Calibre 9.18 adds accessibility controls to its e-book editor for language settings, image alternative text and EPUB metadata.
Its Check Book feature detects issues including missing descriptions, skipped headings and missing ARIA roles, correcting many automatically.
The release also lets Calibre’s Content Server sync reading progress with KOReader across copies and formats.
New accessibility tools
The new version adds accessibility tools to the book editor, allowing users to set the language of a book and its files, add descriptions to images, and manage related data. At the same time, the book checker can now detect omissions, such as images without descriptions, files without language information, missing titles, missing roles, and missing data, correcting many of these problems automatically.
Sync and browse books
Calibre now integrates with the open-source reading app KOReader. The program's content server can act as a sync center for KOReader, allowing users to share their reading progress across devices and file formats.
Additionally, the web view gained support for new catalog templates, allowing for streaming comic reading, proper reading direction for manga, and content search based on the program's index. Navigation was also improved for use with a keyboard and screen readers.
Ease of editing and searching
In the book editor, color options are now highlighted, and users can easily change colors via a selection wheel by holding down a key. The built-in reader also has the ability to limit searches to the current chapter.
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For those using advanced text tools, new features have been added for managing notes, files, virtual libraries, and the recycle bin, as well as renaming and deleting items.
Fixes and improvements
The new update also brings new date search options, improved file export with language information, and the addition of new sources for downloading books, along with a way to verify exported library data.
Bug fixes include improvements to page number detection, handling of large PDF images, and preventing crashes when exporting or converting small PDF files. Issues with date comparisons, truncated numeric searches, and window closing errors have also been resolved.
Finally, for Windows users, issues preventing files from opening when temporarily locked by security programs, as well as issues with unwanted shortcuts, have been resolved. Version 9.18 is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
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