February 6-7: The team is working on a major technical update to the site. During this time some projects will not be able to sync. The total time of the upgrade is expected to be a little under 24 hours.
The Scripture Forge team will update this post with announcements about the product. The latest are at the top of the list.
- 18 Jan 2024 v5.0.3 - Fixed bug that caused text to be deleted from the project when Google Translate was in use on the page (for example, if the Google Translate extension was being used).
- 17 Jan 2024 v5.0.2
- Section headings can now be included when generating a draft.
- It is now possible to generate a draft with no training data when both the source and target languages are already understood by the engine
- Community checking question list will now show verse references.
- Note threads for Biblical terms can now be resolved.
- Improved wording on marking Community checking answers for review.
- Fixed several other bugs
- 11 Jan 2024 v5.0.1 - Fixed a number of bugs, including an error when joining project by invitation link.
- 19 Dec 2023 v5.0.0 - This release brings several major new features:
- Generating translation drafts based on existing translation progress. This also works for back
translations. Further documentation of this feature should be coming soon. - Audio recordings of the text can now be uploaded for community checking, allowing checkers to listen to the passage.
- The main navigation within Scripture Forge has been simplified.
- Community checking now defaults to showing only the questions for the currently active chapter, creating a simpler workflow.
- Numerous bugs have been fixed, and improvements have been made, including a completely new logo.
- Generating translation drafts based on existing translation progress. This also works for back
- 30 Nov 2023 v4.12.3 Small improvements have been made, including, better right-to-left support. A number of bugs have been fixed.
- 1 Nov 2023 v4.12.2 Internal enhancements.
- 31 Oct 2023 v4.12.1 Fixed offline community checking questions bug. Books are now more consistently shown in canonical order.
- 17 Oct 2023 v4.12.0 - Users are able to add and edit comments on Scripture drafts. Guests can be invited to a project as commenters. Support to filter community checking questions by book or chapter. Bug fixes.
- 26 Sep 2023 v4.11.0 - Added support for Biblical Terms.
- 19 Sep 2023 v4.10.11 - Fixed issue with audio player in right-to-left user interfaces. Other minor bug fixes.
- 12 Sep 2023 v4.10.10 - Fixed bug that prevented translation suggestions from being used on longer verses. Other enhancements and bug fixes.
- 24 Aug 2023 v4.10.9 - Bug fixes and minor improvements.
- 14 Aug 2023 v4.10.8 - Improved experience on mobile. Admins and translators are now allowed to like community checking answers. Various bugs have been fixed.
- 10 Aug 2023 v4.10.7 - Fixed issue syncing some projects.
- 3 Aug 2023 v4.10.6 - Fixed issue with v4.10.5.
- 3 Aug 2023 v4.10.5 - Fixed an error that occurs while browsing community checking questions. Various other improvements.
- 1 Aug 2023 v4.10.4 - Bug fixes and minor improvements
- 6 July 2023 v4.10.3 - Further work fixing issue related to notes.
- 5 July 2023 v4.10.2 - Fixed an issue related to notes.
- 3 July 2023 v4.10.1 - Small improvements and bug fixes.
- 22 June 2023 v4.10.0
- Community checkers can now join a project without logging in, by just providing a name or pseudonym.
- The community checking pages are now partially translated into Lao
- Various bugs have been fixed and minor improvements made.
- 11 May 2023 v4.9.2
- Fixed an issue where the Kayah Li script was not working on Windows.
- Added support for Digital Bible Library resources that share the same short name.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
- 3 May 2023 v4.9.1 - Fixed a bug that could cause notes to get lost during a sync.
- 3 May 2023 v4.9.0
- Improved translation suggestions. You will need to retrain the suggestion engine for the improved suggestions to take effect.
- Invited project members that only have view permission are now called “Viewers” instead of “Observers.”
- Some bugs were fixed.
- 2 May 2023 v4.8.2 - No functionality changes. Improved our ability to troubleshoot problems when they occur.
- 1 May 2023 v4.8.1 - Bug fixes and small improvements.
- 4 Apr 2023 v4.8.0 - Inviting users by sharing a link is now simplified. Several bugs have been fixed.
- 15 Mar 2023 v4.7.1 - Fixed an issue introduced in the prior release.
- 15 Mar 2023 v4.7.0 - Community checking responses now show up in Paratext with their own note tag and a different icon from other notes. Some significant bugs have been fixed, performance improvements were made, and other smaller improvements have been done.
- 28 Feb 2023 v4.6.2 - Fixed a bug that caused problems for several projects.
- 28 Feb 2023 v4.6.1 - Fixed a bug related to the handling of notes.
- 21 Feb 2023 v4.6.0 - Paratext conflict notes are no longer shown in Scripture Forge. Observers invited to a Scripture Forge project no longer can view community checking questions and answers. Admins can now add answers to community checking questions. Various bug fixes and performance improvements have been made.
