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PC: Download TropeTrainer™ software version 5.0.346
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Follow the installer's on-screen instructions. When the installation is complete, start TropeTrainer software from Window's Start button: go to the All programs list and select the TropeTrainer(tm) software V5 entry.
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02-27-12: 5.0.345:
- Extra speed bar added between bars 3 and 4 to provide finer control.
- Vertical splitter now works in tutorials, allowing Hebrew texts to be expanded
- Exodus 37 verse 17 the word Menorah is now properly translated
- ISA9:5-6 (Hafarah for Yitro) the translation of these verses now lines up properly with the Hebrew text
- Software no longer triggers false reports with several Windows anti-virus products
- Software is now digitally signed for a smoother installation experience
12-5-11: 344:
- iTunes export window now opens properly on Windows computers
11-30-11: 343:
- Fixed auto-update download problem on Mac computers
- Fixed syllable division of words with aleph followed by shuruq, e.g. Heet-a-vu in B'ha'alotcha Num11:4
- Changing trope melody systems now properly causes tutorials to reload showing trope names appropriate for the newly selected system.
- Fixed syllable spacing for the word Echad in Sh'ma.
- Open Haftarah and Megillah first tutorial now opens proper page
10-11-11: 342:
- Added Jacobson and Schwartz High Holiday trope melodies
- Fixed Eliot Vogel's haftarah melody
- Words like: Ul'-la-meid: shva under the first of two identical letters is Na. Takes precedence of Shva in second letter right after shuruk is Nach.
09-07-11: 341:
- Added Eliot Vogel's melody for haftarah
- Added URJ melody for blessing after Haftarah
- Fixed Binder blessing after Haftarah to properly confirm to Binder's score
- Fixed improper indication of accented syllables in blessings
- Fixed Yetiv in Binder Mod 2
- Enlarged Hebrew lyrics in score
- Highlight Hebrew accented syllable in score
- Now properly shows natural symbol when earlier same note in score has a chromatic symbol.
- Munach Legarmeh now properly shows Pesik and Munach in bold, with proper color
- Program no longer produces OutOfBoundsException when up-arrow is pressed when cursor is on first word of the second line of text
- Navigator now properly opens Haftarah "Tips" and "Common Trope Phrases".
- Fixed blessings before and after Megillat Esther: two missing words and wrong notes
- Improved Ashkenazi pronunciation of qamats
- Improved note head location in music printouts
- Fixed disappearing drop-down melody and voice menus when Underline or Trope/STaM/Tikun font modes are clicked
07-07-11: 340:
- Added Shabbat afternoon Torah readings to each week including Single Parsha
- Added Haftarah option for Vayishlach: Hos11:7-12:12
- Changed toolbar caption "Settings" to "Preferences" to match title of window and button caption in Navigator
- Fixed caption for Pitch control (was "Voice")
- Added button to hide music score to main window toolbar
- Added feature (set in Preferences) to display score lyrics in Hebrew letters instead of transliteration
- Adjusted text size display in Open Reading window
- Adjusted caption and combo box text size in Main window on Mac
- Added feature to export custom readings to users of Single Parsha, Standard and Deluxe editions
- After pressing Enter to start chanting, Stop button now becomes enabled
- Displays "Mayela" and "Metiga" in Jacobson trope system in tutorials
03-7-11: 339:
- Fixed mispronunciation of closed words with maqaf followed by alef-shuruk
- Added "new feature" alert for automatic updater showing what has changed
03-3-11: 338::
- Fixed spacing problem between syllables in STaM text in words followed by a paseik
- Fixed installation issue on computers with TefillahTrainer(tm) software that was uninstalled
02-18-11: 337:
- Spacing between syllables now more even
- Segol and zarka now properly positioned to left of words
- Custom reading verse list for End Chapter now works properly
- Words with Aleph shuruk e.g. Eze43:26 Umil_u now pronounced properly
- Better positioning of paseik between words, not immediately following words:
- User can now click on STaM text in left column of Tikkun mode to select word
- Added Reading Title to top of on-screen display
- Fixed horizontal Torah column break line location in printouts (was too high)
- Fixed NilObjectException software failure when opening readings after opening tutorials and vice-versa, or opening tutorial without first closing Open Reading window or opening reading without first closing Open Tutorial window.
