09/23/24 Added the ability to specify the ROAR configuration file path on the command line, and fixed a bug in the status bar read routine. If the status bar is present and empty, a message stating that the status bar is empty is spoken.
073 JNG 09/27/24 Added full version of Window Eyes 3.1 to WindowEyes directory.
074 JNG 09/29/24 Updated ROAR. Some parts of the code were restructured, and a command to read the desktop window was added (Ctrl+Shift+D). The version in the NT 3.51 VM is a build for that specific environment, and the reason for this is that this update implements a technique for querying some common controls that isn't quite API compatible with NT 3.51. Since the effected controls aren't too common in NT 3.51, this isn't much of a problem. The standalone distribution runs on Windows NT 4.0 and newer.
075 JNG 10/03/24 Readded IBM ViaVoice 6.6.1.0 SAPI4 installers to sapi_voices.
076 JNG 10/04/24 Updated DECtalk 4.99 builds. This includes the latest version of the NVDA addon, which includes a slider that adjusts samples per frame.
077 JNG 10/04/24 Updated dtemu and DECtalk Speak Windows archive with latest 4.99 builds.
078 JNG 10/06/24 Restored timestamps on several files in sapi_voices, and replaced l&h tts3000.zip with individual language installers. Also added Sp5TTIntXP.exe to sapi_voices.
079 JNG 10/09/24 Added folder containing speech synthesis demonstrations taken from the Wayback machine. Some audio files in misc were removed, and ultranet.zip was replaced with Ron Gemma.zip.
080 JNG 10/14/24 Added GreenSoftware.7z and timidity_original.7z to utilities.
081 JNG 10/15/24 Removed gm.7z, gsp_plugins.zip, and gsp229wm5ppc.zip from utilities. The original versions of these archives are in GreenSoftware.7z.
082 JNG 10/17/24 Restored timestamp for ws3048.exe.
083 JNG 10/23/24 Added the first release of Timidity VSTi to utilities.
084 JNG 10/23/24 Added the Band-in-a-Box MIDI Archive, scraped from https://bhs.minor9.com/midi.
085 JNG 10/27/24 Updated Timidity VSTi. Monophonic MIDI channel support is now fully implemented.
086 JNG 10/29/24 Added the first release of Timidity Windows MIDI driver to utilities.
087 JNG 10/30/24 Added an About button to the Timidity driver configuration dialog.
088 JNG 11/2/24 Added the Midia MIDI Player to utilities. This is an old MIDI player for SGI machines.
089 JNG 11/2/24 Added scrape of the MIDI Technical Fanatic's Brainwashing Center (midi.teragonaudio.com) to root.
090 JNG 11/3/24 Added scrape of the ULTRASOUND BBS Archive to root. The files were found on ftp.oldskool.org, under pub/drivers/unsorted/Gravis.
091 JNG 11/4/24 Added reconstructed 16-bit GSPlayer instrument bank to utilities.
092 JNG 11/8/24 Added mono output support to Timidity Windows driver.
093 JNG 11/9/24 Updated Timidity VSTi. Mono output mode is properly configured when the synth is hard reset.
094 JNG 11/9/24 Added KEYNOTE CRACK.zip to tts/old_software_synths.
095 JNG 11/9/24 Added Infovox 210 Demo (Mac OS).sit to tts/old_software_synths.
096 JNG 11/9/24 Added Nisus Writer (includes BeSTspeech).sit to tts/old_software_synths.
097 JNG 11/9/24 Added Monologue95 Setup.zip to tts/old_software_synths.
098 JNG 11/17/24 Replaced bn.7z with BrailleNote Archive.7z in utilities. This updated archive includes files related to the Apex, among other additions.
099 JNG 11/19/24 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. GM2, GS, and XG reset sysex messages are now supported.
100 JNG 11/19/24 Updated BrailleNote Archive.7z. The original timestamp for KeySoft 9.51 was restored, and braillenote features.swf and it's extracted sounds was moved to misc.
101 JNG 11/22/24 Added installer for version 1.0.49 of the Thunder screen reader.
102 JNG 11/28/24 Added BeSTspeak.zip to tts/old_software_synths.
103 JNG 12/04/24 Updated BeSTspeak. This new version uses the original version of the synthesizer DLL, and adds some shortcut keys.
