pdjdev · Oct 10, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-flatpak.yml b/.github/workflows/build-flatpak.yml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ jobs:
   regenerate-nuget-sources:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      # The runtime version the flatpak org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//24.08
+      # The runtime version the flatpak org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//26.08
       # extension ships. generate-nuget-sources.sh pins the pre-fetched shared-framework
       # packs to this exact version; otherwise a self-contained restore rolls them forward
       # to the newest patch on nuget.org, which mismatches the older runtime the flatpak SDK
       # pins and breaks the offline restore inside the sandbox (NU1102). Bump this to match
       # whenever the flathub dotnet10 extension updates its runtime.
-      DOTNET_RUNTIME_VERSION: '10.0.8'
+      DOTNET_RUNTIME_VERSION: '10.0.12'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: regenerate-nuget-sources
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-24.08
+      image: ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-26.08
       options: --privileged
 
     steps:

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ui.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ui.yml
@@ -112,17 +112,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.local/share/flatpak
-          key: flatpak-fd24.08-dotnet10-v2
+          key: flatpak-fd26.08-dotnet10-v2
           restore-keys: |
-            flatpak-fd24.08-dotnet10-
+            flatpak-fd26.08-dotnet10-
 
       - name: Install/update Freedesktop SDK + dotnet extension
         run: |
           flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
           flatpak --user install -y --noninteractive flathub \
-            org.freedesktop.Platform//24.08 \
-            org.freedesktop.Sdk//24.08 \
-            org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//24.08
+            org.freedesktop.Platform//26.08 \
+            org.freedesktop.Sdk//26.08 \
+            org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//26.08
           flatpak --user update -y --noninteractive
 
       - name: Regenerate nuget-sources.json
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: regenerate-flatpak-nuget-sources
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-24.08
+      image: ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-26.08
       options: --privileged
 
     steps:
@@ -229,17 +229,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.local/share/flatpak
-          key: flatpak-fd24.08-dotnet10-v2
+          key: flatpak-fd26.08-dotnet10-v2
           restore-keys: |
-            flatpak-fd24.08-dotnet10-
+            flatpak-fd26.08-dotnet10-
 
       - name: Install/update Freedesktop SDK + dotnet extension
         run: |
           flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
           flatpak --user install -y --noninteractive flathub \
-            org.freedesktop.Platform//24.08 \
-            org.freedesktop.Sdk//24.08 \
-            org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//24.08
+            org.freedesktop.Platform//26.08 \
+            org.freedesktop.Sdk//26.08 \
+            org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//26.08
           flatpak --user update -y --noninteractive
 
       # Checks out the pinned commit directly in this checkout (safe: this job's
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ jobs:
             runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-24.08
+      image: ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-26.08
       options: --privileged
 
     steps:

