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DraytonBenner
MiklalSoftwareSolutions

EnablingtheProductionofHighQualityEnglishGlossesofEveryWordintheHebrew Bible
ProducinganinterlinearHebrewBiblerequirestheproductionofEnglishglossesforeveryHebrewand AramaiclexemeintheHebrewBible.Theseglossesmustbeliteralyetcontextual.Moreover,aninterlinear BibletypicallyincludesanEnglishtranslationinthemargin,andtheEnglishglossesoughttobefriendlyto thattranslation.ProducingglossesforthehundredsofthousandsofHebrewandAramaicwordsinthe HebrewBibleisamammothundertaking,andensuringthattheglossesareofhighqualityyetdonottaketoo longtoproduceisachallenge. ThistalkwillpresentcustomsoftwarewrittenforaBiblepublishertoenabletheproductionofEnglishglosses initsforthcomingHebrewEnglishInterlinearOldTestamentwithBHSText.Thiscustomsoftwarepresentsa largeamountofdatatotheglosserinavisuallycompactmannerandallowstheglossertodrilldeeperfor moreinformationrapidly.Italsoproducesglossesalgorithmicallybyperformingnaturallanguageprocessing onthevariousinputsources,usingtheglossersconventions,learningfromtheglosserspriorwork,and againperformingnaturallanguageprocessingtoproduceagrammaticalEnglishgloss,includingproducing appropriatelyconjugatedverbsandthecorrectnumberfornouns.Thehumanglosserchangestheglossif hedesires,butthevastmajorityofthetime,thealgorithmicglossispreciselywhatthehumanglosserwould haveselectedanyway,savinghimtime.Finally,thissoftwareprovidesavarietyoftoolsfortheglosserto checkthequalityandconsistencyofhiswork.

SeanBoisen
LogosBibleSoftware

AutomaticallyLearningTopicalContent
ContinuedworkontheLogosControlledVocabulary(BibleTech2010)hasproducedauniquecollectionof topicalignedcontentacrossmorethan50differentBibledictionaries,encyclopedias,andtopicalindexesin bothEnglishandSpanish.Thispresentationwilldescribetheinformationwe'relearningautomaticallyfrom thiscontent,including: determiningconceptimportance associatingconceptswithBiblereferences extractingandassociatingnamesanddescriptivetermsforconcepts relatingconceptstoeachother

RickBrannan
LogosBibleSoftware

TheProblemofProperNounsintheSeptuagint

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TheLexhamEnglishSeptuagint,publishedbyLogosBibleSoftwareinNovember2012,isanewtranslation oftheSeptuagint(GreektranslationoftheHebrewBible,plusdeuterocanonical/apocryphalbooks)into English. OnelongstandingissuewithSeptuaginttranslationsintoEnglisharethenamesofpeople,places,and peoplegroups.EnglishtranslationstendtotransliteratemostoftheGreeknames,endingupmakingit difficulttotrackparticipantsandplaces. TrackingnamesintheOldTestamentisdifficultenoughmentallymappingfromGreektransliterationstothe morecommonHebrewtransliterationsfoundinmoderntranslationsoftheHebrewBiblemakesiteven tougher.TheLexhamEnglishSeptuagint,however,hasauniquedatabasedapproachtosolvingthis problemthatusesnamesfamiliartomostreaders,yetpreservesthetransliteratedformswherenecessary.

KellerDavis
BibleGateway

ExploringNoSQLandtheBible
NoSQLisabroadtermdescribingadiversecollectionofdatabasesthatdon'tfollowarelationaltypemodel. Itsolvesnewproblems,hasbeenchampionedbylargecompanieslikeGoogleandFacebook,andhas becomeatrendytechnologyusedbymany.ButhowdoesitfitintotheBibledomain?Thistalkwilltouchon someofthebasicsofNoSQLtechnologieswithspecialfocusonpersonalexperiencesI'vehadusingthem asadeveloperforBibleGateway.

DaveDunkin
LogosBibleSoftware

SearchingtheBibleOnTheGo
Everyday,manythousandsofpeopleusetheLogosmobileappstosearchtheirdigitallibraries.Thistalkwill coverwhatpeopleenterinthesearchbox,whattheyareactuallysearchingfor,andhowLogoshelpsthem findit.

JohnFallahee
LearnLogos.com

DistributedTraining
Leveragingcommunicationtechnologytosell,train,support,andreducethecostsofproductsandservices. Inthispractical,handsonseminaryouwillbeequippedwiththetoolstosetupyourowndistributedtraining networkwithinyourcompanyandministry.Welldiscusstheminimaltechnologicalrequirements,provide diagnosticquestionstoexamineyourcurrentvideocommunications,learnaboutthetypesofvideosto distributetothepublicandyourcustomers,investigatethe2paradigmapproachofvideocommunications, examinetheSEObenefits,explorethetoolstraining,andpersonnelrequired,youlldiscoverhowtotackle thecreationandmaintenanceofyourdistributedtrainingnetwork,andmuchmore!Getpreparedforan exciting,essential,andrelevantpresentationandlearnhowyourcompanyandministrycanimpactthe Kingdom,growssales,andreducecoststhroughdistributedtraining.

AdamGraber/KeithWilliams
TyndaleHousePublishers

FromPapertoPixels:TheEffectsofTechnologyontheBible
TechnologyandinnovationhavehadanundeniableimpactonthelevelofaccesspeoplehavetotheBible today.Nolongerdopeopleneedtocarryaroundalarge,heavyleatherboundeditioninordertoreadthe Bible.Instead,wecarrydozensoftranslationsoftheBibleandthousandsofBiblereferenceworksina4 ouncedevicethatisalwayswithus.InnovativesoftwareandappshelpustoreadandstudyourBiblesin waysthatearliergenerationscouldntevendreamabout. Theseexcitingdevelopmentsalsoprovideuswithnewquestions.ThissessionwilllookathowputtingBibles inadigitalcontextcouldalterthecharacterofthecontentandtheperceptionsofreadersatmultiplelevels. Wewillanalyzethemeansofpresentingthetextandhowthesenewformatscouldworkbackwardsto influencethetextitselfandworkforwardstoshapetheperceptionsofthetextthatreadershave.Whatdoesit meantoreadtheBibleinthiseraoftechnologicalchange?Whatissuesarisewhenweengagewiththe Bibleindigitalenvironments?Therearemanyfacetstothesequestions,andtheyoftensimplyleadtomore questions. Joinusforadiscussionoftheseissuesand,hopefully,somebestpracticesfordevelopersandpublishersas theyseektocreatetechnologicalsolutionsthatencouragegoodBiblereadingpracticeswhileminimizing

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