104 JNG 12/06/24 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. The core synth library was updated with many new functions, including functions for getting synthesizer parameters and rendering to different PCM formats.
105 JNG 12/17/24 Updated BeSTspeak to version 1.02.
106 JNG 12/17/24 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. The core synth library was updated with an integrated MIDI file player.
107 JNG 12/21/24 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. If a default instrument is specified in a configuration file, it actually gets loaded.
108 JNG 12/23/24 Updated Timidity VSTi. When the Hard Reset button is pressed, the synth sample rate is set to the host sample rate. Also, default instruments are unloaded when Forget Settings is pressed.
109 JNG 12/25/24 Updated Timidity VSTi. A logic error was fixed in a Reaper helper function, and the page size for the Voices and Control Rate sliders was increased.
110 JNG 12/27/24 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. Fixed possible crash when the synth is reset, a configuration that specifies a default instrument is unloaded, and a configuration that doesn't specify a default instrument is immediately loaded afterword.
111 JNG 12/29/24 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. A function in the synth library that calculates the bitrate of a MIDI file has been patched to only return 0 on error.
112 JNG 12/29/24 Added FlexVoice and L&H TTS SDKs to tts/old_software_synths.
113 JNG 01/02/25 Added TSI Speech Plus audio tutorial to manual and tutorial tapes.
114 JNG 01/03/25 Added Mayson Cabo's latest podcasts.
115 JNG 01/03/25 Added Windows Mobile 5.0 sounds.7z to root. The files in this archive were extracted from a ROM image that is included with the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK.
116 JNG 01/03/25 Added the BTD MIDI Archive, scraped from https://www.dongrays.com/midi.
117 JNG 01/03/25 Added scrape of the MidiZone MIDI Archive (recompressed as 7z). Original scrape can be found at https://archive.org/details/midizone.
118 JNG 01/03/25 Rescraped the BTD MIDI Archive, as some files weren't downloaded in the initial capture.
119 JNG 01/03/25 Removed JPG files from "IBM Screen Reader DOS" and "John Stuart - The DOS Tape" folders in manual and tutorial tapes.
120 JNG 01/04/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. Functions for getting the title and copyright of the current MIDI file have been added to the core synth library.
121 JNG 01/05/25 Fixed the latest version of Timidity_Driver-src.zip, as the last version accidentally included the Git repo.
122 JNG 01/12/25 Added archives that contain sound files extracted from various sound card installation disks to root.
123 JNG 01/12/25 Added a folder containing Miscellaneous audio files to root.
124 JNG 01/26/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis. A logic error was fixed in the virtual MIDI keyboard.
125 JNG 01/28/25 Added V710_Ringer.7z to root. This is a ringtone collection that was scraped from https://mark.cdmaforums.com/V710_Ringer.
126 JNG 01/28/25 Added bsp_sounds.7z to root.
127 JNG 01/29/25 Added DXi2SDK.zip to utilities.
128 JNG 01/31/25 Updated NWSClock. Changed bitwise logic for hiding the title bar.
129 JNG 02/13/25 Added LookOut and NWS audio examples to tts/Speech Synthesis Demonstrations.
130 JNG 02/13/25 Merged SAPI5 Japanese voices into L&H TTS installer.
131 JNG 02/17/25 Added scrape of jaws-users.com to root.
132 JNG 02/18/25 Added Mikropuhe 5.1 to tts/sapi_voices.
133 JNG 02/23/25 Added how to install windows 11 IoT enterprise ltsc 2024 to Mayson Cabo Podcasts.
134 JNG 02/23/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. The function for getting active drum channels in the core synth library takes a channel number as an additional argument, and returns 1 if that channel is a drum channel.
135 JNG 02/23/25 Added an NVDA addon for the BeSTspeech speech engine.
136 JNG 02/24/25 Added Bobby Vinton's podcasts that were previously on Any Audio.
137 JNG 02/24/25 Removed CDex podcasts from podcasts directory, as these are in Bobby Vinton Podcasts. The files that were removed were named CDex parts 2-4, and The Return of CDex.
138 JNG 02/24/25 Added AcuVoice audio examples to tts/Speech Synthesis Demonstrations.
139 JNG 02/25/25 Added my past part 2 to Bobby Vinton Podcasts. Also removed auto-generated JPG files from the same folder.
