Calibre eBook Manager Intros New PDF Conversion Engine
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Calibre 7.2.0 ships with a brand new PDF input engine (used to convert PDF files into other ebook formats, such as EPUB or MOBI). It’s now able to handle “automatic detection of headers and footers based on document analysis”.
Fans of the old engine needn’t panic as it’s still included and available to select from the PDF Input section of the Conversion dialog. The Calibre Manual has a detailed guide on converting PDFs to ebook-friendly formats.
Calibre’s Read Aloud feature (which does exactly what it says on the tin) picks up an option to insert an extra pause at the end of every sentence – albeit only when paired with the neural network Piper TTS engine (which was added in v7.1.8).
Rounding out the page-turner additions is an updated Kobo driver that adds support the newest firmware used on the Tolino Shine 5 e-reader.