a visual mini-Bible in any language, in text, audio, and video, for free.

openbiblestories.com

a visual mini-Bible in any language,in text, audio, and video,

for free.




missiological foundation

technical framework

“open” core

Open Bible Stories

overview


context● rise of the global

church● immense need for

discipleship resources

overview

content● a visual mini-Bible● provides “big

picture” Biblical knowledge

● today (no obstacles)● for free (open

collaboration + cognitive surplus)


demo



Open Bible Stories

overview


people & languages● ~7,000 languages● most languages have

<10,000 speakers● ~95% of world speaks

~5% of languages● oral communicators


meeting the need● overview of the

Bible: Old + New Testaments

● content as text + audio + video

● for every people group

● in any language



“open” core

Open Bible Stories

overview


the “open” core

● open content● open collaboration● open source


open content

what is “open”?● “open” is binary, yes/no, pass/fail (not on a

spectrum)● open = “no one ever needs to ask permission to

do anything with it.”● is this scary?


open content is extensible

● translation● remixing● repurposing● redistribution


open content requires open-licenses

● share + remix + make commercial use of

● two conditions: attribution + share alike

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/


open content is freely redistributable

● by anyone● using any means● especially offline (side-loading)● funding model = independent of

analytics


open collaboration

● what is “open collaboration”?

“...encourages and depends on contributions of self-selecting individuals or entities who are not formally associated (such as project staff and partners) with the particular cause or initiative.”

● built on (but different from) crowd-sourcing

● “closed” projects may incorporate crowd-sourced elements

● open collaboration: entire project depends on “the crowd”


open collaboration

● why?● translation into 1000's of languages● redistribution to billions of people


open source

● 100% open source software● nothing proprietary/restricted


Open Bible Stories isof, by & for the global church



technical framework

“open” core

Open Bible Stories

overview


technical framework

This is how the beginning of everything happened. God created the universe and everything in it in six days. At first, the earth was dark and empty, and nothing had been formed in it. But God's Spirit was there over the water.

image+text=1 segment


image → video clip

● images pre-rendered as video clips

● 2.5D, pan & zoom

image

video clip


text → audio

● translations recorded as audio

This is how the beginning of everything happened. God created the universe and everything in it in six days. At first, the earth was dark and empty, and nothing had been formed in it. But God's Spirit was there over the water. text

audiorecording


automatic video render

● web-based, API-accessible

● upload audio clips● measures length of

audio clip (seconds)● dynamically adjusts

video clip speed● concatenate clips● render master HD● downsample to mobile

video formats

video clip

+

audiorecording

=

translatedvideo


big picture


translation of content

● online/offline● massively

distributed● crowd-sourced,

“wiki”● revision

controlled


[email protected] — @psalm971

a visual mini-Bible in any language, in text, audio, and video, for free.

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