- 18 Jan 2023 v4.5.1 - Major improvements have been made to importing questions from a spreadsheet. It is now possible to directly import questions published by unfoldingWord (see https://www.unfoldingword.org/for-translators/content#UTQ). Other small improvements and bug fixes have been made.
- 21 Dec 2022 v4.5.0 - A new feature allows filtering questions by their answers. A new project setting allows selecting whether all or only some answers should be synced to Paratext as notes. Usernames are now shown in community checking answers in Paratext. Various other bug fixes were completed.
- 7 Dec 2022 v4.4.14 - Questions can now be archived in bulk rather than one at a time. Improvements were made to RTL localization. Other bugs were fixed and small improvements made.
- 16 Nov 2022 v4.4.13 - Minor performance improvements and bugfixes.
- 10 Nov 2022 v4.4.12 - Fixed a bug that prevented the keyboard from closing on mobile devices (v4.4.11 was skipped due to a minor technical glitch).
- 7 Nov 2022 v4.4.10 - Fixed connection problem experience by a number of users. Minor improvement to RTL support.
- 3 Nov 2022 v4.4.9 - Fix some sync failures. Minor improvements to importing questions, RTL interface, and inviting users.
- 27 Oct 2022 v4.4.8 - Updated localizations, minor bug fixes and improvements.
- 26 Oct 2022 v4.4.7 - Updated localizations and minor bug fixes.
- 19 Oct 2022 v4.4.6 - Minor bug fixes and improvements to right-to-left localization.
- 5 Oct 2022 v4.4.5 - Miscellaneous minor improvements.
- 29 Sep 2022 v4.4.4 - Numerous minor bug fixes and improvements.
- 27 Sep 2022 v4.4.3 - Fixed a bug that could cause data corruption during a sync.
- 27 Sep 2022 v4.4.2 - Fixed a bug that could cause issues after opening Scripture Forge in two tabs at the same time.
- 8 Sep 2022 v4.4.1 - Fixed a bug that caused question icons to sometimes not show up in the text in community checking.
- 6 Sep 2022 v4.4.0 - Passwordless login is now available. Users can now sign up by entering their phone number, receiving a numeric code on their phone, and then inputting the code.
- 29 Aug 2022 v4.3.1 - Numerous bug fixes and minor improvements.
- 23 Aug 2022 v4.3.0 - Scripture Forge is now available in Arabic. Improvements have been made to how footnotes are shown. Other smaller improvements were made and a number of bugs were fixed.
- 10 Aug 2022 v4.2.2 - Fixed a minor issue with the translation editor, and an issue when connecting to a project.
- 8 Aug 2022 v4.2.1 - Fixes for a sync failure, and bugs in the translation editor. Improvements to project settings page.
- 26 July 2022 v4.2.0 - Improved sync speed when syncing a project that is based on a Digital Bible Library resource. It’s now possible to base a project on another project or resource, without enabling translation suggestions. Numerous other bug fixes and minor improvements.
- 30 June 2022 v4.1.2 - Restored ability to see other translators’ cursors in the editor. Several significant bugs have been fixed.
- 7 June 2022 v4.1.1 - Fixed bug that causes data corruption in the translation editor. The ability to see other users’ cursors has been removed in the process of this fix and will be restored in a future release.
- 31 May 2022 v4.1.0 - Translators editing the same chapter can now see each other’s cursors. Font size selected in Paratext is now used in translation editor. Several significant bugs have been fixed.
- 16 May 2022 v4.0.5 - Bug fixes and minor improvements. Projects are now sorted alphabetically by the project short name.
- 11 May 2022 v4.0.4 - Improved site performance.
- 9 May 2022 v4.0.3 - Minor bug fixes.
- 26 Apr 2022 v4.0.2 - Fix for an error that occurs when a project that has exact duplicate notes does a sync.
- 26 Apr 2022 v4.0.1 - Fixed error when syncing notes between Paratext and Scripture Forge.
- 25 Apr 2022 v4.0.0 - Added ability to see Paratext notes in the translate tool. Fixed major performance problem in the community checking tool.
- 13 Apr 2022 v3.8.16 - Fix error that was newly introduced in v3.8.15.
- 13 Apr 2022 v3.8.15 - Updated translations and minor performance improvements.
- 28 Mar 2022 v3.8.14 - Fix an error that can occur when syncing a derived project. Prevent editing projects in Scripture Forge that are not editable in Paratext.
- 15 Mar 2022 v3.8.13 - Fix for an error that occurs when a user that isn’t an Administrator synchronizes a project, and the project had a different user removed.
- 28 Feb 2022 v3.8.12 - Fix to allow importing questions from CSV files offline. A message is now shown above the editor if a chapter has become corrupted.