- Added Spiro/Weber haftarah system
- Words an open syllable ending with aleph followed by shuruk now pronounced properly (e.g. T'tazaveh Haftarah EZE:42:26 "U-mi-loo")
01-06-11: 336:
- Arrow keys now move from word to word rather than syllable to syllable.
- Added up- and dn-arrow key response
- Added shift-arrow keys to select regions
- Function keys to start and stop playing now work on Mac (you must hold down the Fn key for this to work.)
- After opening a reading, the keyboard arrow keys are responded to without first having to click the Hebrew Text panel.
- Fixed sporadic failure to respond to click on a word
- Half sharps and flat accidentals are now displayed and notes are chanted at the correct pitch
- Added controls to remove selected recently opened items from Navigation window
- Simplified and clarified activation windows
- Fixed Cancel on Single Parsha reading selection window so it quits app instead of soliciting for reading repeatedly.
- The end of each 42 line column for many modern Torah scrolls is now shown with a thin horizontal line.
- Darkened the gray unaccented doubled tropes, e.g. pashta, segol so they are more visible and print better.
- Fixed Simchat Torah custom readings for Single Parsha edition
10-12-10: 335:
- All Ashkenazi Torah trope systems now one note lower in pitch so that the musical notation is in F-major rather than G-flat major. Much fewer accidentals (sharps and flats) are now shown in the musical score.
- Added Josh Jacobson's, Neil Schwartz's and the Yerushalmi Torah trope systems.
- In Mayela-Silluq combinations, the last note of the Silluq is now chanted.
(Rest of "Fixed and Newly Implemented" appear below bug lists)
Known Issues:
-The J. Jacobson trope system uses the name Mayela for a Tipcha on one word with a Silluq or Etnachta; and Metigah for a Kadma on one word with a Zakef-Katon. These names do not yet appear in the final Torah tutorial: Common Trope Combinations--they appear as Kadma-Zakef-Katon and Tipcha-Silluq.
- Some lines opened as custom readings wrap incorrectly: e.g. Deu:30:10-11, Hee is left justified and previous line has space at its left end.
- Beshalach 16:33 Kach letters are too tight together.
- Changing melodies while chanting causes chanting to stop after chanting the first word of the reading
- Slurs on multi-note syllables aren't displayed correctly when a slur goes from one staff to the next
Not yet implemented:
- Print Preview
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10-8-10:334 (Internal release)
- iTunes export trial count now set to correct value for new installations. Trial count for older versions reset to 3.
- Activation window redesigned for improved ease of use.
9-2-10: 333:
- Fixed numerous syllable spacing issues on Mac and PC both on screen and when printing.
- Fixed display and printing of smaller text in B'shalach
- Help system updated to include iTunes exports
8-17-10: 332:
- Greater flexibility added for slower chanting speeds
- Default settings for Pitch, Speed and Voice properly set for first-time use of app
- Proper saving of Eichah melody for the haftarah for D'varim
- No longer hides some controls on 1024 pixel wide screens
8-16-10: 331:
- iTunes exports for personal use are part of this release.
- Resolved several issues regarding activating software
- Exception error no longer produced for windows 1024 pixels wide and narrower
(330: internal release)
8-1-10: 329:
- "Repeat" functionality now works properly for single words
- Open Reading window now shorter for better compatibility with netbook computers
- Mac Drag icon on lower right implemented in main forms
(328: internal release)
7-6-10: 327:
- Fixed Mikeitz on Shabbat Chanukah and Rosh Chodesh showing proper Shvi'i reading
- Fixed Ha'azinu on Shabbat
- Fixed tutorial double-listing of items
- Fixed missing musical score for readings when "Trope symbol exercises" were last displayed
- Resolved Webroot false positive during installation
6-22-10: 326:
- Fixed dragging and maximizing issues in Windows and Mac
6-6-10: 325:
- When a hyphenated word appears at the end of the line, the correct trope melody is now used. Also: highlighting of these hyphenated words now behaves correctly.
- Software now sized properly for short screens
- F2, F3, F4, F5, Enter, Double-click-on-word implemented to control chanting from the keyboard and mouse
- Verse number no longer disappears when first word is highlighted and color groups are highlighted.
- Ctrl-C on Win, Command-C on Mac can now be used to copy Aliyah list to clipboard.
- Shuruk after a maqaf (e.g. uvincha-Uvitecha) is now pronounced and syllabicated properly.
- Shuruk after an aleph after a consonant with no other vowel now syllabicated and pronounced properly.
- Some notes were not displayed in the score. This has been corrected.
