Shema is a community within Youth With A Mission (YWAM) dedicated to ending Bible poverty. We focus on Oral Bible Translation (OBT), recognizing that many language groups prefer oral communication over written text.

Our mission is to help communities:

• Internalize Scripture through storytelling and memory.
• Translate the Bible into natural, spoken forms of their language.
• Celebrate the message of God in the language that speaks to their hearts.

We build open-source software to support the OBT workflow, from drafting to transcription and verification.

Languages & Tools:

• transcription: Tools for converting oral drafts into text for checking and review.
• translation-helper: Utilities to assist mother-tongue translators in the adaptation process.
• draft-generation-example: Experimental workflows for generating initial translation drafts.
• obt-mentor-companion: Resources and tools for mentors guiding translation teams.