diff --git a/change-log.txt b/change-log.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,89 @@ Subtitle Edit Changelog
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+v5.3.0-rc1 (10th of October 2026)
+
+* Add search of help topics from the macOS Help menu search field
+* Fix llama.cpp OCR ignoring the server URL (OCR + batch OCR can now use an external server) - thx GitGerby
+* Fix iTT export losing italic in nested formatting spans - thx michi987654
+* Fix Compare window jumping to a scrolled-away row when focus returns - thx WAusJackBauer
+* Fix jitter on held short millisecond seek shortcuts - thx 114562175
+* Update Avalonia to 12.1.4
+* Update German translation - thx FunkyKnilch
+* Update Italian translation - thx bovirus
+* Update Japanese translation - thx hisui3393
+* Update Korean translation - thx 12si27
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+v5.3.0-beta26 (9th of October 2026)
+
+* Add ElevenLabs Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo TTS models (v4 Turbo is the new default, <break> converted to audio pause tags)
+* Add optional Sidon cleaning of voice-clone reference audio
+* Add Find and Replace to the OCR window
+* Add video player deinterlace setting (default auto) - thx MaxBunny1786
+* Add reload of the subtitle file when changed outside SE - thx jojorne
+* Add typing a custom frame rate - thx jojorne
+* Add Cut/Copy/Paste to the Find/Replace regex context menu - thx hisui3393
+* ASSA draw: live resolution change, zoom/reset view and F9 preview of the rendered drawing
+* Set position / Set background / Image color picker: use the paused video frame inside the line - thx 114562175
+* Set start/end and offset the rest: work without waveform focus, F9 default - thx DrDanAharoni
+* Fix no progress shown for whisper.cpp in Speech to text - thx abc16361
+* Fix custom ms seek accumulating after jump to start/end of line - thx 114562175
+* Fix Merge as dialog dash placed inside leading formatting tags - thx accessallareas
+* Fix OCR "All fixes"/"All guesses" line numbers after deleting lines - thx Peter Vella
+* Fix ASSA draw OK overwriting selected text lines + canvas sync bugs
+* Fix main menu dropdown size with UI scale at startup
+* Fix seconv --overwrite emptying the input file if interrupted - thx yottayoshida
+* Update CrispASR to v0.8.42
+* Update audio.cpp runtime to v0.9.1
+* Update Chinese Traditional translation - thx love80312
+* Update Italian translation - thx bovirus
+* Update Japanese translation - thx hisui3393
+* Update Polish translation - thx potplayer-fanpack
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+v5.3.0-beta25 (8th of October 2026)
+
+* Add taskbar/Dock progress for Speech to text, Text to speech, AI review, Auto-translate, Burn-in and Generate shot changes - thx pdjdev
+* Add spell check editor for the "Use always" list
+* Add "Show recent files" option to disable recent files - thx amymor
+* OCR: automation ids + "Running OCR..." in window title while running - thx skylinekiller
+* Fix seek shortcuts not working in Visual sync - thx amymor
+* Fix plugin time codes changing after apply in frame mode (ArteCheck corrections reappearing) - thx Triathlon-rally
+* Plugins: follow the EBU STL frame rate a plugin sets in the header - thx Triathlon-rally
+* Fix Set sync point stuck at 0:00 when no video player library can be loaded - thx ovencovsky
+* Fix spell check "Change all" pairs changing correctly spelled words (e.g. "and" to "&") - thx fraternl
+* Fix spell check stale suggestion and change-all pairs/undo kept when switching dictionary
+* Fix hard-to-read colored text in light theme (Fix common errors, AI review, Restore auto-backup, Split, Batch convert, Statistics, Translation error) - thx subcor
+* Fix unstable duration/scrubbing for .ts/.mpg video files - thx dsouzabs
+* Fix submenu/context menu item size with UI scale at startup
+* Fix Linux startup crash when Skia reports no default font family - thx MaryJaneInChain
+* Update Italian translation - thx bovirus
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+v5.3.0-beta24 (7th of October 2026)
+
+* Add "Play with speech": speak lines in sync while the video plays - thx Jose4D
+* Add "custom milliseconds back/forward and pause" video shortcuts - thx accessallareas
+* Add option to remember waveform zoom across restarts - thx bichitoxxx
+* Batch convert: ask before adding video files from a folder - thx jsinfate
+* Batch convert: faster adding of many files
+* Close translation: ask before closing, keep the original's timing on a mismatched original - thx bichitoxxx
+* SMPTE timing: frame numbers follow the NDF time code clock (FCP 7 XML + Final Cut Pro X) - thx smt-joen
+* Fix ASSA override tags piling up when moving words - thx rRobis
+* Fix EBU STL import frame-rate race - thx Triathlon-rally
+* Update Flatpak runtime to freedesktop 26.08 (24.08 is end-of-life) - thx Gensplejs
+* Update German translation - thx FunkyKnilch
+* Update Japanese translation - thx hisui3393
+* Update Korean translation - thx 12si27
+* Update Polish translation - thx potplayer-fanpack
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 v5.3.0-beta23 (6th of October 2026)
 