- Revia highlight custom color now saved and restored.
5-31-10: 324:
- Highlight colors can now be printed.
- Highlight Colors can now be customized.
- Megillot re-enabled for Deluxe edition owners
- No longer spuriously displays Preferences or Navigator window after changing melody.
- Play rest of trope group highlights words to be played, and when done playing, returns cursor to word that play started at.
- Playing to end of verse Num:10:36 (with backward Nun) no longer causes error
- End of Chapter tutorials for the various Megillot now use the correct melody
- First word in Deu:32:6, Hei is properly spaced, word now has proper syllable boundaries
5-17-10: 323:
- Margins and Landscape printing of Hebrew implemented
- Margins around left-panel tutorial text box implemented
- Aliyah markers in Tikkun mode printouts were too far left and overlapping text. This has been resolved.
- The last STaM line of Tikkun texts printed too far to the right. This has been resolved.
- Texts printed on OS X no longer go beyond the right margin of each page.
- English instructions in texts no longer overlap Hebrew and translation text
- Minimize and Maximize now work on OS X
- Resizing behavior improved
- STaM text with Kri words is now justified properly
- Some Haftarah texts (e.g. Mattot+Masei Haftarah v28) had lines that extended past the left margin, overlapping the English. This has been resolved.
5-13-10: 322:
- Single Parsha implemented
5-9-10: 321:Windows only
- Fixed disappearing Pitch control introduced in v320 for Windows only.
5-2-10: 320: First Product Release
4-30-10: 319:
- Change any parameter and highlighted word now gets properly re-highlighted
- First right-column line in Tikkun-mode displays after book name is now justified correctly without huge space pushing text into left column.
- STaM texts no longer show extra space at end of line for maqafs (hyphens)
4-29-10: 318:
- The Help system has been implemented
- Numerous issues with shvas and qamatses have been resolved.
- The Preferences window now only shows features that are appropriate for TropeTrainer software.
4-26-10: 317:
- Repeat is implemented. To select areas of text: click anywhere in the first word; hold down the shift key and click anywhere in the last word. Click Repeat Play to repeatedly play the selected text.
- Colored TropeGroup highlights now appear in printed texts
- In a hyphenated word where the second part of the word has a k'tiv and kri, e.g. Lam2:13) Ma-(e'ivdeich) a'iydeich; which additionally has a trope on the k'tiv: the trope is now properly sung only on the accented syllable.
- Provided finer increments in speed control.
- Chatan B'reisheet Bara and Chatan Torah are now marked in Simchat Torah reading
- Melody help is now implemented. Click the ? next to the Trope Melodies pull-down list to see a description of each trope melody selection.
4-20-10: 316:
- Book names now displayed before every reading.
- Phrases employing special (detour) melodies now work, are properly underlined, and are identified at the bottom of the window.
- Reading instructions are now displayed
- Opening a reading with English translation disabled no longer causes NullObjectError failure.
- Tutorials: Blessing before Megillat Esther now chanted in correct melody
- Open reading from menu now works after, at start of session, open tutorial from navigator.
- On words with dots, e.g. Vayishlach 33:4; are now chanted and selectable.
- Tropes on first parts of hyphenated words are now being displayed. e.g first word in Shvii: Lev 11:33
- Hyphenated words at end of line are now highlighted through end of the word starting the next line
- Torah tutorial: Zeh in Two Lord tropes on one word tutorial is now pronounced.
- Haftarot opened with STaM display are now correctly wrapped
- After opening exercise from Open Tutorial then open a reading from the Navigator: the software no longer exists with a NilObjectException
- 0(0) is now suppressed in tutorials
-Eichah: 3:18 last word: mem is now properly chanted, not croaked
- Torah tutorial. "Words Accented on their Next-to last Syllable" page. First syllable of of "layla" now plays.
- Extra rests between words in blessings after readings removed.
- Canceling Open Tutorial no longer causes software exit
-Navigating Prev/Next in Tutorial opened from Navigator at beginning of session no longer causes software exit
- Words with two upbeat notes no longer improperly repeat the first consonant of the upbeat syllable
- After opening tutorial then open a reading from the Navigator. The English translation is now properly displayed
4-11-10: 315:
- Lite version supported
- Switching from tutorial to reading using the Navigator: English translation is now displayed
3-25-10: 314:
- Tutorials implemented (some tutorial formatting issues remain)
- Double-click on Hebrew word chants word
- Clicking on k'tiv words (red letters) doesn't jump to first word of reading
- Hyphenated mileil words with double tropes (e.g. chelev-hakesev in Vayikra 4:35) are now correctly pronounced.
