Releases and Changelogs (Browser)
Phonexia Browser is a tool for testing Phonexia speech technologies available via Speech Engine API.
Phonexia Browser - Release Date
| VERSION | RELEASE DATE | END OF SUPPORT | MAINTAINED UNTIL | RELEASE TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.63 | 2024-11-02 | 2026-05-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.62 | 2024-07-03 | 2026-01-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.61 | 2024-05-13 | 2025-10-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.60 | 2023-12-05 | 2025-06-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.59 | 2023-06-20 | 2025-01-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.58 | 2023-04-03 | 2024-10-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.57 | 2023-02-02 | 2024-08-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.56 | 2022-12-15 | 2024-06-01 | n/a | Public |
| 3.55 | 2022-10-03 | 2024-04-01 | 3.60 | Public |
| 3.52 | 2021-07-01 | 2021-09-30 | 3.55 | Feature |
| 3.51 | 2021-06-14 | 2021-09-30 | 3.55 | Feature |
| 3.50 | 2022-03-28 | 2023-10-01 | 3.55 | Public |
| 3.45 | 2021-10-08 | 2023-05-01 | 3.50 | Public |
| 3.42 | 2021-08-24 | 2021-09-30 | 3.45 | Feature |
| 3.41 | 2021-07-09 | 2021-09-30 | 3.42 | Feature |
| 3.40 | 2021-03-26 | 2022-10-01 | 3.45 | Public |
| 3.35 | 2020-10-21 | 2022-04-21 | 3.40 | Public |
| 3.31 | 2020-08-20 | 2020-09-30 | 3.35 | Public |
| 3.30 | 2020-03-31 | 2022-04-03 | 3.35 | Feature |
| 3.26 | 2020-03-02 | 2022-04-03 | 3.30 | Feature |
| 3.25 | 2020-01-31 | 2022-04-03 | 3.26 | Feature |
| 3.24 | 2020-12-18 | 2022-04-03 | 3.25 | Feature |
| 3.23 | 2020-11-01 | 2022-04-03 | 3.24 | Feature |
| 3.18 | 2019-10-03 | 2022-04-03 | 3.19 | Public |
| 3.17 | 2019-07-01 | 2021-01-01 | 3.18 | Public |
| 3.16 | 2019-04-26 | 2020-10-26 | 3.17 | Public |
| 3.15 | 2019-03-08 | 2020-09-08 | 3.16 | Public |
| 3.14 | 2019-01-29 | 2020-07-29 | 3.15 | Public |
| 3.13 | 2018-11-19 | 2020-05-19 | 3.14 | Public |
| 3.12 | 2018-08-17 | 2020-02-17 | 3.13 | Public |
| 3.11 | 2018-03-15 | 2019-09-15 | 3.12 | Public |
| 3.10 | 2017-12-06 | 2019-06-06 | 3.11 | Public |
| 3.9 | 2017-09-11 | 2019-03-11 | 3.10 | Public |
| 3.8 | 2017-06-29 | 2018-12-29 | 3.9 | Public |
| 3.7 | 2017-03-29 | 2018-09-29 | 3.8 | Public |
| 3.6 | 2016-12-15 | 2019-06-15 | 3.7 | Public |
| 3.5 | 2016-10-19 | 2018-04-19 | 3.6 | Public |
| 3.4 | 2016-09-21 | 2018-03-21 | 3.5 | Public |
| 3.3 | 2016-07-13 | 2018-01-13 | 3.4 | Public |
| 3.1 | 2016-02-25 | 2017-08-25 | 3.3 | Public |
| 1.2 | 2015-10-07 | 2017-04-07 | 2017-04-07 | Public |
Phonexia Browser - Changelog
Phonexia Browser 3.63 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.63.0, BSAPI 3.63.0 (2024-11-05)
This release contains improvements in Keyword Spotting usability and workflow.
