Talking Bible for The Blind4.16 - App Store

Finally an Interactive Bible App that uses Speech Recognization to allow the visually impaired to ask the app to read Bible Passages and to search the Bible for topics of interest.

Welcome to The Interactive Talking Bible

"The Talking Bible" is specifically designed for the visually impaired. You speak the desired scripture and "The Talking Bible" reads them back to the you!.

Usage:
Just Tap on the screen and The Talking Bible will listen for your command.

The commands will allow you to:

1. Read any scripture
2. Search the Bible
3. Repeat your last command:
4. Change the Bible Translation
5. Stop Continuous listening
6. Stop Voice Playback
7. Read the help file
8. Pause or Stop Reading

To Read any Scriptures:
Just Tap on the screen and say 'John Chapter 3 verse 16' and it will be read to you.

To Search the Bible:
Just Tap on the screen and say 'Search for Love' and all of the scriptures in the Bible containing the word 'Love' will be read to you.

To Search just in a book of the Bible:
Just Tap on the screen and say: 'Search for Love in the book of John' and all of the scriptures in the book of John containing the word 'Love' will be read to you.

You can also search:

The New Testament
The Old Testament
The Gospels
The Torah

To Repeat your last command:
Just Tap on the screen and say 'Repeat' And your last command will be repeated!

Bible Translations:
The English Standard Version (ESV(R)) and the King James Version (KJV) are available. To switch translations: Just Tap on the screen say: 'Use ESV' for the English Standard Version(R) or 'Use KJV' for the King James Version

Stop Voice Playback
You can turn off the Voice playback that reads the scriptures and responds by just Tap on the screen and sayingVoice Off. When operating with 'Voice Off' The Talking Bible will operate the same as when Voice is On. To turn the Voice playback on, just Tap on the screen and say 'Voice On'.

Read the help file:
To have the detailed operating instruction read to you, just Tap on the screen and say ‘Help’ and the detailed instructions for using this app will be read to you.

Pause or Stop Reading:
To Pause a scripture that is being read to you, Press on the screen to pause the scripture reading.
To Continue, Press on the screen again.

Lastly, To Stop the reading, 'Swipe your finger to the right' to Stop the scripture reading.

Version History What's New Version 4.16

New in this version:
1. 'You control your privacy ...' Open the Privacy Policy page to turn off usage data collection. Turning it off deletes your search history and the usage data we hold, and your commands are no longer saved or sent.

2. 'Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements ...'

And Finally, The Command 'What's New' will replay this message. 4.16 Oct 4 What's New Version 4.15

Fixed in this version:

1. 'Speech Recognition is improved ...'
Voice commands are now recognized more accurately and reliably.

2. 'Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements ... 4.15 Oct 2 What's New
Version 4.14
Fixed in this version:

1. 'Counting words ...' The counting commands now answer.
Asking 'How many times in the Bible is love' now searches and tells you the count. Previously every properly worded question was refused as an invalid request, so counting never worked at all.

2. 'Chapter without the book ...' Saying 'chapter 14' now reads chapter 14 of the book you are already in. Previously it was treated as a scripture reference, and a chapter with no book named could never be found.

3. 'Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements ...' 4.14 Sep 17 What's New
Version 4.12
Fixed in this version:

1. 'Psalms by chapter number ...' Psalms from 100 to 150 are now read correctly.
Saying 'Psalm 119' now reads Psalm chapter 119, as it should. Previously it was treated the same way as 'John 3 16', so 'Psalm 119' was mistaken for Psalm chapter 1 verse 19.

2. 'Other Psalms ...' Psalms 100 through 109 were reading the wrong passage without saying so. Asking for 'Psalm 100' now reads Psalm 100.

3. 'Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements ...' 4.12 Sep 11 Fix Bug which prevents accessing the Main Menu after switching views. 4.11 12/13/2025 What's New
Version 4.10
New Features:

1. 'Common way to say Scriptures ...' The Talking Bible' now understands more common way of referring to scriptures.
For example saying 'John 3 16' is the same as saying 'John Chapter 3 Verse 16'. Also understood is 'John 1 and 2' to refer to 'John Chapter 1 verse 2'.

2. 'How many times does ... appear in the Bible'l, Will list the number of times a word or phrase occurs in the Bible

3. 'How many times does ... in the Book of', Will list the number of times a word or phrase occurs in the specified book of the Bible 4.10 12/01/2025 What's New
Version 4.05
New Features:

1. 'Search History ... ' Will list the last 25 search commands and allow you to re-issue it.

2. 'Last Valid Command is now saved across sessions ... ' Your last valid command is now saved across session. So when you restart the App, now when you say “Repeat” The last command you spoke before restarting the App will be executed.

3. Bug Fixes and Performance Improvement. 4.05 10/22/2025 What's New Version 4.01
New Features:
1. 'Stopping the playing of Announcements at Start up...' Swiping Right during App Start up now Stops the Help Announcement and the Proverb of the day from playing.