140 JNG 02/25/25 Updated BeSTspeech NVDA addon.
141 JNG 02/26/25 Updated BeSTspeech NVDA addon, again.
142 JNG 02/28/25 Added espeak-1.17o-win.zip to tts/espeak.
143 JNG 02/28/25 Removed setup_espeak-1.48.04.exe and setup_espeakedit-1.48.03.exe from tts/sapi_voices, as these files are in the espeak directory.
144 JNG 02/28/25 Added EvalSus4.6.zip to tts/old_software_synths.
145 JNG 03/01/25 Updated BeSTspeech NVDA addon. This version includes Sonic, which allows for faster speech.
146 JNG 03/03/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. Functions for getting text strings from the Timidity instance return the length of the string, and the logic for stopping hanging notes at the end of a MIDI file has been optimized.
147 JNG 03/04/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. More MIDI file player fixes, such as the possibility of dangling pointers when failing to open a MIDI file.
148 JNG 03/06/25 Added FranklinLanguageMasterTutorial and kReadingMachineFlexiDisk to manual and tutorial tapes.
149 JNG 03/07/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. The Timidity structure is zeroed out on startup and shutdown in the synth library itself, and the header for the library also includes some API documentation.
150 JNG 03/09/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. Fixed a typo in API documentation, and made the function that reloads the current configuration return a value.
151 JNG 03/11/25 Added "Midisoft SoundBar MIDI and WAV files.7z" and "Plus! 98 Sounds.7z" to root.
152 JNG 03/12/25 Added "L&H Evaluators Extracted.7z" to utilities.
153 JNG 03/13/25 Added "Office 2000 Sounds.7z" to root, and "OfficeSounds.EXE" to utilities.
154 JNG 03/15/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. The seeking functions of the Timidity library return the new current time.
155 JNG 03/18/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. Functions for reloading the current MIDI file and getting the current MIDI file name have been added to the timidity library.
156 JNG 03/19/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. Fixed bug where default instruments wouldn't play if no tonebank was previously loaded.
157 JNG 03/23/25 Added DECtalk 4.2 to speak windows archive.
158 JNG 03/23/25 Added demo42.flac to misc_audio.
159 JNG 04/07/25 Updated ROAR. The application has been modified to be API compatible with DECtalk version 4.2. WINNT351WithSpeech was also updated with this new version.
160 JNG 04/11/25 Added my fifine mixer to Bobby Vinton Podcasts.
161 JNG 04/17/25 Updated Orpheus NVDA addons for the upcoming release of NVDA 2025.1.
162 JNG 04/21/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver.
163 JNG 04/23/25 Added broken_slap_bass_thing.flac to misc_audio.
164 JNG 04/27/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. The most significant bit of data bytes is ignored in the low level MIDI API, and a function for restoring the default settings has been added to the core synth library.
165 JNG 05/13/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. Subsequent data entry messages for setting the pitch bend range are allowed in the low level MIDI API, as this behaviour is common among other synthesizers.
166 JNG 05/14/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. When an NRPN message is sent to the low level MIDI API, the corresponding RPN parameter is set to a null value. This stops unintended data entry messages from being processed.
167 JNG 05/15/25 Added pacmate_radio_segment to manual and tutorial tapes.
168 JNG 05/15/25 Added ftp.gwmicro.com.7z to root.
169 JNG 05/18/25 Added Voxengor8brain_19_WinGUI_setup.exe to utilities. This is the last screen reader friendly version of the r8brain sample rate converter.
170 JNG 05/18/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. Audio output functions in the core synth library have been optimized for better performance.
171 JNG 05/19/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver, again. Audio output in the MIDI file player has been optimized, and the way NRPN parameters are handled in the low level MIDI API is consistent with the MIDI file parser.
172 JNG 05/22/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis. Audio output in the VST interface has been restructured for better performance.
173 JNG 05/27/25 Added sound-effect-libraries-red-gold-sunset-editorial.7z to root.
174 JNG 05/28/25 Added Full-Tilt-Pinball Sounds.7z to root.
175 JNG 05/28/25 Added ftp.brain.it.7z to root.
176 JNG 05/28/25 Added BCC55.7z (Borland C++ 5.5) and tcc.7z (Tiny C Compiler) to utilities.
177 JNG 05/30/25 Added Window Eyes tutorial 1998 to manual and tutorial tapes/Window-Eyes.
178 JNG 05/31/25 Added braile lite manuals 1997 to manual and tutorial tapes.
179 JNG 06/01/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis, as well as Timidity Windows driver. Higher level MIDI API functions were added to the Timidity library, and small improvements were made to the GUI code of the VST interfaces.
