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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 29 September 2026News

Improved responsiveness for text editing when the internet is unstable

Improvements: Improved text editing responsiveness when a user has an unstable internet connection. Users are now able to shrink the text in community checking to fit more text on screen. Improved log… read more

Bloom 22 September 2026News

Announcing Bloom 6.4

Bloom 6.4 Is Released Bloom 6.4 is now officially released! A big thank you to everyone who helped test it during the Beta. See what’s new in 6.4: Release Notes How to Upgrade If you already have a R… read more

Keyman 22 September 2026News

Keyman Update for 11 September 2026

Keyman Developer receives a new parameter for KMC, whitespace handling, support comments, fixing a shortcut key and the 'Show console' menu, removing confirmation modal, and many more! While Keyman fo… read more