Doris,

Thanks for that resource.  I'll take a look.

Phil.




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From: "Chris & Doris" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:14 PM
Subject: Free Bible Reader Software With Modern Bible Translations


> Hi,
>
> http://www.berbible.org/index.html
>
> has a very easy to use basic Bible Reader program that has several modern 
> Bible translations licensed for it. While it does not offer the NIV or 
> Message Bible, it does come with the following modern Bible versions
>
> English Standard Version (ESV)
> God's Word (GW)
> New American Standard (NAS95)
> New English Translation (NET)
> New King James Version (NKJV)
>
> In addition, there are several of the usual public domain Bible versions 
> available also.
>
> the Berean Bible is very easy to use. It does not come with any 
> commentaries or other resources.  Only one Bible translation can be viewed 
> and searched at a time. For beginning users, I would recommend setting the 
> view to minimal", which means that just the Bible tree with books and 
> chapters, the Bible text itself, and an edit combo to go to passages 
> directly are visible and can be cycled thru in the tab order.
>
> In addition to being simple to use, the Berean Bible is very small in its 
> footprint and use of resources. It does very well on older hardwrare. 
> Finally, it can be installed to a usb thumb drive and be used portably.
>
> I have used it with both jaws and nvda and I assume it will do as well 
> with window eyes.
>
> I mainly mention it here because it offers several modern Bible 
> translations for free. Lack of modern Bible translations to choose from is 
> the main drawback of Bibleseeker, I think, which i otherwise still 
> recommend as a good Bible software package to start out with.
>
> May God bless you richly in the study of his Word whatever translation and 
> means for reading it you choose.
>
> Take care and God Bless,
>
> Doris