Brett K. Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Any chance the Old Testament volumes will be coming to Accordance? If not, I'm going to start buying the print volumes. If so, I'll give my money to the nice folks at Accordance when the time comes. :-)Thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Steffens Jr Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Any updates on this? I have been wanting to buy UBS OT for years as an Accordance module! Is this being worked on by the team? Is it in the pipeline? Thanks! Randy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Jenney Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I seem to recall there is no electronic text available. Here's a broad overview of the issue, without specifically referring to this particular series. Any time we consider a resource without an electronic text (That's not a PDF, folks), we are confronted with significant costs to OCR it (even if we can secure a license from the publisher). The more non-Roman languages (Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Arabic, etc.) in the resource, the greater the cost and the more likely it will also need expert and expensive proofing. Sometimes we just can't justify the expense based on our projected sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Francis Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I seem to recall there is no electronic text available. That might be true but seems unlikely since the volumes or set is in Olivetree (the OT set only contains 21 of the OT volumes) have had them since the mid 2000s and they are also in FL (although I do know they do OCR things when they have to)... At any event they do contain useful information even for those not trying to translate, but simply trying to gain a better understanding. Although it is incomplete as I know the volumes for Numbers and Judges are still missing. -dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Jenney Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just because another company has an electronic text available does not mean we can negotiate access to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Francis Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 No all I meant is I had assumed the 2 companies had received their text electronically... if not I am super impressed that OT release 41 volumes for under $100... I don't remember if it was 90 or 99 but I do remember it being very inexpensive. -dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Steffens Jr Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I thought Dr Helen told me a couple years ago that they were working on getting this. I'm really looking forward to UBS OT!! Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just because another company has an electronic text available does not mean we can negotiate access to it. Have you tried? Remember, front line Bible translators have computers too, and being able to offer these resources in Accordance would be a real boon to them, in what is widely recognised as the best tool for original language texts. I remember talking to someone with Wycliffe Bible Translators many years ago, and I was told that they had access to a special reduced-price version of some Bible software by special agreement, and that they weren't able to share with others, and neither would the software company provide it to anyone not a translator. I would have thought it is a perfect missional opportunity that deserves serious pursuit, or at least think it as a marketing niche. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett K. Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) Any progress on this? I love the UBS handbooks for the New Testament and would really like to have the Old Testament handbooks too.If this isn't going to be available in Accordance in the next couople of years, I'll have to buy the Olive Tree version. I hate having resources spread across different apps. Thanks Edited November 14, 2018 by Brett K. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 With regard to Dr. J's comment above, the NT volumes this series have no Greek words—in fact, only four individual Greek letters occur throughout AFAIK. So hesitation due to anticipating having to process tons of original language words could be unfounded. Having said that, I haven't seen any OT volumes recently so cannot promise you there is no Hebrew text in them, but I would say its probably a pretty safe bet. So if you do have to OCR these works, it should be in English only. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortensen Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Would love for this to be available for Accordance. Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 +1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopold Green Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 × ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT798 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Allison Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) These volumes are currently under development. (I'm excited about getting these too :-) Edited September 2, 2020 by Mark Allison 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT798 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Awesome! Great to hear as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopold Green Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 that is great news Mark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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