New: It’s now possible to copy pronunciation from a selection in Waveform Editor and paste it to a new or existing keyword
New: Keyword lists can be exported and imported in JSON format
Improved: Keywords and pronunciations can now be edited directly in the tree view instead of a separate dialog window
Phonexia Browser 3.62 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.62.0, BSAPI 3.62.0 (2024-07-03)
New: Linux version now requires Rocky Linux 8 or other Linux based OS with glibc >= 2.28
Fixed: Crash due to access to de-allocated object
Phonexia Browser 3.61 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.61.0, BSAPI 3.61.1 (2024-05-13)
This release unifies the configuration and management of remote and local server (AKA “Localhost” or “embedded SPE”):
– Browser does not create its own separate configuration files and SPE database anymore
– Browser now allows managing SPE technologies configuration also for remote servers
New: Local SPE server can be added the same way as remote server
New: Configuration of technologies in server administration dialog
New: Restart/Shut down and Disconnect in server context menu
New: Option in Settings dialog to separate the transcribed text in STT widget to sentences by basic punctuation
Improved: Results pane now shows Diarization results of multichannel recordings for each channel separately
Improved: Updated icons for technologies (visible in main toolbar and server administration dialog)
Removed: Speech Engine tab from settings dialog
Removed: Linear calibration from SID Evaluation
Phonexia Browser 3.60 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.60.0, BSAPI 3.60.0 (2023-12-05)
New: Transcriptions of multiple files can be saved using the context menu command in Results pane
New: Linux only: Added create_shortcut.sh script that integrates Browser with Linux desktop environments
Improved: SID Evaluation is not considered Beta anymore
Improved: Better looking icons in technologies configuration in Settings / Speech Engine tab
Improved: Audio length in the Results pane longer than 24 hours is now shown in hours instead of days
Improved: Browser can now load transcription files that contain spaces in a word instead of ‘+’ signs
Fixed: Wrong file suffix when saving transcription on Windows
Phonexia Browser 3.59 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.59.0, BSAPI 3.59.0 (2023-06-20)
New: Transcription can be saved in text formats supported by the transcription widget
Improved: SPE Output widget is now visible by default and gets focused when SPE starts (the --spe-output parameter is not needed anymore and is ignored)
Improved: SPE debug output is now configurable in the Settings dialog and is enabled by default (the --spe-debug parameter is ignored)
Improved: Quick Setup Guide is now displayed automatically when Browser is run for the first time (the --guide parameter is ignored)
Fixed: Quick Setup Guide dialog items now correctly change background color on Windows when hovered over by mouse
Fixed: Language code is sometimes not visible in LID result information widget
Fixed: ❗❗❗ Unable to open audio files with non-ASCII/Unicode characters in the name or path on Windows
Phonexia Browser 3.58 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.58.0, BSAPI 3.58.0 (2023-04-03)
New: Export contents of tables in SID Evaluator using CTRL+C
Improved: It is now possible to set Minimum speech length to less than 7 seconds in Settings dialog
Fixed: Browser tries to connect to first server in a list instead of to “embedded SPE”
Phonexia Browser 3.57 (Public release)
**Phonexia Browser 3.57.0, BSAPI 3.57.0 (2023-02-02) **
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.57
Removed: Application icon with Santa Claus hat
Phonexia Browser 3.56 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.56.0, BSAPI 3.56.0 (2022-12-15)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.56