 * Add batch convert functions: Remove Unicode control characters, Renumber, Merge continuation lines, Convert actors
@@ -36,6 +119,7 @@ v5.3.0-beta23 (6th of October 2026)
 * Update Italian translation - thx bovirus
 * Update Polish translation - thx potplayer-fanpack
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 v5.3.0-beta22 (5th of October 2026)
 

diff --git a/docs/features/assa-draw.md b/docs/features/assa-draw.md
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ A vector drawing tool for creating ASSA drawing commands (\p1 ... \p0) used in A
 ### Toolbar Actions
 - **Save**, **Load**, **Copy to Clipboard** (`Ctrl+C`).
 - **Close Shape** (`F8`/`Enter`), **Delete Shape** (`Del`), **Clear All** (`Ctrl+N`).
-- **Zoom in**, **Zoom out**, **Reset View** (`Ctrl+0`), **Toggle Grid** (`Ctrl+G`).
+- **Zoom in**, **Zoom out** (10% steps, same as `Ctrl`+mouse wheel), **Reset View** (`Ctrl+0`, fits the whole frame), **Toggle Grid** (`Ctrl+G`).
+- **Toggle preview** (`F9`): shows the drawing as it will render (filled, in layer colors, with erase shapes cut out) over the video frame, with the outlines and points still on top for editing. Needs ffmpeg with libass.
 
 ### Canvas
-- Configurable canvas size (default 1920×1080).
+- Canvas size follows the script resolution (PlayResX/PlayResY), else the video size, and can be changed.
 - Zoom in/out for detailed editing.
 - Grid overlay for alignment.
 - Real-time position display.

diff --git a/docs/features/ocr.md b/docs/features/ocr.md
@@ -127,10 +127,18 @@ Right-click the subtitle list for:
 - **Inspect line...** — nOCR and Binary image compare only
 - **Show image**, **Save image as...**, **Copy image to clipboard**
 - **Delete**, and **Fill selected lines with clipboard text** when several lines are selected
+- **Find...**, **Replace...** — See [Find and Replace](#find-and-replace)
 - **Italic**, **Bold**
 - **Edit/export...**, **Import text from subtitle...**, **Export text as subtitle...**
 - **Save all images with HTML index...** — See [Saving the Images](#saving-the-images)
 
+## Find and Replace
+
+**Find...** and **Replace...** (subtitle list or text box right-click menu, Ctrl+F / Ctrl+H) open
+the same Find and Replace windows as the main window, so text can be searched and fixed while the
+image is still next to it. A match selects its line and highlights the text in the text box.
+Replace all also updates the lines' highlighted OCR text in the list.
+
 ## Saving the Images
 
 The subtitle list's right-click menu has **Save all images with HTML index...**. Pick a folder and
@@ -152,6 +160,9 @@ number, time codes, duration and image size.
 |----------|--------|
 | Escape | Cancel OCR / Close window |
 | Ctrl+G | Go to line number |
+| Ctrl+F | Find |
+| Ctrl+H | Replace (Cmd+Alt+F on macOS) |
+| F3 / Shift+F3 | Find next / Find previous |
 | Ctrl++ | Zoom in (images in grid) |
 | Ctrl+- | Zoom out (images in grid) |
 | F1 | Show help |

diff --git a/docs/features/shortcuts.md b/docs/features/shortcuts.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Some commands have additional configuration beyond the shortcut key:
 
