SpeakTab 10.14.62 — Written strums in reading and playback

SpeakTab 10.14.62 adds written guitar strum directions to accessible reading and playback, while retaining the accepted menus, loops and quieter interface from60.

• Read supplied stroke marks: Guitar Pro upstrokes, downstrokes and brush/arpeggio directions appear at their written score positions. They remain available in full, concise and compact reading, F3 details, the Written guitar patterns view, and saved readings.
• Hear directional playback: Marked guitar chords use a short spread from low strings to high for a downstroke, and high to low for an upstroke. This is an approximation using the existing guitar samples. Written beat positions, note endpoints, ties, rests, loop limits and repeats are retained.
• No invented pattern: Unmarked chords play as before. Directions are not guessed from chord names or carried into later unmarked positions. Reopen an original score to recover marks that versions60 and earlier discarded from a saved reading.
• Accepted Alt menu entry, score arrows, loop confirmations, bookmark controls, F5/Enter/F6 chat controls and F12 speech controls remain. Ctrl+Shift+I provides supplied score information, including capo; Ctrl+4 tuning behavior is unchanged.

Known optional AI teacher limitation

The live AI teacher can reject dense or long score passages with an instruction-token-limit error. This is not fixed in62. The user encountered it with the Chopin reading; the recording setup also prevented complete live microphone acceptance. The issue is being investigated separately. Smaller excerpts may help but are not a guaranteed workaround. Ordinary local reading, musical playback, loops and bookmarks work without AI.

The user reported that the other local tests went well and explicitly authorized publication with this limitation documented. The main gate and all 100 focused software checks passed, including stroke directions, native selected rows, save/reopen, unmarked readings, written repeats, ties and loop boundaries. This evidence does not certify every score, device, microphone or external service.

Downloads and documentation

Download SpeakTab-Windows.zip, extract the complete ZIP into its own folder and run SpeakTab.exe. Keep its recognition runtime, fixtures, licences and native guides together. Windows with .NET Framework4.8 is required. Existing installations can use the in-app updater.

Read SpeakTab.62.Changes.and.Known.Limit.txt for the current additions and teacher limitation. The reviewed 65-page full Word/text/HTML manual, Quick Start, testing steps and three-page podcast guide remain version60 references for unchanged controls; they have not been relabelled as new62 manuals. The62 supplement and matching native guides are included in the downloads. SpeakTab-Source.zip is the complete source handoff with documentation; GitHub's automatic source archives are only the repository snapshot.

MusicXML/MuseScore part choice and lyrics, wordless vocal previews, supported instruments, practice notes, exports and score information remain. Playback covers one selected part at a time; source quality limits supplied detail. Named ornaments are not all expanded into performed notes.

The package executable exactly matches the accepted installed62 build. Source manifests, production updater extraction and privacy checks were verified before publication. Private music, saved readings, settings, credentials and diagnostic dumps are excluded. Previously published releases and their assets are preserved. The teacher tabs installed locally are not redistributed in these packages.

SpeakTab 10.14.60 — Restored menus and confirmed practice loops

SpeakTab 10.14.60 restores menu entry while a score is open and makes practice loops easier to control. It retains the quieter reader, simpler ChatGPT controls and expanded score reading from recent local versions.

• Menus: From the score, press and release Alt, then Down to open a menu. Left/Right move through menus; Escape returns to the score. Left/Right alone in the score continue to move through musical time.
• Loops: Ctrl+Shift+1 sets the start; Ctrl+Shift+2 sets the end and enables repeat. Ctrl+Shift+0 clears the current loop and its existing saved loop fields immediately. Ctrl+Shift+9 opens a measure range; Ctrl+Shift+L loops the current measure. Save a new loop with Ctrl+S. Ctrl+P plays and Ctrl+Shift+P stops. Explicit loop start, end and clear commands provide accessible confirmations; playback stop announces Playback stopped.
• Bookmarks: Ctrl+B adds one. Alt+Shift+1 through Alt+Shift+9 jump to numbered bookmarks; Alt+Shift+0 means bookmark 10. Ctrl+Shift+J returns to the latest bookmark. Ctrl+Alt+1 through 0 still jump to practice notes. Other custom shortcut choices are preserved; old factory loop assignments migrate in memory.
• ChatGPT: F5 focuses the question, Enter sends once, and F6 focuses the complete answer. Ctrl+2 returns to the score. ChatGPT repair handoff, short labels and on-demand source/status remain.
• Speech and teacher: F12 silences or resumes enabled app speech. F8 starts the configured teacher and F9 stops its microphone. Ctrl+Alt+L toggles the separate free reader microphone. Routine teacher updates remain quiet.
• The updated 65-page manual, one-page Quick Start, testing steps and three-page podcast guide cover the current controls. The podcast has a shorter opening score review and specific things to try for menus, score arrows, loops, bookmarks and chat.

