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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
18 August 2026

Improved offline warnings and efficient synchronizing with Paratext

Improvements: When offline, the button to upload training data is now disabled instead of displaying an error, preventing upload attempts that would fail. Syncing projects with many Paratext notes has… read more

Scripture Forge
11 August 2026

New option to specify single editor panel view

Updates: A new option has been added to the Translator Settings dialog that allows users to display all editor tabs in a single pane instead of side by side. Improvements: When generating a draft, the… read more

Keyboard App Builder
7 August 2026

Keyboard App Builder 14.4 Released

Keyboard App Builder 14.4 has been released. Please refer to the Release Notes for more details.… read more