 - **Set color 1–8** — Choose a color for each color shortcut
 - **Surround with 1–8** — Define the left/right text to surround selected text with (this replaces the *Shortcut toggle custom start/end* setting from Subtitle Edit 4), and its **Behavior**: *Toggle* adds the text, or removes it when it is already there; *Add* adds it every time, so pressing the shortcut twice adds it twice; *Remove (all)* only removes it, all at once; *Remove (one each time)* removes one pair per press, so it undoes *Add* step by step. **Works on** picks *Selection, else whole text* (the selected part of the text box, otherwise the whole text of each selected subtitle) or *Each line* (every line of a subtitle gets its own pair, e.g. `[Hello]` / `[Bye]`)
-- **Video move custom 1–4 back/forward** — Set the number of milliseconds to skip
+- **Video move custom 1–4 back/forward** — Set the number of milliseconds to skip. Each one also has a **…and pause** variant that uses the same milliseconds but pauses playback first, so a jog/shuttle step leaves the video paused on the new position
 - **Set actor 1–10** — Define the actor name assigned by each actor shortcut
 - **Custom search 1–5** — Set the name and URL for each search slot
 - **Custom shortcut 1–8** — Build your own shortcut from steps (see below)

diff --git a/docs/features/spell-check.md b/docs/features/spell-check.md
@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ When a misspelled word is found, the spell checker provides a list of suggested
 - **Use once** — Replace with the selected suggestion for this occurrence
 - **Use always** — Replace all occurrences with the selected suggestion
 
+## "Use always" list
+
+**Change all** and **Use always** save the correction per language in the "Use always" list
+(`<language>_UseAlways.xml` in the dictionary folder). A saved correction is only applied to words
+the dictionary flags as misspelled, so a correctly spelled word is never replaced.
+
+To view or edit the list, click the list button next to the dictionary dropdown in the spell
+check window, or use **Edit "Use always" list...** in **Options → Word lists**:
+
+- Pick the language, and search to filter the pairs
+- Select a pair to edit it, or type a misspelled word and its replacement and click **Add**
+- Remove a pair with its trash button (or **Delete**)
+- Pairs whose word is spelled correctly (or is a name or user word) are marked with a warning
+  icon - spell check never flags those words, so the pair is never used. **Remove unused** deletes
+  them all
+- Changes are saved when you click **OK**
+
+The list is only used and saved when **Spell check: remember "Use always" list** is turned on in
+**Settings → Tools**.
+
 ## Dictionaries
 
 Spell check requires a dictionary to be installed. If no dictionary is found, you will be prompted to download one.

diff --git a/docs/features/text-to-speech.md b/docs/features/text-to-speech.md
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ While reading, the selected line, the video position and the waveform follow the
 - **Speed:** the **Speed** dropdown in the waveform toolbar sets how fast the lines are read, and a change is heard right away
 - **Stop:** press **Escape**, click another line, choose **Stop speaking** in the grid's right-click menu, or run the command (or shortcut) again
 
+## Play With Speech
+
+Watch a video with its subtitles spoken, like a live dub - handy for a course or a film in a language you do not speak, so you can watch the picture instead of reading. **Play with speech...** plays the video and speaks each line when the video reaches it. Nothing is saved; for an audio track to keep, use **Text to speech** above.
+
+- **Menu:** **Video → Play with speech...**
+- **Shortcut:** Configurable (no default)
+
+1. Open the video and the (translated) subtitle, and move the video to where you want to start
+2. Choose **Play with speech...**
+3. Pick an engine, a voice and (for Supertonic) a language - the same fast engines as **Speak from current line** - and the options below, then click **OK**
+
+- **Lower video volume while speaking:** the video's own sound is turned down while a line is spoken, and back up between lines
+- **Pause video when speech runs into the next line:** a spoken line that is longer than its subtitle is first sped up (up to 1.5x). If it still runs into the next line, the video waits for it to finish, so no line is cut off or skipped. With this off, the video keeps playing and a line the video has already passed is skipped
+
+The next few lines are generated ahead while the video plays. If the engine falls behind - for example while a local engine starts - the video waits for it. Pausing the video pauses the speech, seeking (clicking the waveform, a line or the position slider) continues from the new position, and the waveform toolbar's **Speed** applies to both the video and the speech. The subtitle is read as it was when you started - edits made while playing are spoken after a restart.
+
+- **Stop:** press **Escape**, choose **Stop speaking** in the grid's right-click menu, or run the command (or shortcut) again
+
 ## Supported Engines
 