MusicXML and MuseScore part choice and lyric reading, supported local instrument previews, practice notes, reading exports, full beat details and original score information are retained. Vocal previews remain wordless, playback covers one selected part at a time, and source quality limits the information available. Named ornaments are not expanded into performed playback notes.

Downloads and installation

Download SpeakTab-Windows.zip, extract the complete ZIP into its own folder and run SpeakTab.exe. Keep its recognition runtime, fixtures, licences and native guides together. Windows with .NET Framework 4.8 is required. Existing installations can use the in-app updater.

Current Word, text and HTML manuals, Quick Start, testing steps and the podcast guide are companion downloads and are included in SpeakTab-Source.zip, the complete developer handoff. GitHub's automatic source archives contain the repository snapshot instead. Versioned older supplements remain historical references; use the current 60 manual for instructions.

Verification and remaining checks

The main release gate and all 98 focused software checks passed. The menu check sends Alt down and release with a score open, verifies Down then Right, Escape returning score focus, ordinary score arrows and unchanged score position during menu use. Loop and bookmark dispatch checks passed. Complete packages, source manifest, production updater extraction and privacy checks were verified before publication.

The user confirmed that menus and loops work and authorized publication of version 60 and its manual. The user's physical bookmark test remains pending. Software checks and scoped listening reports do not certify every score, screen reader, audio device, microphone or external service.

Ordinary reading and local practice need no AI account. Connected AI and teacher features require separate access and may incur provider charges. F12 does not stop a microphone. Private songs, saved readings, settings, credentials and diagnostic dumps are excluded. Earlier public releases and their assets are preserved. Embedded preparation notes retain their earlier status; this release records the later testing and publication authorization.

SpeakTab 10.14.54 — parts, lyric word context and microphone controls

SpeakTab 10.14.54 adds broader score-part reading, lyric word context and clearer microphone reply controls.

• Choose MusicXML and MuseScore parts with Ctrl+T, including individual SATB voices.
• Read aligned lyric syllables while navigating; F3 explains the complete word when supplied notation establishes it.
• Hear matching local previews for recognized instruments, including harp, wordless choir and assigned drum kits. Playback is one selected part at a time; lyrics are not sung.
• Ctrl+Alt+L explicitly announces the free microphone on/off state. F9 stops the separate AI teacher.
• Choose spoken replies or screen-reader-only text. Starting AI conversation preserves the choice, and live output can be muted without ending input.
• Playback confirmations refer to the selected musical part.

Download SpeakTab-Windows.zip, extract the complete folder and run SpeakTab.exe. Windows with .NET Framework 4.8 is required. The in-app updater uses that same complete ZIP. No separate music application is required to read supported files. Fixed local voice recognition needs Windows English speech recognition and microphone permission. Optional AI requires separate setup and may incur provider charges.

Read SpeakTab.54.Changes.and.Current.Controls.txt first. The retained version 53 Word manual/Quick Start and earlier supplements remain references for unchanged features; they have not been relabelled as 54 editions. SpeakTab-Source.zip is the complete development handoff; GitHub's automatic source archives are only the small repository snapshot.

Piano pedal playback is approximate. Unknown instrument assignments are not guessed. Complex notation, unusual score jumps, complete expressive performance, ensemble playback and sung lyrics remain limited. Software regression checks passed; physical microphone, listening and screen-reader acceptance of these latest changes remains pending.

