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Bug fixes for adding drafts to projects and importing questions
Bug Fixes: Users now receive a warning during the Add to Project workflow if they select a project they do not have permission to edit. Notes can now be imported from Paratext as Community Checking questions after the note tag is changed. When using the back button during question importing,… Read More
Last selected destination project is now prefilled when importing drafts
Improvements: The project selected for importing generated drafts is now remembered and automatically filled in the next time you import another draft. Application load times have been improved through a new compression service. Bug Fixes: When formatting options have not been configured, the option to create a new draft will… Read More
Draft generation add to project improvements
Improvements: Adding generated drafts to a project is now more intuitive and uses a cleaner dialog The previously selected books to translate are no longer chosen by default when starting a new draft generation request. Bug Fixes: Resolved notes are no longer included when importing Paratext notes to create Community… Read More
Guidance for early New Testament draft generation
New Features: New guidance is now available to help early New Testament projects understand when and how to use incremental drafting and quality estimates. Improvements: Book ranges are now listed consistently across all steps of the draft generation workflow. Bug Fixes: Community checkers are now routed to the first book… Read More
Offline for maintenance on 25 Feb
Scripture Forge will be unavailable for about 1-2 hours on 25 February 2026 starting at 16:30 UTC for scheduled maintenance. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your patience and prayers!… Read More
Better default verse reference selection for community checking questions
Improvements: When adding a Community Checking question, the selected verse is now used as the default verse reference. Draft completion status is now reported more reliably on the Generate Draft page, even if the internet connection is interrupted. Added support for the BJCree font. Bug Fixes: Audio comments created offline… Read More
Scripture Forge will be unavailable for about 1-2 hours on 12 February 2026 starting at 16:30 UTC for scheduled maintenance. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Update: Maintenance is complete. Read More
Improved guardrails for selecting training data
Improvements: Improved detection of books that can be used for training data so that empty books are no longer accidentally selected. The Translation Overview page now shows a clearer error message when progress cannot be displayed due to lack of internet connectivity. Read More
Create questions from a specific category of Paratext notes
New Features: Questions for Community Checking can now be imported directly from Paratext notes. Use a Paratext tag to mark any notes you want to import as questions. Bug Fixes: Fixed an error that occurred when Scripture Forge attempted to calculate translation progress for a chapter that was completely empty. Read More
Paratext 7 resource compatibility fixes
Improvements: Versification and stylesheets for older resources in Paratext 7 format are now correctly migrated to the Paratext 9 format required for draft generation. Canceled drafts now display details about who requested the draft. Performance has been improved for calculating the percentage of translation complete for each book, so indicators… Read More