Phonexia Browser 3.55 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.55.0, BSAPI 3.55.0 (2022-10-03)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.55
- all changes included in Feature Preview releases 3.51 and 3.52 (see below)
Phonexia Browser 3.52
Phonexia Browser 3.52.0, BSAPI 3.52.0 (2022-07-01)
New: Added “Keyword Spotting highest confidence” column in Results pane
New: Added “Minimum confidence to display” setting for Keyword Spotting in Settings dialog -> Scoring tab (affects number of hits displayed in Results pane)
Phonexia Browser 3.51
Phonexia Browser 3.51.0, BSAPI 3.51.0 (2022-06-14)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.51 (e.g. option to set number of workers automatically)
Changed: Show also numbers for AGE results
Phonexia Browser 3.50 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.50.1, BSAPI 3.50.2 (2022-04-14)
Fixed: Licensing subsystem fails to get license when multiple applications run under different OS user accounts
Phonexia Browser 3.50.0, BSAPI 3.50.0 (2022-03-28)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.50
Removed: Browser does not require license anymore
- all changes included in Feature Preview release 3.46 (see below)
Phonexia Browser 3.46
Phonexia Browser 3.46.0, BSAPI 3.46.0 (2022-02-15)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.46
Removed: Removed user’s setting for maximum number of pending requests (it was removed from SPE)
Phonexia Browser 3.45 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.45.3, BSAPI 3.45.7 (2022-04-14)
Fixed: Licensing subsystem fails to get license when multiple applications run under different OS user accounts
Phonexia Browser 3.45.2, BSAPI 3.45.6 (2022-02-22)
Fixed: Exception during license acquisition: License system failure (1303) on Windows with NET or FLS-distributed licenses when expiration of the license was in year 2038 or later
Phonexia Browser 3.45.1, BSAPI 3.45.4 (2021-12-15)
Fixed: Error when loading STT confusion network from SPE
Improved: Server information dialog now shows ‘unlimited’ value for file size limits instead of ‘0 B’
Phonexia Browser 3.45.0, BSAPI 3.45.0 (2021-10-08)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.45
- all changes included in Feature Preview release 3.42 (see below)
Phonexia Browser 3.42
Phonexia Browser 3.42.0, BSAPI 3.42.1 (2021-08-24)
New: Server Information dialog
New: Widget and dialog for managing language models
New: Dialog for creating new language pack
Improved: Language pack widget – add/remove language packs, show metafiles and language details
Phonexia Browser 3.40 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.40.6, BSAPI 3.40.11 (2022-02-22)
Fixed: Exception during license acquisition: License system failure (1303) on Windows with NET or FLS-distributed licenses when expiration of the license was in year 2038 or later
Phonexia Browser 3.40.5, BSAPI 3.40.5 (2021-08-20)
Improved: Contacts updated in About dialog
Phonexia Browser 3.40.4, BSAPI 3.40.4 (2021-06-10)
Changed: SID Evaluator – do not interrupt processing when an error occurs, but view all errors and continue creating the evaluation set
Fixed: SID Evaluator – invalid GID score values
Fixed: SID Evaluator – missing SQE information in report
Fixed: SID Evaluator – don’t save disabled recordings to evaluation set
Phonexia Browser 3.40.3, BSAPI 3.40.4 (2021-05-28)
Fixed: Some minor bugs in licensing system
Phonexia Browser 3.40.2, BSAPI 3.40.2 (2021-05-04)
Fixed: Sample rate in opus files is incorrect
Phonexia Browser 3.40.1, BSAPI 3.40.1 (2021-04-20)**
Fixed: Cursor showing values in DET plot may skip some values
Fixed: Some licensing error messages are not shown in log
Phonexia Browser 3.40.0, BSAPI 3.40.0 (2021-03-26)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.40
Changed: Using new licensing system under the hood (internal change)
NOTE: When using Browser with FLS (Floating License Server), you need to upgrade FLS to version 2.x in order to be able to use Browser 3.40+ with FLS.