No private music, saved readings, settings, diagnostic dumps or genuine-score regression corpus is included. Prior releases are preserved.

SpeakTab 10.14.53 — Score information and returning to your place

SpeakTab 10.14.53 makes score information easy to find again without repeating it on every beat.

• Ctrl+Shift+I opens the available opening key, selected-position time signature, capo, part, tuning and tempo in read-only text. Escape returns to the same selected score row. The local user confirmed that return command works. Missing facts are identified rather than guessed; older saved readings may need their original score reopened.
• Right/Left and Alt+Shift+PageDown/PageUp remain equivalent position shortcuts. F3 collects available simultaneous and continuing notes, rests, lyrics, marks and last-written-chord context. Ctrl+Shift+0 clears the current and saved loop immediately; Ctrl+S explicitly saves a new loop.
• The Word manual now opens with the current 53 controls and return instructions, followed by the reviewed 50 reference. The updated two-page Quick Start, text/HTML alternatives and earlier 52 supplement are companion downloads beside the app ZIP and inside the source ZIP. The opening manual update supersedes older instructions where controls changed.

Download SpeakTab-Windows.zip for the complete application. Extract it into its own folder and keep the runtime, fixtures, licences and native guides together. Developers should use SpeakTab-Source.zip; GitHub-generated source archives are the repository snapshot, not the complete handoff.

The installed, tested 53 executable is published unchanged. The root release gate and all 83 focused checks passed; both packages, source manifest, documentation copies, updater compatibility and privacy checks were verified. Software checks and the user's scoped return-command report do not certify every score, screen reader, sound device or external AI service. Native embedded notes were frozen during local preparation and retain that earlier pre-publication status; this release records the later publication.

Guitar and piano sounds remain. New instruments, wordless vocal playback and eventual lyric singing are future work and are not included in 53. The app remains named SpeakTab. Private music, saved readings, settings, credentials and diagnostic dumps are excluded. Earlier published releases and their assets are preserved.

SpeakTab 10.14.51 — Whole-position explanations and simpler controls

SpeakTab 10.14.51 gives full explanations a distinct purpose: F3 collects the supplied current-position context, including simultaneous notes, notes still sounding from earlier positions, written rests in progress, lyrics, playing marks and the most recent written chord reminder where available. Chord reminders are labelled as the last supplied symbol, and continuing sounds are not inferred from uncertain timing. Ctrl+3 uses the chosen style. F3 preserves concise/compact preferences, and ordinary arrows remain quiet about ongoing notes.

Navigation is simpler: Ctrl+2 then Left/Right moves through note or chord positions; Up/Down inspects simultaneous notes or strings. Several positions can fall within a beat. The duplicate Alt+Shift+PageUp/PageDown shortcuts are removed; Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown still changes measures.

Ctrl+Shift+0 now clears the current and existing saved loop immediately, without Ctrl+S and without saving unrelated edits. A new loop persists only after explicit Save. If the saved file is unavailable, the app reports that only the session loop was cleared and allows retry.

The main release gate and all82 focused software checks passed, including new simultaneous/continuing-context checks, unchanged ordinary navigation, explicit loop saving, immediate saved-loop clearing, reopen, unsaved-edit preservation, file-lock failure and retry. A local actual Chopin probe generated representative full descriptions across563 positions in at most3ms per description. These checks do not establish physical51 JAWS/NVDA/audio acceptance or universal score/device support. The user accepted50 navigation and authorized this51 release. A minor empty staff label remains known.

The complete Word manual and Quick Start remain the reviewed version50 base editions. The new two-page SpeakTab51 Changes and Current Controls supplement, in Word and text, supersedes their changed instructions. Read that supplement first. Current native help and key references cover51; expanded documents are companion downloads and are inside the developer handoff.

Download the complete SpeakTab-Windows.zip and keep its runtimes, licences and native guides together. Use SpeakTab-Source.zip for the complete developer handoff, rather than GitHub-generated source archives. Source notes, audio banks, ornament descriptions, supported repeats, voice features, loops and saved places remain. Ornaments are not expanded into performed playback notes; PDF, complex jumps and expressive techniques retain documented limits. No private music, credentials, preferences or diagnostic dumps are included. Version50 downloads are preserved.