180 JNG 06/03/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis. Fixed drag/drop routine to only display the filename instead of the full path, and corrected dialog style in Channel Mixer.
181 JNG 06/04/25 Added FoxySoftware.7z to utilities.
182 JNG 06/04/25 Added timidity_shom_cherrypicked.7z to utilities. The files in this archive were scraped from https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.i.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~shom/timidity/*.
183 JNG 06/05/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis. Meters are updated when the GUI is refreshed by the user, regardless if Freeze Meters is checked. Documentation for the GUI was also added to the readme.
184 JNG 06/07/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis, again. Audio processing is never blocked by another thread, and some inconsistencies were fixed in the readme and resources.
185 JNG 06/08/25 Added the first release of FMMidi VSTi to utilities.
186 JNG 06/08/25 Added freeverb.7z to utilities. Files scraped from https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://home.onet.co.uk/~jzracc/plugins/*.
187 JNG 06/10/25 Added ohjy.zip to utilities. This is an essay on accessibility in the Win32 API written by Veli-Pekka Tätilä.
188 JNG 06/16/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis. Various updates were made to the documentation, and the source code includes an article about VST GUI accessibility written by Veli-Pekka Tätilä.
189 JNG 06/17/25 Updated OPL3GM and Timidity VSTis, again. The state of the Freeze Meters and Hide Parameter Display checkboxes is saved.
190 JNG 06/18/25 Updated FMMidi VSTi. Various updates were merged into the codebase.
191 JNG 06/20/25 Updated OPL3GM, Timidity, and FMMidi VSTis. The transpose algorithm takes polyphonic key pressure messages into account.
192 JNG 06/21/25 Added VSTFiles.7z to utilities.
193 JNG 06/23/25 Added various old RealSpeak SAPI5 installers to tts/sapi_voices.
194 JNG 06/23/25 Added Timidity CLAP demo - Tetris Theme A V4 (fixed).flac to misc_audio.
195 JNG 06/28/25 Updated DECtalk 4.99 builds, as well as the DECtalk Express Emulator and speak windows archive.
196 JNG 07/02/25 Added Cakewalk TTS-1.7z to utilities.
197 JNG 07/08/25 Added ApexMIDISupport.hwz and Timidity_DSF-src.7z to utilities. These files are for a project that can theoretically bring native MIDI file playing capability to the BrailleNote Apex note taker from HumanWare.
198 JNG 07/09/25 Updated documentation for Timidity DirectShow filter.
199 JNG 07/10/25 Added VMware Workstation Pro 17.63 Windows installer.
200 JNG 07/14/25 Updated Timidity VSTi and Timidity Windows driver. Dynamic instrument loading is implemented, and pre resampling fixed pitch instruments is configurable.
201 JNG 07/14/25 Updated Timidity DirectShow filter. Dynamic instrument loading is used so that unnecessary instruments aren't loaded into RAM.
202 JNG 07/14/25 Updated Timidity VSTi, Timidity Windows driver, and Timidity DirectShow filter. Fixed an instrument loading bug, and updated the copyright year in the MIDI driver resources to 2025.
203 JNG 07/15/25 Added bgz_programs_and_documents.7z to root. This is an archive of various files that were hosted on blind-geek-zone.net and scraped from the Wayback Machine.
204 JNG 07/15/25 Updated Timidity VSTi, Timidity Windows driver, and Timidity DirectShow filter. The VSTXML resource was updated, and magic numbers are no longer used in some rendering functions.
205 JNG 07/18/25 Updated Timidity Windows driver and Timidity DirectShow filter. There is now an option to output 8-bit PCM samples.
206 JNG 07/18/25 Added Infovox 230 version 1.12 to tts/sapi_voices.
207 JNG 07/18/25 Restored timestamp for Infovox230v2_2complete.exe.
208 JNG 07/18/25 Restored timestamp for Ivx230v21.exe.
209 JNG 07/18/25 Restored a more accurate timestamp for Infovox230v2_2complete.exe.