Smarter presentation for smoother services

Scripture and song lyrics on screen the moment they're needed. Free for every church, with a phone remote built in.

BIBLO

Trusted on Sundays.Tested by real churches.

From spoken word to screen before the sentence ends.

No searching, no typing mid-sermon. Biblo hears the reference mid-sentence, fetches the verse, and waits for one tap of approval.

Preacher speaks
"Turn with me to John chapter three, verse sixteen."
During the sermon
Biblo detects it
John 3:16 appears as a card with the full verse text, ready to go.
⚡ Mid-sentence
Operator taps Show
The verse is on the projector and the livestream. Nothing appears without approval.
One tap

Everything a service needs.

Free for every church — no account, no subscription, no locked features.

Verse on screen before the sentence ends

Biblo listens to partial speech in real time, tuned for African accents. The moment it hears “Psalm 91” the verse card is ready — and nothing reaches the projector without the operator’s approval.

Voice commands

Say “next verse” to step through scripture hands-free, switch versions by name — “in the Amplified Bible” — or find scripture by meaning: “the verse that says Jacob wrestled with God”.

Intelligent sermon notes

Biblo watches the live sermon and surfaces quotable, noteworthy lines — offline by default, with optional online refining. The NOTES toggle projects them automatically, or holds them in a review queue you tap to show.

Never cut off

Long song sections and notes split across slides automatically on natural line breaks, with a “2 / 3” page indicator. No lyric, verse or note is ever clipped mid-thought.

Works without internet

Offline voice downloads once and runs forever. Detection, songs, slides and the phone remote all work with no connection — and no account.

Teach Biblo your church’s voice

When Biblo mishears a word, teach it once — “when you hear koran theons, read Corinthians” — and it never slips again. Corrections stay on your computer and sharpen every service.

Shona, Ndebele & free Bibles

One-tap downloads of the Shona 1949 (Revised) and Ndebele 2010 Bibles, plus free English versions — the World English Bible is the recommended free modern translation. Installed book names feed straight into voice detection.

Sermon quotes on screen

Say “make that a quote” and Biblo distils the preacher’s last point into one short, memorable line and puts it on screen — the moment worth keeping, captured live.

Service plans, songs & slides

Build the whole order of service before Sunday — scriptures, song sections, slides and countdowns in one list. Step through it with keyboard shortcuts, or set a timer and let it auto-advance.

Phone remote

Scan a QR code and run the whole service — scriptures, songs, slides, blank and clear — from any phone on the church Wi-Fi. Token-secured, with no app to install.

Stage monitor

Open /stage on any tablet on the church Wi-Fi. The worship team sees the clock, current content, UP NEXT and the auto-advance countdown, with notes that fade when idle.

OBS, vMix & NDI

A transparent browser source for livestream lower thirds, OBS WebSocket push and NDI output. Add the panel as an OBS dock — with Stream Deck-ready hotkeys — and run everything without leaving OBS.

What testers say

Churches in our open beta, in their own words.

"The preacher quoted Romans and it was on the screen before he finished the sentence. Our media team looked like heroes."
T
Tendai
Media team lead
Harvest House Int'l
"We run the whole service from one phone now. The projector laptop stays at the back and nobody touches it."
B
Blessing
Worship leader
Beta church
"Our internet drops every other Sunday. Offline voice kept working through all of it. That alone sold us."
K
Kuda
Livestream operator
Beta church
"I trained a new volunteer in ten minutes. Search the verse, tap, done. That has never happened with our old software."
R
Rufaro
Technical director
Beta church

How to run a service with Biblo.

Six short guides, in the order you will need them on your first Sunday.