SpeakTab 10.14.50 — Clearer beat details and compact navigation

SpeakTab 10.14.50 adds F3 for the full description of the current beat, clearer music and musical-part labels, compact string-fret pairs during Ctrl+2 navigation, and quieter held-note announcements without “No new attack.” Concise remains separate from compact mode.

The matching full manual, two-page Quick Start, keyboard references and native help are included as companion downloads. Main reading and practice features work without paid AI. Optional connected AI requires its own working access.

The root release gate and all 81 focused checks passed. The user reported that version 50 worked in local testing and authorized this release. An occasional empty staff label is a minor known issue. Software checks and local listening do not certify every score, screen reader or external service.

Source notes, ornaments, techniques, supported repeats, restored steel-string guitar and piano, loops and saved places remain. Named ornaments are described but are not expanded into performed notes in playback.

In version 50, Ctrl+Shift+0 clears the current loop; Ctrl+S saves that cleared state. Immediate saved-loop clearing and clearer explanation-mode guidance are planned for version 51 and are not included in this release.

Download SpeakTab-Windows.zip and keep its runtime, licences and guides together. Download SpeakTab-Source.zip for the complete source handoff; GitHub-generated source archives are not the complete build package. Local-test wording inside embedded notes records preparation history; this release records subsequent user testing and publication authorization.

SpeakTab 10.14.44 — Welcome, clearer music details and new sounds

SpeakTab 10.14.44

SpeakTab is an accessible Windows music reader and practice companion for guitar and supported piano scores. Explore your music with a keyboard, screen reader, Braille display or free voice commands. Move to a measure, read notes and chords, hear a practice preview, slow down and loop a passage.

Free voice commands let you move through supported music; optional AI help is available for explanations and guided practice. Open Guitar Pro, MusicXML, MuseScore, PDF, text tabs and chord charts, or use F2 to search supported music sources.

Download

• Complete Windows app
• Two-page Quick Start in Word
• 109-page full manual in Word
• Complete developer handoff

Extract the full app ZIP and keep its included files together. The welcome screen appears on the first ordinary launch and reopens from Help. The expanded Word manuals are separate companion downloads and are included in the developer handoff; native Help guides are included with the app. Help > Check for updates can use the complete app package on compatible versions, including the tested 10.14.43 updater. Older versions with restricted guide allowlists may need one complete manual extraction. Keep original music and a previous app copy.

What changed

• Ten-topic welcome and clearer descriptions of voice navigation, optional AI, supported formats, music search and practice.
• Updated introduction, README, manual and Quick Start, with clear advice on what SpeakTab does best and when a notation editor, recording app or specialist braille-music tool is more suitable. Score writing is not added.
• More readable supplied Guitar Pro techniques, plus MusicXML ornament names in full explanations: trills, mordents, turns, tremolo and ornament accidentals.
• Supported written repeat barlines and numbered endings in playback; chosen practice loops remain separate and arrow navigation follows written order.
• Sampled piano for piano/keyboard scores and optional enhanced acoustic guitar sound, prepared on demand with cancellable background rendering.

Checks and limits

The root release gate and all 75 focused software checks passed. Complete ZIPs, developer manifest, native references, runtimes, licences and privacy passed verification. The installed 10.14.43 production updater extracted this app package with the matching tested executable. Local installation hash-verified 11,940 pre-existing music, reading and settings files unchanged.

New-build physical JAWS/NVDA, Braille and sound acceptance remains pending. Earlier basic navigation listening acceptance belongs to 10.14.43 and is not a claim that every 44 path was physically retested. Stable immutable native score rows are retained; no JAWS settings or scripts are changed.

Ornaments/grace notes are described but are not expanded into performed playback notes. Guitar effects remain approximate; D.C., D.S., Coda and malformed repeats can play linearly. Older saved readings without repeat metadata need a suitable original import for repeat following. PDF, OCR and AI recovery need comparison with the original.

The tested executable and packages were not rebuilt for publication. Some embedded/native guides and manual pages therefore retain preparation-time local-test or earlier-release status lines. This release page records the later publication; pending checks remain pending.

