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All Paratext members now listed on Users page

Improvements: The Users page now lists Paratext members who haven’t yet joined the project in Scripture Forge. Clarified the information requested in the email template when users report an error. Bug Fixes: The microphone no longer remains active if an audio recording dialog is closed during the countdown. Fixed navigation… Read More

Custom font support improved

Improvements: When a project has a custom font configured, it will now be applied consistently across all project text, including questions and answers, draft previews, key term renderings, and notes. Read More

Formatting options for mid-verse paragraph breaks and quotation mark style

New Features: Users can now choose how USFM paragraph break markers are handled in generated drafts and preserve the quotation mark style from the training data. Improvements: Added support for Deemawso and Namkio fonts. Bug Fixes: Fixed the option to download previously-generated drafts. Resolved timeout errors when adding a new… Read More

Faster draft generation

Updates: On September 16, the way that generated drafts display quotation style characters and USFM format markers for paragraph breaks was updated. User settings for changing these options are coming soon! Improvements: Back-end improvements have decreased the time to generate a new draft from 2.5 hours to 1.5 hours. Added… Read More

User-level toggles for enabling or disabling Insights

Improvements: Translators can now enable or disable Insights from the Edit & Review page if Insights have been activated by a project administrator. If the selected draft source lacks content for a book, that book will no longer be selectable for generating a new translation, preventing blank generated drafts. Book… Read More

Inline punctuation editing insights

New Features: Projects can now enable inline editing insights for English-style punctuation and Latin script characters. This feature must be activated by a project administrator via the Settings page. Improvements: When generating a draft for the first time, the system now preselects books that are already fully translated. Improved consistency… Read More

Access previously-generated drafts

New Features: Previously-generated drafts (from June 2025 onward) can now be viewed and downloaded from the Generate Draft page. Improvements: On the My projects page, projects listed under “Not connected” are sorted by Paratext short name. If requested, e-mail notifications will be sent when a draft fails instead of completing… Read More

Draft ready notification e-mails

New Features: Users can now opt to receive an e-mail notification when draft generation is complete. Improvements: The Configure Sources workflow has been reordered: reference data is selected first, followed by the draft source. Users are warned before starting a draft if Paratext updates haven’t been synced. Improved error messaging… Read More

Improved active verse highlighting for RTL languages

Improvements: Verse highlighting in right-to-left (RTL) languages now displays correctly, including placement of active verse indicators and USFM labels. Bug Fixes: Fixed an error that occurred when another user changed the draft source configuration while a draft was being requested. Read More