Free iPhone Bible app offers dramatised audio

Faith Comes By Hearing, a non-profit audio Bible organisation, has released a free Bible app to the iPhone App Store.

he Bible.is for iPhone app's major features include dramatised audio with 180 characters, music and sound effects, audio New Testaments with full text in 37 languages and 63 versions, simple verse sharing on Facebook, and the complete Bible in English.

"There are many free Bible apps out there, but this is the first that allows you to read and listen to your favorite Scripture together," said Troy Carl, Faith Comes By Hearing's national director.

He added, "You can also bookmark, highlight, and add notes to verses just like in a print Bible. This app was designed to provide a quality Bible experience.

"The Scripture is crisp and clear for easy reading with simple audio controls. There's also a 40-day listening programme that guides you through the entire New Testament in just 28 minutes a day."

According to the ministry, future updates to these mobile apps will deliver the Bible in audio and text in hundreds of languages.

Faith Comes By Hearing currently has the audio New Testament in more than 450 languages with a goal of recording the Bible in 2,000 languages.

The ministry said the free iPhone app is the first in a series of app releases designed through the Digital Bible Project, the world's largest active collection of digital Scripture made available free to individuals, organisations, developers and programmers.

Free Bible.is apps for Android, Blackberry and iPad are also being developed and tested for future release.

The Bible.is app is available for free from the App Store or at www.itunes.com/appstore.