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🎉 A New Bible Reading Experience

Discover the Bible as it was meant to be experienced — immersive, natural, and beautifully readable. The Spoken app is designed for clarity, accessibility, and deep engagement. Connect with Scripture in a way that feels intuitive, personal, and powerful.

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✨ Why Prose Formatting?

Traditional chapter-and-verse layouts are designed for reference. Spoken restores the natural flow of The Holy Bible, by presenting it in clean, paragraph-based prose — making it easier to follow narratives, grasp poetic structure, and reflect without distraction.

📖 Narrative Immersion

Read Genesis, Ruth, or Acts like true stories, not fragmented citations.

📃 No Man-Made Titles

Editorial titles are removed, leaving only the inspired Word of God.

🎭 Poetic Clarity

Experience Psalms and Isaiah with their literary rhythm intact.

🧠 Meditative Flow

Engage with Scripture devotionally, without the cognitive friction of verse numbers.

🧠 Semantic Paragraphing

Spoken offers two distinct paragraph modes to format Scripture for clarity and flow:

📚 USFM-Based Paragraphing

Structured by traditional formatting standards using the Unified Standard Format Marker (USFM) system — a globally recognized markup standard used by Bible translators and publishers. It preserves:

  • Official paragraph breaks from source manuscripts
  • Consistent formatting across translations
  • Study-friendly structure for referencing and cross-comparison

Ideal for readers who want to stay close to the original editorial layout while still enjoying a clean, prose-like experience.

🤖 AI Coherent Idea Paragraphing

Grouped by meaning, not just formatting. This mode uses AI to analyze the semantic flow of Scripture — clustering verses into natural idea units based on context, theme, and narrative rhythm. It helps you:

  • Follow complete thoughts across verse boundaries
  • See dialogue and arguments unfold without interruption
  • Experience poetry and prophecy with literary clarity

Perfect for immersive reading, thematic study, and devotional reflection.

Why It Matters: Whether you're reading Paul's letters, tracing a parable, or exploring the Psalms, semantic paragraphing helps you understand Scripture as a coherent message, engage with meaning, not just structure, and choose the format that fits your purpose. You can switch between modes anytime — Spoken keeps your place and preserves your context.

📱 Features

📖 Distraction Free Reading

No footnotes, no commentary, no titles, just pure Word.

🔄 Multiple Paragraph Formats

Choose Scholarly Paragraphs or AI grouped thought coherent paragraphs.

📝 Biblical Translations

Switch seamlessly between KJV and ASV versions.

🌐 Offline Access

No Internet required after installation.

🖌️ Minimalist Interface

Focus on what matters with a clean, distraction-free design.

📁 Clean PDF Export

No headers, footers or watermarks - just beautiful text.

📖 Supported Bible Versions

King James Version (KJV)

Cambridge Edition: The Holy Bible, King James Version. Cambridge University Press. First published in 1611 and refined through centuries of typographic stewardship, the Cambridge edition preserves the poetic cadence and theological depth of the original translators.

American Standard Version (ASV)

1901 Edition: The Holy Bible, American Standard Version. Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901. Commissioned as an American revision of the English Revised Version, the ASV emphasizes precision, consistency, and fidelity to the original Hebrew and Greek texts.

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Technical Details

Spoken is built with modern technology to provide a seamless, responsive experience:

System Requirements

Available on: Xbox console, PC, Mobile, Surface Hub, HoloLens
OS: Windows 10 version 17763.0 or higher
Memory: 4 GB (Minimum), 8 GB (Recommended)
Processor: 1.6 GHz (Minimum), 2.4 GHz (Recommended)
Graphics Processor: Integrated graphics (Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent) (Minimum)
Dedicated graphics card or Intel Iris Xe / AMD Radeon Vega (Recommended)
Size: 167.2 MB
Languages: English (United States)

Additional Information

Developed by: Aether Forge

Released: September 27, 2025

Last Updated: September 26, 2025

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