Supporting language communities with literacy, development, and translation tools

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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

Publish & Distribute

Write & Communicate

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

Keyman
4 August 2026

Keyman Update for 31 July 2026

This edition highlights the latest Keyman product and keyboard development updates from 20 — 31 July 2026, describing recent progress across the project and contributions from the community. A few lin… read more

Scripture Forge
29 July 2026

Chapter level draft generation and training

Updates: (Experimental): Users now have the option to draft and train on selected chapters of a book. The drafting flow, preview, import behavior, and progress reporting have been updated to support c… read more

Reading App Builder
28 July 2026

Reading App Builder 14.3.1 Released

Reading App Builder 14.3.1 has been released. Please refer to the Release Notes for more details.… read more