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Empowering Communities Through Technology

We provide the technical foundation and linguistic expertise for every community to flourish in the digital age.

Language Equity

People flourish when they can communicate in their own language. We build the tools to make that possible.

Local Partnership

We equip communities with the technical tools they need to reach their own language development goals.

Global Infrastructure

We share expert data and open-source resources to help every language community reach its full, God-given potential.

Document & Translate

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Software & Standards

We rely on open tools and processes to develop and support over 50 linguistic and translation products, including:

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Recent Posts

Scripture Forge 3 November 2026News

Completed drafts are visually indicated in the navigation menu

Updates: A badge is now shown to indicate an unread result for generating drafts. Bug Fixes: Fixed how identical questions are handled when importing questions using a spreadsheet. Community checking … read more

Keyman 30 October 2026News

Keyman Update for 23 October 2026

This edition highlights the latest Keyman product and keyboard development updates from 12 — 23 October 2026, describing recent progress across the project and contributions from the community. A few … read more

Scripture Forge 27 October 2026News

Improved load times in larger community checking projects

Improvements: Checking questions load more efficiently to handle larger projects. Bug Fixes: Biblical-term sync now sends fewer progress notifications, reducing the event flood during synchronization.… read more