Download Calibre 7.20.0: Latest Features and Updates

Calibre is a free, open-source application designed for e-book library management, allowing you to handle your e-book collection efficiently. It facilitates the conversion of e-books into various formats, synchronization with widely-used e-reader devices, and provides a built-in viewer to read your e-books seamlessly.

Functioning as a digital library, Calibre supports format transitions, transforms news articles into e-books, offers e-book reader synchronization capabilities, and includes a viewer for reading a multitude of e-book formats. Users can access their library from any browser via the Internet.

Changelog for Calibre 7.20.0:

New Features

Read Aloud: Configurable additional pause option at the end of each sentence when using the Piper TTS engine.
PDF Output: New variables _WIDTH_PIXELS_ and _HEIGHT_PIXELS_ have been introduced to specify the dimensions of the header/footer area in templates.
Windows: By default, Calibre will now utilize bundled SSL certificates instead of relying on the system’s certificate store.
This can be disabled via the CALIBRE_USE_SYSTEM_CERTIFICATES=1 environment variable.
Trim Image Tool: New control added for adjusting the aspect ratio of images.
Kobo Driver: Now supports the latest firmware for the Tolino Shine 5.

PDF Input: Enhanced Header/Footer Detection and Removal

A brand new PDF Input engine has been incorporated, which automatically detects and removes headers and footers through document analysis. This engine is set as the default; to revert to the previous engine, choose it within the PDF Input section of the Conversion dialog.

Bug Fixes

Resolved a regression in the previous version that affected copying of books to another library if the author did not exist in the destination database.
Read Aloud functionality: Fixed an issue where the Piper backend was incompatible with voices containing non-ASCII characters on Windows.
Content server: Corrected issues preventing books with non-ASCII filenames from downloading in the Kindle browser during mobile view.
Content server: Fixed an error caused by embedding server HTML within third-party iframes.

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