Brandon Staggs has released a tool that enables users to convert e-Sword modules to SwordSearcher modules. The utility is called es2f (e-Sword to Forge), and converts e-Sword files to the kind of format used by Forge, which is the name of the compiler that creates SwordSearcher modules. es2f can be used to convert Dictionaries, Topics, Commentaries and Bibles, but works only for user-created or public domain books, not for password-protected modules.

Incidentally, there is a new official repository of SwordSearcher modules here. SSModules offers additional modules not included in the official SwordSearcher Deluxe CD-ROM.

Tyndale Tech carries an interesting article on free tools for doing online research. David Instone-Brewer discusses the use of tools such as Zotero, Google Docs, Evernote and FLV Converter. He does a very nice job. Do take a look.

Silver Mountain Software, makers of Bibloi (reviewed here), has launched a revamped website and it is now offering all of its products as downloads (with or without accompanying CD-ROM).

Electronic delivery seems to be a very popular option in these days of widely available broadband connections (in Western countries, at least), as more and more Bible software developers are taking that route. From my own experience, this is a very common request made by users in different forums.

Over at Fostertribe, Jerry announces the completion of his round of Bible software reviews. What started as an overview of free and inexpensive applications became a series of 13 reviews of different packages and ended up with 3 more (already reported here) and now the remaining 4 (La Parola, Alkitab Bible Study, SwordBible and Bible Analyzer). All in all, quite a lot of work.

I’ve had some people ask me whether Jerry’s reviews are related in any way to BSR. The short answer is “No.” Despite the potentially misleading title of the page where his reviews are hosted (“Bible Software Review”), there is no relation whatsoever. I simply link to his reviews because I feel they can be of interest to readers of this site and weblog, but linking does not mean full endorsement. He has a different kind of readership in mind and – very important point – he only reviews Windows programs.

Obviously there is some overlap in our reviews, but you will soon find out that we aim at different things, and that our opinions differ on certain issues and ratings. Nevertheless, I appreciate his insights and think they are quite helpful. Anyone who takes upon themselves the task of reviewing Bible software has my respect. I know all too well what a difficult, challenging, and often thankless task this is!

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