Bible Stories
Translate, record, and distribute Bible stories as text, audio talking books, and sign language — in print, digital apps, and video.
Expert Advice
What experienced translators recommend
Bloom is the go-to for Bible story translation — the Bloom Library already contains a large catalog of stories ready to translate.
Scribe works well for teams new to digital tools — it's simpler than Paratext and supports both text and oral story translation.
Story Producer runs on Android, making it accessible for translators without desktop computers.
Sign language translation requires fluent native signers — plan for this expertise in your team from the start.
Bloom's output formats (talking book app, PDF, sign language) let one translation project reach multiple audiences.
Quickstart Tools
Tools by process stage
Recommended tools grouped by Bible translation process stage.
Translate, record, and distribute Bible stories as text, audio talking books, and sign language.
Scribe
Scribe
Scribe Scripture Editor is a free and user-friendly application that is designed to support the Bible translator with drafting and checking scripture in both text and audio formats as well as provides support for translating Open Bible Stories in different modes. The features include multi-project support, revision control (cloud sync), audio recording and seamless basic USFM editing. It has a modular architecture and is poised to grow and support the evolving needs on the ground.
Free (Unrestricted)
Bloom
Bloom
Learning to read takes books. Learning to read well, and developing a love of reading, takes lots of books. Books at all different skill levels. But how are low-literacy language communities ever to get all those books in their language? They can do it with Bloom.
Free (Unrestricted)
Audio Project Manager
Audio Project Manager
Audio Project Manager is a web or desktop application that simplifies the management speech audio files, providing solutions for oral Bible translation, oral drafting, storying and general transcription projects.
Free (Unrestricted)
Story Producer App
Story Producer App
Publishing micro-content of Bible stories and now select Bloom books, from conception to delivery, is now available to almost anyone. We're serious about quality story translation, localization, accessibility, and sustainability. Learn how to work through all the phases of the translation process, dramatize your stories, create your videos, and share them with your language community all from a mobile device.
Free (Unrestricted)
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