Phonexia Browser 3.35 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.35.4, BSAPI 3.35.5 (2021-03-25)
Fixed: One more issue in detection of certain USB license tokens
Phonexia Browser 3.35.3, BSAPI 3.35.4 (2021-02-23)
Fixed: Transcription result may display some words in wrong order
Fixed: Browser doesn’t allow to set user calibration values below 0
Phonexia Browser 3.35.2, BSAPI 3.35.2 (2020-10-21)
Fixed: Speaker identification dialog in WaveEditor which did not work for SID4
Fixed: detection of certain USB license tokens
Phonexia Browser 3.35.0, BSAPI 3.35.0 (2020-10-02)
New: Compatibility with SPE 3.35
Phonexia Browser 3.31
Phonexia Browser 3.31.3, BSAPI 3.30.11 (2020-08-20)
Fixed: Transcription results intermittently displays words in wrong order
Phonexia Browser 3.31.2, BSAPI 3.31.0 (2020-07-24)
Fixed: STT result version mismatch
Phonexia Browser 3.31.1, BSAPI 3.31.0 (2020-07-08)
New: Browser now requires CentOS 7 or other Linux based OS with glibc >= 2.17
Version 3.31.0 was skipped
Phonexia Browser 3.30 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.30.13, BSAPI 3.30.14 (2021-03-25)
Fixed: One more issue in detection of certain USB license tokens
Phonexia Browser 3.30.12, BSAPI 3.30.11 (2020-08-20)
Fixed: Transcription results intermittently displays words in wrong order Versions 3.30.9, 3.30.10 and 3.30.11 were skipped
Phonexia Browser 3.30.8, BSAPI 3.30.8 (2020-06-29)
Fixed: SID Evaluator – folder selection dialog does not allow to select existing folder
Fixed: SID Evaluator – button “Display chart” can cause application crash
Fixed: SID Evaluator – comparison loading dialog is overlaid by a graph window
Improved: SID Evaluator – unfriendly chart axes labels in results page details
Phonexia Browser 3.30.0, BSAPI 3.30.0 (2020-03-27)
Fixed: Target and non-target graphs in SID evaluator are swapped
Fixed: PDF chart could be empty in the SID evaluator report
Fixed: JSON parsing error during evaluation set creation when some file doesn’t contain any speech
Updated: Synchronize versioning with BSAPI
Phonexia Browser 3.26
Phonexia Browser 3.26.0, BSAPI 3.26.0 (2020-02-28)
Updated: Updated BSAPI
Phonexia Browser 3.25
Phonexia Browser 3.25.1, BSAPI 3.25.0 (2020-02-03)
Fixed: missing library on Windows
Phonexia Browser 3.25.0, BSAPI 3.25.0 (2020-01-30)
Updated: Updated BSAPI
Phonexia Browser 3.24
Phonexia Browser 3.24.0, BSAPI 3.24.0 (2019-12-17)
Fixed: Sorting of columns is not working
Phonexia Browser 3.23
Phonexia Browser 3.23.0, BSAPI 3.23.0 (2019-11-01)
Updated: Changed version to 3.23.0 to synchronize with BSAPI and SPE
Updated: Updated BSAPI
Phonexia Browser 3.18 (Public release)
Phonexia Browser 3.18.2, BSAPI 3.22.0 (2020-01-14) Fixed: Sorting by clicking on column headers not working properly
Phonexia Browser 3.18.1, BSAPI 3.22.0 (2019-12-09) Fixed: Opening a recording in WaveEditor fails on Windows if path to temporary directory contains certain accented characters Fixed: Licensing errors not visible before exiting application
Phonexia Browser 3.18.0, BSAPI 3.22.0 (2019-10-03) New: Waveform editor can now process stereo file by Diarization in per-channen mode New: Added Gender balance and Score sharpness in Settings -> Scoring New: Multiple columns in Result pane can be turned on/off at once using context menu New: Minimum speech length changed to 7 seconds Fixed: LID results information chart is not updated according to selected language pack Fixed: sorting results takes in account empty values
Phonexia Browser v3.17.0, BSAPI 3.21.0 – Jul 01 2019
- [G#106] Added possibility to activate/deactivate created filter rules
- [G#125] Running Browser in “embedded SPE” mode now creates SPE log file (phxspe.browser.log located in SPE log directory)
Phonexia Browser v3.16.1, BSAPI 3.20.1 – May 17 2019
- [G#112] Fixed Denoiser which created duplicate recordings under specific circumstances
- [G#127] Fixed comparison of SID Evaluation sets using Audio Source Profile
Phonexia Browser v3.16.0, BSAPI 3.20.0 – Apr 26 2019