 - **Piper** — Local, open-source TTS (Windows and Linux). Custom voice models are supported: any Piper voice is an `.onnx` model with an `.onnx.json` config beside it, and **Import voice...** in the voice settings dialog (the settings button next to **Test voice**) copies such a pair into the Piper folder (`TextToSpeech/Piper` in the data folder). It then appears in the voice list as *Custom - name*; a pair copied into the folder by hand is picked up the same way

diff --git a/docs/features/video-player.md b/docs/features/video-player.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ The layout applies to every video player, including the ones in dialogs like **S
 | 1 second back | Jump 1 second backward |
 | 1 second forward | Jump 1 second forward |
 | Custom back/forward | Configurable jump amounts |
+| Custom back/forward and pause | Same jump amounts, but pause playback first |
 
 > **Note:** Actual key bindings depend on your shortcut configuration. See **Options → Shortcuts**.
 

diff --git a/installer/flatpak/dk.nikse.subtitleedit.yaml b/installer/flatpak/dk.nikse.subtitleedit.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 app-id: dk.nikse.subtitleedit
 runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
-runtime-version: '24.08'
+runtime-version: '26.08'
 sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
 sdk-extensions:
   - org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10

diff --git a/installer/flatpak/flathub/dk.nikse.subtitleedit.yaml b/installer/flatpak/flathub/dk.nikse.subtitleedit.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 app-id: dk.nikse.subtitleedit
 runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
-runtime-version: '24.08'
+runtime-version: '26.08'
 sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
 sdk-extensions:
   - org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10

diff --git a/installer/flatpak/flathub/prepare-flathub-release.sh b/installer/flatpak/flathub/prepare-flathub-release.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # anything to flathub/flathub, or push to flathub/dk.nikse.subtitleedit.
 #
 # Requires: git, python3 (used to parse/update the manifest's tag/commit fields), and
-# either (a) flatpak + org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//24.08, or (b) a system
+# either (a) flatpak + org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//26.08, or (b) a system
 # dotnet 10 SDK install (see ../generate-nuget-sources.sh for details on both paths).
 #
 # Usage (from repo root):

diff --git a/installer/flatpak/generate-nuget-sources.sh b/installer/flatpak/generate-nuget-sources.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # Run this script whenever NuGet dependencies change, then commit both
 # nuget-sources.json and src/ui/packages.lock.json alongside the manifest.
 #
-# Requires (preferred): flatpak, org.freedesktop.Sdk//24.08,
-#                       org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//24.08, python3
+# Requires (preferred): flatpak, org.freedesktop.Sdk//26.08,
+#                       org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.dotnet10//26.08, python3
 # Requires (fallback):  dotnet >= 10, python3
 #
 # Usage (from repo root):
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ GENERATOR="$SCRIPT_DIR/flatpak-dotnet-generator.py"
 GENERATOR_COMMIT="3fc0620788a1dda1a3a539b8f972edadce8260ab"
 GENERATOR_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpak/flatpak-builder-tools/${GENERATOR_COMMIT}/dotnet/flatpak-dotnet-generator.py"
 
-FREEDESKTOP_VERSION="24.08"
+FREEDESKTOP_VERSION="26.08"
 DOTNET_VERSION="10"
 
 cd "$REPO_ROOT"

diff --git a/src/libse/Common/DialogSplitMerge.cs b/src/libse/Common/DialogSplitMerge.cs
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ public static DialogType GetDialogStyleFromIndex(int index)
             }
         }
 
-        private static string GetStartTags(string input)
+        public static string GetStartTags(string input)
         {
             var pre = new StringBuilder();
             var s = input;