313:
- Fixed printer formatting of Hebrew on the Mac
- Fixed printer location of Footer text in Music printing on the Mac
3-11-10: 312:
- Custom readings for Haftarah now works
- Changing melody while cursor is near very end of file no longer causes NilObject error
3-10-10: 311:
- Navigator window implemented
- Cursor on Mac more responsive
- Manage Sections (Jump to Aliyah) implemented
- Software closes faster
3-9-10: v310:
- Hebrew Calendar implemented and connected to Open Reading dialog
3-1-10: v309:
- Chukkat Triennial readings now open
- Chukkat Triennial year 2 now properly shows "2" instead of "1"
- Toolbar Play buttons don't flicker
- Changing speed/volume while software is chanting no longer causes disabling of Stop button
- Haazinu haftarah now opens
- Megillat Esther now opens (Deluxe versions only)
- Changing pitch while chanting: no longer starts chanting at word 0 on PC
- Easier to activate the Maximize/Minimize/Close buttons in the titlebar
- First and last verses of non-contiguous-verse texts formating fixed (e.g. Sheni for Rosh Chodesh is properly left justified)
- Readings whose first verse begin in the middle of a line are properly left-justified. (e.g. if there is only one word on the first line of a reading it is now properly left-justified.)
- Megillat Esther: words in ch 9:7 are now properly spaced
2-21-10: v308:
- Printing Hebrew texts now works
- Chapter/Verse numbers appear in translation text
2-15-2010: v307:
- Command-Q now quits application under OSX
- Cursor now follows chanting under OSX. Cursor on Hebrew words highlights whole word, no longer individual syllables.
- In bricked Torah text (e.g. Beshalach Shirat Hayam): verse numbers are properly positioned.
2-8-10: v306
- Play buttons are dimmed during play; Stop button is enabled during play, and vice versa.
- Software closes more rapidly after clicking the [x] to close the program
- Chanting no longer becomes one-note after chanting long sections of text.
- End of aliyah now shows with proper dark blue highlighting
- End of Torah Book and End of Megillah Chapter now shows with proper grey highlighting
- End of Torah Book now chanted with proper melody
- Extra chiriq no longer displayed in the word Yerushalayim in cases where Yerushalayim is spelled without a yud before the mem (e.g. Eichah 1:7)
- Mapach,pashta before a gershayim are no longer highlighted black. (e.g.: Haftarah for Chayei Sara: 1:13)
- Custom readings no longer produce NilObjectException when chanted
12-13-09: v305
- Fixed expiration date issues
11-11-09: v.304
- Custom readings implemented
- Clicking a play button when no reading is displayed no longer crashes app
- Changing accent when no reading is displayed no longer crashes app
- Gray Cursor no longer has long delays when playing readings
11-08-09: v.302-303
-Cursor shows "wait" cursor after changing voice, pitch, pronunciation or melody
-Changing accent now takes effect immediately, rather than when software is restarted (still slower than we'd like)
-Fifth column of Open Reading dialog now properly shows "Devarim/Deuteronomy"
-Line break with panel break after a p'tucha no longer produces a spurious Peh as in Ki Tavo 28:69
v.301
-Display of Book/chapter/verse and trope name
-Play word
-Play to end of Aliyah
-Play to end of Verse
-Play until end of trope group
-Triennial cycle selection is now stored
-Trope group colors
-Trope colors
-Graying of secondary of doubled tropes
-Color and size display to show K'ri and K'tiv texts
-Play word on hyphenated word that breaks across a line boundary: no longer stops at the hyphen (second half of word is now chanted).
-Taskbar on Windows no longer shows TefillahTrainer(tm) when software first opened
-Fixed: Some Readings end with the last word chanted two or more times
V.300:
-Kri is properly displayed and chanted
-K'tiv is properly displayed and not chanted
-Taskbar on Windows shows TefillahTrainer(tm) when software first opened
-Cursor now continues to move after the 4095th note
-End of Aliyah/End of Haftarah is now detected, and proper melody is used.
-When the software is first started and a reading opened, focus is on the Hebrew window's text rather than the scrollbar of the music score.
-"Open" buttons in Open Reading window now disabled when no reading selected
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