- Support for Audio Source Profiles
- SID Evaluation wizard supports SID4
Phonexia Browser v3.15.0, BSAPI 3.19.1 – Mar 08 2019
- [#115] First support for SID v4
- [#117] Improved behavior of Enable/Disable All buttons in Settings->Speech Engine dialog
- [#116] 32-bit Windows builds are not provided anymore
- [#103] Waveform editor can open STT Confusion Network in label panel
Phonexia Browser v3.14.0, BSAPI 3.18.0 – Jan 29 2019
- [#14] Password for server is optional
- [#37] Configurable number of bins in PDF chart in SID evaluation
- [#63] Ask user to create new keyword list if selected list is not valid
- [#75] Added Quick Setup Guide (Main menu -> Edit -> Quick Setup Guide) to configure embedded SPE
- [#77] Made context menu more consistent in SID evaluation
- [#78] Added close button to waveform editor in SID evaluation wizard
- [#81] Redesigned buttons in SID evaluation wizard
- [#87] Added information dialog during license checking
- [#93] Browser could be started in different working directory (CWD)
- [#95] Added server load and license information to context menu of localhost
- [#99] Fixed pass correct license file path to embedded SPE if license is not in the Browser’s directory
- [#105] Fixed filtering by recording length and speech length didn’t work
Phonexia Browser v3.13.1, BSAPI 3.17.0 – Nov 19 2018
- [G#79] Dropdown buttons in SID Evaluation wizard results page can get hidden without user knowing about them
- [G#90] Fixed synchronize properly items in View menu when layout is reset
- [G#88] Fixed graphs in LID detail view may show incorrect values
- [G#36] Added Phoneme Recognizer
- [G#62] Use Qt 5
- [G#85] Added speech length to SQE detail view
- [G#84] Support for phrases in keyword lists
- [G#76] Fixed remove metafile from speaker model during creating new one
- [G#74] Fixed SID Evaluation results are different from command line if calibrated voice prints are used
Phonexia Browser v3.12.1, BSAPI 3.16.0 – Sep 04 2018
[#70] Fixed Denoiser is not recognized in a embedded SPE
Phonexia Browser v3.12.0, BSAPI 3.16.0 – Aug 17 2018
[#56] Added support for Denoiser technology * process recording from context menu in test table [#53] Fixed error “Authorisation failed” during starting embedded SPE server [#52] Fixed wrong displaying of time of very long length audio files [#3] Changed minimum speech length for calibrated voiceprint to 60 s [#51] Fixed application crash when embedded SPE crash [#61] Added Spanish translation
Phonexia Browser v3.11.3, BSAPI 3.15.0 – Jun 4 2018
[G#49] Fixed possible application crash on Windows
Phonexia Browser v3.11.2, BSAPI 3.15.0 – May 22 2018
[G#46] Fixed wrong file names after opening an existing evaluation set or when export data
Phonexia Browser v3.11.1, BSAPI 3.15.0 – May 18 2018
[G#35] Fixed sorting of score in LID and SID result information widgets [G#41] Calibrated speaker VP status indication in speaker view [G#43] Prevent closing graph in SID evaluator by Alt+F4
Phonexia Browser v3.11.0, BSAPI 3.15.0 – Mar 15 2018
[G#29] Fixed unable to open short recordings in waveform editor [G#5] Fixed wrong user information causes the browser to show loading indefinitely [G#30] Fixed playback may not work on some systems [G#25] Prepare speaker model/group with calibration set [G#2] 32-bit Linux build is not available anymore
Phonexia Browser v3.10.2, BSAPI 3.14.0 – Jan 26 2018
[G#22] Fixed FAR and FRR in Error rate plot were swapped [G#23] Fixed file name suffix now starts with ‘1’ when split the file by diarization [G#27] Fixed SID Evaluation wizard can’t create a report if server doesn’t support Diarization [G#21] Unified SID terminology
Phonexia Browser v3.10.1, BSAPI 3.14.0 – Dec 6 2017
