Oral Translation
Tools for recording, managing, reviewing, and publishing oral Bible translations — from first draft to community distribution.
Expert Advice
What experienced translators recommend
Audio Project Manager and Render are your core pair — APM handles project management and QA while Render is purpose-built for oral drafting.
Record in a quiet space with minimal echo; even a small room treated with blankets makes a significant difference.
Use Akuo for iterative community review — publish early drafts and collect feedback before finalizing.
HearThis integrates directly with Paratext, making it ideal for projects that combine written and oral work.
Scripture App Builder lets you package and virally distribute audio recordings as a mobile app.
Quickstart Tools
Tools by process stage
Recommended tools grouped by Bible translation process stage.
Evaluate translation need, survey languages in a region, develop writing systems, and set up fonts and keyboards.
ProgressBible
ProgressBible
An analytics service that partners with Great Commission organizations to illuminate the Scripture gap in a way that inspires informed action to meet local language needs.
Paid
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
A website with a list of all known languages, continuously updated as new information arrives. Ethnologue maintains a variety of datasets made available to subscribers. Ethnologue is one of the primary sources used to attribute ISO codes to different languages.
Paid
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