No private music, credentials, voice preferences or session data are included. The separately downloaded ornament test scores are not bundled. Core reading, local playback and free reader microphone commands need no paid AI; optional connected tools require separate setup and any provider charges.

SpeakTab 10.14.43 — JAWS and NVDA score navigation check

SpeakTab 10.14.43 — JAWS and NVDA score navigation check

SpeakTab 10.14.43 is a free Windows release for reading and practising guitar tablature, chord charts and supported scores. This release changes how the focused score presents ordinary arrow navigation to screen readers. In the installed 10.14.43 build, Eden physically heard each tested move once with both JAWS and NVDA.

Download

• Complete Windows app and current native guides
• Complete developer source handoff
• All release files

Extract the complete Windows ZIP into a SpeakTab folder and run SpeakTab.exe with its runtime, licenses and guides together. Keep your original music and previous or recovery app copy. The in-app updater is available in 10.14.12 and newer; older versions need a complete ZIP installation once.

What changed

• Ordinary Left/Right moves now select prebuilt native score rows with fixed accessible text. Up/Down continues to inspect simultaneous notes, including guitar strings and piano notes. Piano staff and measure context are spoken when they change, without adding the staff name to every following note.
• Navigation keeps a brief length in the note phrase. An eighth note says 0.5 beat and a sixteenth says 0.25 beat. A held note keeps its remaining length. Full musical details remain available through the current explanation (Ctrl+3), source and playback.
• The earlier JAWS duplication was intermittent. A diagnostic captured one arrow command and one score update while JAWS could speak the phrase twice. Highlighting and timing experiments did not eliminate it. The revised score rows address the navigation surface; the exact internal JAWS speech route was not established. No JAWS script or setting is included or changed.
• Since the last public release, 10.14.39 saves each named reading as a .txt file directly in Saved Readings, with its music and workspace state preserved. Version 10.14.42 added fixed Alt+Shift+PageDown and Alt+Shift+PageUp for next and previous beat or note group. Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+PageUp continue to move between measures. Ordinary arrows remain the primary score controls.

Physical screen-reader check

Eden tested the installed 10.14.43 build with JAWS: three ordinary Right moves in a guitar reading; three Right moves and one Up/Down move in a piano reading; then about ten additional ordinary Left/Right moves. Each tested move spoke once. With NVDA, two Right moves and one Up/Down move each spoke once. The root release gate and all 69 focused software checks passed. These results cover basic score navigation in the tested readings. Other scores, Braille and devices, microphone/audio, loops and live teacher behavior need separate hands-on testing.

The in-app guide was embedded before those physical checks. Its local-test and public-10.14.38 status lines record that earlier checkpoint; the acceptance result above is the later status.

Guides and retained behavior

The current native guide is packaged with the app and available as a standalone HTML asset. The expanded Word user manual and Quick Start are still the reviewed 10.14.34 editions; their later navigation and saved-reading changes are covered by the current native guide and keyboard index. Original score notes, strings/frets, ties, rests, lyrics, saved music, exact source and playback timing are retained. No private music is included in this release.

Use Help > Report a bug / email Eden or open an issue to report a reading or screen-reader result. The app does not email reports automatically.

SpeakTab 10.14.38 — Clearer continuous score reading

SpeakTab 10.14.38 — clearer, continuous score reading

What changed

Score reading introduces the measure once: “Measure 1, beat 1,” then “Beat 2,” “Beat 3,” and the supplied decimal subdivisions. Staff names are introduced once per measure rather than before every note or beat. Individual notes and both supplied staves remain available.

Tied durations are included at the original attack. Ordinary navigation and playback position following skip unchanged tie-only continuations, without shortening the actual sound. Rests, lyrics, written directions and uncertain tie origins remain available. The native note list, details and free spoken beat commands now use the same concise current reading. Explicit “where am I” and “which staff” remain available.

Text and HTML exports omit reopening data and duplicated structured-score summaries. Ctrl+S still keeps complete reopenable readings. The settings and announcements say Playback speed. These changes apply across supported scores; original notes, strings/frets, timing, saved data and AI lesson context are retained.

