Post on 21-Jun-2015
description
openbiblestories.com
a visual mini-Bible in any language,in text, audio, and video,
for free.
openbiblestories.com
openbiblestories.com
openbiblestories.com
missiological foundation
technical framework
“open” core
Open Bible Stories
overview
openbiblestories.com
context● rise of the global
church● immense need for
discipleship resources
overview
content● a visual mini-Bible● provides “big picture”
Biblical knowledge● today (no obstacles)● for free (open
collaboration + cognitive surplus)
openbiblestories.com
demo
openbiblestories.com
missiological foundation
Open Bible Stories
overview
openbiblestories.com
people & languages● ~7,000 languages● most languages have
<10,000 speakers● ~95% of world speaks
~5% of languages● oral communicators
missiological foundation
meeting the need● overview of the Bible:
Old + New Testaments● content as text + audio
+ video● for every people group● in any language
openbiblestories.com
missiological foundation
“open” core
Open Bible Stories
overview
openbiblestories.com
the “open” core
● open content● open collaboration● open source
openbiblestories.com
open content
what is “open”?● “open” is binary, yes/no, pass/fail (not on a spectrum)● open = “no one ever needs to ask permission to do
anything with it.”● is this scary?
openbiblestories.com
open content is extensible
● translation● remixing● repurposing● redistribution
openbiblestories.com
open content requires open-licenses
● share + remix + make commercial use of
● two conditions: attribution + share alike
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
openbiblestories.com
open content is freely redistributable
● by anyone● using any means● especially offline (side-loading)● funding model = independent of analytics
openbiblestories.com
open collaboration
● what is “open collaboration”?
“...encourages and depends on contributions of self-selecting individuals or entities who are not formally associated (such as project staff and partners) with the particular cause or initiative.”
● built on (but different from) crowd-sourcing● “closed” projects may incorporate crowd-sourced
elements● open collaboration: entire project depends on “the
crowd”
openbiblestories.com
open collaboration
● why?● translation into 1000's of languages● redistribution to billions of people
openbiblestories.com
open source
● 100% open source software● nothing proprietary/restricted
openbiblestories.com
Open Bible Stories isof, by & for the global church
openbiblestories.com
missiological foundation
technical framework
“open” core
Open Bible Stories
overview
openbiblestories.com
technical framework
This is how the beginning of everything happened. God created the universe and everything in it in six days. At first, the earth was dark and empty, and nothing had been formed in it. But God's Spirit was there over the water.
image+text=1 segment
openbiblestories.com
image video clip→
● images pre-rendered as video clips
● 2.5D, pan & zoom
image
video clip
openbiblestories.com
text audio→
● translations recorded as audio
This is how the beginning of everything happened. God created the universe and everything in it in six days. At first, the earth was dark and empty, and nothing had been formed in it. But God's Spirit was there over the water.
text
audiorecording
openbiblestories.com
automatic video render● web-based, API-accessible● upload audio clips● measures length of audio
clip (seconds)● dynamically adjusts video
clip speed● concatenate clips● render master HD● downsample to mobile
video formats
video clip
+
audiorecording
=
translatedvideo
openbiblestories.com
big picture
openbiblestories.com
translation of content
● online/offline● massively distributed● crowd-sourced, “wiki”● revision controlled● http://door43.org
openbiblestories.com
thechristiancommons.comtim@distantshoresmedia.org — @psalm971