2. 'Speaking English in native dialects..' Starting with Australia the Non-biblical text is spoken with an Australian Dialect. More countries to follow.
New Commands:
1. 'Proverb of the day ....' Upon Start up, The Talking Bible will read a selected passage from the Book of Proverbs.
Each day a new passage will be read to you.
To turn the reading of the Proverb of the day off say
'Proverb of the day off.'
To turn the reading of the Proverb of the day on say
'Proverb of the day on.'

2. 'Wisdom Words...' Allows you to hear a random reading from the book of Proverbs played for you.

3. 'Turn on / off the Start up Announcements...' You can control the playing of the Announcements played during app start up. To turn off the Help and Proverb of the Day announcements from playing at start up say
'Start up Announcement Off'.
To turn them back on say
'Start up Announcement On'.

4. 'Parables ... ' Will list the over 40 Parables of the Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament Books of Matthew, Mark and Luke and allow you to play the scriptures for the one you select for you.

5. 'Bug Fixes ... '

And Finally, The Command 'What's New' will replay this message. 4.01 08/29/2025 What's New Version 4.0
New Features:
1. 'Stopping the playing of Announcements at Start up...' Swiping Right during App Start up now Stops the Help Announcement and the Proverb of the day from playing.

2. 'Speaking English in native dialects..' Starting with Australia the Non-biblical text is spoken with an Australian Dialect. More countries to follow.
New Commands:
1. 'Proverb of the day ....' Upon Start up, The Talking Bible will read a selected passage from the Book of Proverbs.
Each day a new passage will be read to you.
To turn the reading of the Proverb of the day off say
'Proverb of the day off.'
To turn the reading of the Proverb of the day on say
'Proverb of the day on.'

2. 'Wisdom Words...' Allows you to hear a random reading from the book of Proverbs played for you.

3. 'Turn on / off the Start up Announcements...' You can control the playing of the Announcements played during app start up. To turn off the Help and Proverb of the Day announcements from playing at start up say
'Start up Announcement Off'.
To turn them back on say
'Start up Announcement On'.

4. 'List Parables ... ' Will list the 42 Parables of the Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament Books of Matthew, Mark and Luke and allow you to play the scriptures for the one you select for you.

5. 'Bug Fixes ... ' 4.00 08/19/2025 New Commands:
1. 'Read the book of ....' Will read the entire book of the Bible or read a portion of the Book by saying for example "Read the book of John Starting from Chapter 3 Verse 5.
2. 'Where in the Bible is ...' Allows you to search the Bible for a word or phrase, will tell you the number of occurrences and will list up to the 1st 7 scripture references.
3. 'How many times does ... occur in the Bible' Will list the number of times a word or phrase occurs in the Bible
4. Bug Fixes, User Interface Improvements. 3.00 06/08/2025 Bug Fixes
Performance Improvements 2.41 07/16/2024 Whats New! - Version 2.40

New Commands:

Read the book of:
You can now have The Talking Bible reads any book in the Bible in its entirety. For example: tap the screen and say Read the book of Proverbs will read the entire book of Proverbs, pausing briefly after each chapter.
You can say Read the book of Proverbs starting at chapter 2 will read the entire book of Proverbs starting a Chapter 2.
You can also say Read the book of Proverbs starting at chapter 2 verse 3 will read the entire book of Proverbs starting a Chapter 2 Verse 3.

Note: The gestures, tap to pause, Right Swipe to stop the reading and Left Swipe to back up the reading 15 seconds work as expected.

Next/Previous Verse:
After selecting a verse to read, you can now have the Next Verse read by touching the screen and saying Next Verse. If you want to instead have the previous verse read, tap the screen and say Previous Verse. Using these commands you can now step through the Bible repeating scripture verses of interest to you.

Set Scriptures Read to:
You can now adjust the maximum number of scriptures that are read when searching. The number is no longer fixed at 12, but can be set from 12 to 32. Tap on the screen and say Set Scriptures Read to 24 will change the maximum number of scriptures read in a search request to 24.

New Features:
Search improvements, search is now more accurate and no longer freezes.
Setting page, User Interface improvements.
Input View, User Interface improvements. 2.40 06/10/2024 1. Improvements to the Touch and Right Swipe handling. You should find that this version is more responsive when you tap to give a command or pause the reading and when you swipe to the right to stop the reading.
2. The screen no longer changes to Landscape mode as the phone rotates.
3. Bug Fixes and Performance improvements 2.30 04/06/2024 1. Fix to improvements for long playing scripture requests.
2. Swipe left when scripture is being read will go back 10 seconds.
3. New Voice Commands:
* Next Chapter - Advances to the Beginning of Next Chapter and starts Reading.
* Previous - Advanced to the Beginning of the Previous Chapter and starts Reading.
* Quiet - Turns off the “Tap to Listen” feature prevents “Tapping on the Screen” from starting the process to listen for a command until you “swipe right” on the screen.

NOTE: CarPlay support is currently under development! 2.12 03/08/2024 1. Add a menu item to allow leaving a Review of the App.
2. Minor Bug fixes and improvements 2.11 02/22/2024 2.01 02/17/2024