2006-08-21: V. 0.80 ("technology preview") and other news
2006-08-05: V. 0.71, new instance etc.
2006-07-22: Version 0.70
2006-07-21: A new instance running at tstotts.net
2006-07-02: Version 0.64 released
2006-06-29: The bot is running, try it!
JabberStudio project page
The Sword project (Bible reading library & programs)
Volunteers needed! I don't have long term access to internet right now so the development version at bible@amessage.de will go down soon. Don't hesitate if you have a 24/7 net connection but run the bot and send me a message. I will publish your bot's information so people can use it. Read Administrator help and then ask me if you want to know something. Select the modules wisely so that not only KJV and WEB are available in many different addresses - there are dozens of good modules in different languages available.
Intro
JD Bible Bot is a chat bot for some instant messaging systems - mainly Jabber® - with which people can read the holy Scriptures of Christianity and other related material. The networking part is based on Jabber technology, the Bible part is based on diatheke and Sword project. This program is Free Software and Open Source - you can download, use, modify and redistribute it according to the BSD-style licence terms.
Screenshot of simultaneous MS Messenger groupchat, Google Talk and Psi (Jabber) sessions with the bot instance running background. Click to enlarge.
Because of free and open nature of the Jabber system this program can be used with MSN®, AIM®, Yahoo!®, ICQ® and other IM systems through special gateways or transports. I recommend using Jabber or Google Talk (which is directly XMPP/Jabber compliant, using industry standards). Most other systems try to limit user's choice and freedom.
- Native Jabber client with 1-to-1 conversation and groupchat
- MSN Messenger works through pyMSNt gateway; 1-to-1 conversation and groupchat
- Native GTalk support because of XMPP standard
- AIM, Yahoo!, ICQ, GaduGadu and maybe some others should be possible with proper gateways
The Sword project's technology allows use of dozens of Bible translations, commentaries, lexicons and other related works.
Screenshot showing some Bible texts (the font lacks some Chinese characters). Click to enlarge.
- Bible texts in over 40 languages
- Original and other ancient languages: Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Latin
- Classic dictionaries, commentaries, daily devotions, Websters Dictionary
- Supports Unicode, right to left text etc.
- Some modules support options: Strong's numbers, morphology, footnotes