[#5068] Speed up preparing of calibration set [#5036] Use own configuration file for local SPE – original configuration file of SPE is not changed anymore [#4542] Better error message when calibration set contains invalid recordings [#5195] Added wizard for creating SID calibration set [#5047] Added tracers to SID evaluation wizards which are synchronized across all graphs [#5112] Added FAR an FRR to tracer labels to Error rate and PDF plots in SID evaluation graphs [#5050] Presentation mode in graphs in SID evaluation [#5141] Added limitation of processing time or processed files in SID evaluation/calibration wizards [#5131] Calibration set is automatically prepared after upload new file or after calibration wizard finish [#4903] FAR of calibration set is stored on server side
Phonexia Browser v3.9.1, BSAPI 3.13.0 – Sep 11 2017
[#4941] SID/LID Info widgets can copy results to clipboard [#4975] Keyword spotting button in toolbar is not disabled anymore in case of invalid keyword-list is selected [#4976] Waveform editor now distinguish KWS/Diar technology models (it is possible to open results for more models at once) [#4979] SID models status indication [#4979] User can prepare SID model/group by context menu [#4980] Show speech length for speaker models [#5041] Fixed processing a lot of files in SID evaluation cause application crash
Phonexia Browser v3.8.2, BSAPI 3.12.0 – Jun 29 2017
- Added SID Evaluation (Beta)
- Minor fixes
- Support for SPE 3.8.x
Phonexia Browser v3.7.0, BSAPI 3.11.0 – Mar 29 2017
- Minor fixes
- Support for SPE 3.7.x
Phonexia Browser v3.6.0, BSAPI 3.10.1 – Dec 15 2016
- [#4193] Fixed STT widget show wrong time labels for long recordings
- [#4325, #4292] Support for SPE 3.6.x
Phonexia Browser v3.5.0, BSAPI 3.9.1 – Oct 19 2016
Fixed multi-channel recordings might not be processed by STT for the first time Added “Copy text” to context menu of STT widget in Waveform editor Support for SPE 3.5.x
Phonexia Browser v3.4.0, BSAPI 3.8.0 – Sep 21 2016
Fixed do not show second label panel in waveform editor when double-click on result Fixed import of the speaker models may get stuck Support SPE in arbitrary folder (configurable in settings dialog) Waveform editor shows length of multi-selection Categorize age into groups If no speaker model exist, ask user to create new one Support for SPE 3.4.x
Phonexia Browser v3.3.1, BSAPI 3.6.1 – Aug 15 2016
Fixed do not remove calibration set when remove last file Fixed listing directories in localhost in sources view
Phonexia Browser v3.3.0, BSAPI 3.6.1 – Jul 13 2016
- Rename application to Phonexia Browser
- Fixed Waveform Editor time axis can show more than 1 hour
- Fixed KWS, LID and CalibSet widgets does not respond on technology model changes
- Fixed abort uploading files leave unfinished requests
- Fixed communication with REST in Windows sometimes failed
- Added support for Drag&Drop between storage, speaker model and calibration sets
- Basic support for MLF files in Waveform Editor (only by Drag&Drop)
- Added Age Estimator technology
- Added enable/disable all technologies and technology models in REST tab in settings dialog
- Added server load statistics dialog
- Added administration dialog (user management, server licences status) – only for administrators
- Added validation of graphemes when creating new keyword
- Added validation of phonemes when creating new keyword pronunciation
- Added support for FLAC and OPUS files
- User can change own password
- Diarization result contains number of detected speakers
Phonexia Browser v3.1.1, BSAPI 3.5.0 – Feb 29 2016
- Fixed wrong encoding in SID models and keyword lists
- Fixed change REST working directory caused error on server
- Fixed detection state of audio converter in REST settings
Phonexia Browser v3.1.0, BSAPI 3.5.0 – Feb 25 2016
- Support for REST 3.1.x
- Removed clear results from context menu in test table
- Removed export results from context menu in test table
- Removed settings for gender score sharpness and gender balance
- Removed result database
- Technologies has configurable technology models
- New configuration tab in settings dialog for configuring REST technologies
- Add speech to text (STT)technology to main toolbar and result table