Downloads and documentation

Complete Windows app | Complete developer source handoff

Extract the complete Windows ZIP into its own SpeakTab folder and keep the runtimes, licenses and guides together. Run SpeakTab.exe. Keep original music and a previous/recovery copy. Supported existing versions can use Help > Check for updates.

The expanded Word manual and Quick Start remain the reviewed 10.14.34 editions. Current 10.14.38 reading instructions are in the packaged native guides and current HTML user guide. The expanded documents remain available separately and in the developer handoff.

Verification and limits

This publishes the existing installed, user-approved 10.14.38 executable and both complete ZIPs unchanged. The root release gate and all 65 focused software checks passed. Packages, source/executable/guide agreement, embedded guides, manifests, runtimes, licenses and privacy checks passed. New38, installed37 and public34 updaters extracted the actual complete app package with matching executable hashes.

Physical screen-reader/Braille/device, microphone/audio and live teacher acceptance remain hands-on checks. No paid AI test was run for these wording changes. PDF/OCR remains experimental; compare readings with originals.

Private music, purchased course readings, student profiles, journals, API keys and private work logs are excluded. Packaged local-test wording records the preparation checkpoint; this release page records approved publication. Earlier releases remain available.

SpeakTab 10.14.34 — free spoken practice reminders

SpeakTab 10.14.34 — free spoken practice reminders

Save advice and practise without the AI teacher

1. Ask the teacher to save a practice note for the current passage. Wait for the actual save confirmation.
2. Stop the teacher normally with F9, or say stop teacher through an already-on free reader microphone.
3. With the free reader microphone on, say read practice note, next practice note or previous practice note. Windows speech reads the saved reminder and its passage location, without AI credits. These commands do not move the music or start the teacher.
4. Say stop speaking to interrupt the local voice while keeping the free reader microphone listening. Stop listening turns that microphone off. If the optional SpeakTab wake word is enabled, prefix commands with SpeakTab.

Practice note in the phrase distinguishes reminders from musical next note navigation. The first and last reminders are announced at their boundaries. Notes remain saved when the teacher stops. There is no automatic reminder timer. The Practice menu also has equivalent text actions and an optional review window for screen reader/Braille or local Windows read-aloud.

Quality and costs

The teacher model, complete requested explanations, saved preferences and musical context are retained. No cheaper model, smaller answer limit or reduced lesson history was introduced. The current Realtime service does not charge merely for a truly silent connection, but detected speech, music or background sound can trigger paid responses. F9 ends the AI lesson; Ctrl+2 returns to the score and playback Pause pauses music, neither stops AI. Free reader commands, local playback and saved-note reminders do not use teacher credits. The app does not yet provide a per-lesson usage ledger.

Downloads

Complete Windows app ZIP | Complete developer handoff

105-page Word manual | 7-page Word Quick Start

Extract the complete Windows ZIP and keep its runtimes, licenses and native guides together. Download the expanded Word manual separately; it is also included in the complete developer handoff. Use SpeakTab-Source.zip for the full developer handoff; GitHub's generated source archives are not that handoff. Version 10.14.12 and later can use Help > Check for updates; earlier versions need the complete ZIP installed manually once. Keep your previous/recovery copy.

Verification and limits

This publishes the existing installed and tested 10.14.34 build unchanged, with user approval on October 24, 2026. The root release gate and all 62 focused software checks passed. Both complete packages, source/executable/guide agreement, manifests, runtimes/licenses and privacy checks passed. New34 and installed/public33 updater implementations extracted the actual complete34 app ZIP with the expected executable hash. Most build checks use local original fixtures or simulated responses; no paid AI test was run for this update.

Physical microphone, Windows speech, JAWS/NVDA/Braille and live teacher/model acceptance remain hands-on checks. Model instructions do not guarantee compliance. PDF/OCR remains experimental; compare readings and suggestions with originals. Existing saved-song workspaces, teacher profiles, optional private piece memory, guitar/piano teaching and practice features remain included.

Private music, purchased course readings, student profiles, piece journals, API keys and private work logs are excluded. Distributed automatic piece memory starts off. Packaged local-test/preparation wording is preserved in the tested files; this release page records their approved publication. Earlier releases remain available.