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.