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Recent Posts

XLingPaper
20 May 2026

Version 3.19.0 Released

XLingPaper version 3.19.0 (for the XMLmind XML Editor version 7.2+ or 8.2+) is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Note: for Mac users upgrading to this version from versions before 3.7.5, plea… read more

Scripture Forge
20 May 2026

Statistical machine translations will be retired later this year

Updates: Translation suggestions based on the older statistical machine translation tool will be retired later this year. Projects that have this feature turned on will see a banner on the Edit & … read more

Asheninka: a Syllable Parser
19 May 2026

Version 1.3.0 is now available

Version 1.3.0 of the Asheninka syllable parsing tool is now available. It has several new features: It adds the original “Hyphen” approach used by the 1987 Hyphen program. It fixes a bug w… read more