Bible Study App - VachanGo

Introduction

The VachanGo app is a Bible Study app developed to facilitate digital scripture engagement in Indian Languages. It is a companion app for the https://vachanonline.com website.

Both the VachanGo Bible app and the VachanOnline.com Bible website come to you under aegis of The Vachan Project initiative, established to provide free access to Bible Study tools in Indian Languages.

Since the content is brought to you under multiple licensing arrangements, it is requested that it not be further redistributed in any other format or platform without explicit permission from the original copyright owners.

Content and Technology Partners
VachanGo is being made available under a collaborative arrangement of Friends of Agape, unfoldingWord, Wycliffe Associates, Crossway, Bridgeway Publications, Dusty Sandals, BibleProject, Visual Unit, and is brought to you by Bridge Connectivity Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (BCS) (https://www.bridgeconn.com) who is the localization and technology partner.

Release Notes (04/08/2021) v1.3.0
Content Additions (Using Vachan API’s):
* Bibles: Dogri DSV NT
* Audio Bible: Oriya IRV NT, Dogri DSV NT
Feature Additions:
* Bible Stories in various languages
* M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
Enhancements:
* Enhanced navigation to enable the user to switch between books
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed sign up issue
* Colour tray has been hidden when not in use.

Release Notes (30/05/2021) v1.2.1
Bug Fix:
* Fixed Google-Firebase sync and logout issue on state change

Release Notes (26/05/2021) v1.2.0

Content Additions (Using Vachan API’s):
* Bibles: ESV Bible, Haryanvi NT, Bilaspuri NT
* Audio Bible: Hindi IRV OT, Punjabi IRV, Bilaspuri NT, Haryanvi NT
Operations Update:
* usfm-grammar version upgrade to 2.0.0

Release Notes (17/03/2021) v1.1.1

Bug Fixes:
* Fixed Google Authentication issue

Release Notes (05/03/2021) v1.1

Content Additions (using Vachan API’s):
* Bibles: Nagamese NT
* Commentary: Bridgeway Bible Commentary (Marathi & Gujarati)
* Dictionary: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (English)
* Videos: BibleProject (Bengali & Malayalam)
Feature Additions:
* Multi-colour highlights
* Pinch zoom in and out for reading page
* Added Hints section
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed known cosmetic issues
* Fixed known usability issues
* Fixed issues in bookmarks and notes
* Fixed issue in sync of Notes data
* Fixed issue of duplication in Video pane
* Fixed Parallel-view issues
Operations Update:
* Added metadata-based filtering for only published bibles to be displayed on Vachan platforms
* Handle use-cases when Bible has only OT or NT books

Release Notes v1.0

Platform: ReactNative, powered by Postgres and Python APIs (VachanEngine) in the back-end.
Content Available :
* Bibles: Latest versions of IRV Bibles in all available Indian Gateway languages
* Commentary: IRV Notes (Hindi) + Bridgeway Bible Commentary (English)
* Dictionary: IRV Dictionary (Hindi)
* Infographics: VisualUnit (Hindi)
* Audio: IRV NT Bible (Hindi)
* Video: BibleProject (English, Hindi & Telugu)
Features:
* Clean Bible reading pane with section-headings.
* Parallel 2-pane feature to display Bibles, Commentaries etc
* Personalization using simple login.
* Bookmarks, Highlights & Notes.
* Basic Bible search.
Backend Services:
* DigitalOcean Spaces with CDN to serve Audio & Video
* Firebase for personalisation and synchronisation

Contact Us
[email protected]