Bible Reader Developer notes
How it’s made
The hard problems, the design choices, and what changed because a reader said so.
2026
October 3 · Engineering · ContentReading an 1871 dictionary with three OCR enginesTwo readers agreeing isn't the same as being right. How glm, Apple Vision and the Internet Archive voted on 2,409 Bible names.
October 2 · Design · ContentWhat was Rebekah's earring worth?A question from a Bible study became a weights-and-measures reference, with ounces first, grams second, and the Bible's own prices beside today's.
October 2 · Accessibility · EngineeringWhy Speak said "twenty-four thousand twenty-two"One colon, read as a thousands comma. A small fix that matters to someone who listens instead of reads.
October 1 · Design · AccessibilityTabs, not dotsA carousel's dots are a few points wide. For a reader with Parkinson's they may as well not be there.