- 22 Feb 2022 v3.8.11 - Do not allow backspace or delete on non-text elements in the editor.
- 15 Feb 2022 v3.8.10 - Retry request for Transcelerator questions when network fails.
- 31 Jan 2022 v3.8.9 - No longer imports blank questions from CSV files.
- 25 Jan 2022 v3.8.8 - Speed up Bulk Import of questions.
- 10 Jan 2022 v3.8.7 - Improve the speed of importing questions from Transcelerator. Prevent import of exact duplicate questions from CSV file.
- 5 Jan 2022 v3.8.6 - Improvements to Bulk Import. Questions are properly sorted on the Community Checking Overview page.
- 30 Nov 2021 v3.8.5
- On the Community Checking Overview, you can now bulk import questions from a CSV file (as well as from the Transcelerator plugin in Paratext).
- Improved the login process including fixing a continual refresh bug on Safari browsers.
- 23 Nov 2021 v3.8.4 - Update the user interface language for Romanian and the fonts for the UI language picker.
- 16 Nov 2021 v3.8.3
- Can change the user interface language to Romanian.
- Fixes a data corruption on some Char markers.
- Combined verses can now be highlighted. Improve error reporting. No longer redirects when coming back online.
- 26 Oct 2021 v3.8.2 - An improvement to the DBL resource check and some minor fixes.
- 27 Sep 2021 v3.8.1 - Drag and drop text into an empty verse.
- 17 Sep 2021 v3.8
- Questions are now sorted in canonical order. If you were relying on the old behavior (order of creation) please let us know by creating a question in this forum (New Topic) or an issue from the Scripture Forge help menu.
- You can cancel the importing of questions from Transcelerator. It will finish importing the current question but cancel importing any remaining questions.
- 6 Sep 2021 v3.7.2
- Add links to the Paratext website.
- Fixed an issue when importing questions and an error when inviting users.
- 16 Aug 2021 v3.7.1
- Separate sharing settings to invite community members to the Translate tool or the Community Checking tool.
- Drag and drop text in the Translate editor.
- Fixed an issue getting resources from the Digital Bible Library.
- 9 Aug 2021 v3.7
- You can connect to Paratext back translations, auxiliary and transliteration project types.
- A project displays the project short name along with the full name. Particularly useful when connecting to a project and finding it in the list.
- 14 Jul 2021 v3.6
- Translators can now Sync as well as Administrators - text changes are attributed to the user who last made them.
- Section (USFM) marker labels are displayed when a segment is selected.
- 8 Jul 2021 v3.5.6
- You can cancel a Sync. If your synchronization gets stuck (nothing happening for more than 5 minutes), cancel it and try again.
- When you Log In With Paratext the user interface is in your specified language.
- Show the invitee role on the Users page. Now that you can invite the community to both the Checking tool and to view the translation, its useful to know what you have invited them to do.
- 22 Jun 2021 v3.5.3
- Gives a user all their Paratext permissions as soon as they join a project.
- Adds 2 items to the Help menu: this announcements page and the main community support page.
- 25 May 2021 v3.5.1 Administrators can enable selected other Paratext users to add and edit questions.
- 12 May 2021 v3.5 you can invite specific people from the community to view your translated text. This is the first step towards a more dynamic engagement of the community. The help pages are now available in Brazilian Portuguese (along with French, Spanish and English).
- 22 Apr 2021: the server has been upgraded. v3.4.0 is now a stable release (no longer Beta). Please go to scriptureforge.org (rather than beta.scriptureforge.org).
- 21 Apr 2021: the server will be unavailable while we upgrade it. It may be down during 9am - 5pm MDT.
- 16 Feb 2021: the server was upgraded. Paratext book and chapter permissions are now fully applied for all users. For translations suggestions, your project can now be based on a DBL resource.
- 16 Feb 2021: the server will be unavailable while we upgrade it. It may be down during 10am - 12pm ICT.
- 19 Nov 2020: If you use Transcelerator in Paratext, you can now import those questions into the Community Checking tool in Scripture Forge.
- 24 Sep 2020: all projects can synchronize again.
- 17 Sep 2020: the server was upgraded, woohoo! Some projects have had their synchronization temporarily disabled until we can sort them out. We will be in touch.
- 17 Sep 2020: the server will be unavailable while we upgrade it. It may be down during 9am - 5pm MDT.
- 8 Sep 2020: we ran into problems during the upgrade and are investigating. We will attempt the upgrade again soon.
- 8 Sep 2020: the server will be unavailable while we upgrade it. It may be down during 9am - 5pm MDT.
- September 2020: we are planning to upgrade our server. This will require the server to be unavailable during the upgrade and should be less than a day long. We will post a date when we know one.