1. Set up in five minutes
  1. Install Biblo and open it. The setup wizard starts on its own.
  2. Bible: import any Bible XML file. Free translations are at ebible.org.
  3. Screen: pick the projector or TV the congregation sees.
  4. Voice: keep Offline voice (recommended). It downloads a voice model once and never needs internet again.
2. Project a verse by hand
  1. In the Bible tab, type a reference like John 3:16 or browse by book and chapter.
  2. For a range, type John 3:16-18 — a ▶ Project passage button appears above the verse list to put all three on screen as one slide.
  3. Keyboard shortcuts work anywhere in the panel (when no text field is focused): / next plan item, / previous, Space/B blank, Esc clear.
3. Let voice detection do the finding
  1. Press LIVE when the preacher starts. Biblo listens and transcribes continuously.
  2. The moment Biblo hears a book name and number — even before the sentence ends — the verse card appears with a ⚡ flash. You don't wait for the preacher to finish.
  3. Use the arrow buttons to step through multiple detected verses, then tap Show on the one you want. Nothing reaches the projector without your tap.
  4. Enable Auto-project in the live panel if the preacher quotes exact references and you trust the detection — Biblo will project immediately without a tap.
4. Add your songs
  1. In the Songs tab, click Import for .txt or .xml lyric files, Find lyrics online, or + New to type the song directly in the built-in editor.
  2. Each verse and chorus becomes its own slide. Click a section to project it.
5. Plan the whole service in advance
  1. Open Service List, create a list for Sunday, and add scriptures, songs, text slides and countdown timers in any order — drag items up or down to reorder.
  2. In the Slides tab, create text slides and add individual ones to your list with the + List button. No groups required.
  3. During the service, Next Item (or ) steps through everything in order. Set an auto-advance timer on any item so Biblo moves on automatically when time expires.
  4. Scan the QR code in Settings to control everything — including switching lists — from a phone on the same Wi-Fi. Open /stage on a second device so the worship team can see what's coming next.
6. Put verses on your livestream
  1. In OBS or vMix, add a Browser Source and paste the display URL from Biblo's Settings.
  2. Set it to 1920×1080. Projected verses appear as lower thirds with a transparent background.

Frequently asked questions.

Everything churches ask before their first service.

Is Biblo really free?

Yes. Biblo is free to download and use with no subscription, no per-seat fees, and no account required. Online voice detection does use a small amount of data but we absorb that cost. There is no paid tier.

What Bible translations are included?

KJV is bundled and available offline the moment you install. Additional translations can be downloaded inside the app via Settings → Bibles. Your downloaded translations stay on your computer and are not lost on app updates.

Does it work without an internet connection?

Almost everything works offline: projecting verses, songs and slides, the phone remote, and OBS output. Live voice detection offers an offline mode — download it once in Settings and it runs locally without any connection. The only feature that requires internet is the online voice option and searching for lyrics online.

What languages and accents does voice detection support?

Biblo is tuned for English with a high priority on African accents. The online voice engine has been specifically optimised for the pronunciation patterns common across West and East African churches. The offline engine handles most English accents well. Other languages are planned for a future update.

How do I connect Biblo to OBS?
  1. In OBS, add a Browser Source.
  2. Paste the URL shown in Biblo's Settings → Display → OBS URL. It looks like http://localhost:5600/overlay.
  3. Set the width and height to match your stream resolution (e.g. 1920 × 1080).
  4. The overlay has a transparent background so it layers cleanly over your camera feed. Optionally enable OBS WebSocket in Settings for tighter control.
Can the operator control Biblo from their phone?

Yes. Open Settings → Remote and scan the QR code with any phone on the same Wi-Fi network. The phone opens a control page in its browser — no app to install. From there you can project, blank, clear, and step through the service list. Multiple phones can connect at the same time.

Will I lose my songs and Bibles when I update?

No. Songs, service plans, slides, and downloaded Bible translations are stored in your user data folder — completely separate from the app installation. Updates replace only the application files. Your content is never touched.

Can I import songs from other software?

Biblo can import lyrics from plain text (.txt) and OpenLyrics XML (.xml) files. If your existing software can export in either of those formats — EasyWorship, OpenLP, FreeShow, and many others can — you can bring your library across. Deeper ProPresenter and FreeShow import is on the roadmap.

First launch takes one extra click.

Biblo installers are not yet code-signed. Certificates cost money we would rather not pass on to churches, so your computer shows a one-time warning. Here is exactly what to do.

  1. Run the installer. SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC".
  2. Click More info, then Run anyway. The normal installer opens.
  3. If the browser flags the download first: open the downloads list, choose Keep, then Keep anyway.

The warning appears once, for the installer only. It fades for everyone as more churches install Biblo.

  1. Open the .dmg and drag Biblo into Applications.
  2. Control-click (right-click) Biblo in Applications and choose Open, then confirm Open in the warning dialog. This works most of the time.
  3. Still blocked? Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway next to the Biblo message.
  4. If macOS still says the app "is damaged and can't be opened" (common on Apple Silicon for unsigned downloads): open Terminal and run xattr -cr /Applications/Biblo.app once, then launch normally.

macOS quarantines every unsigned download. Right-click → Open clears it for most people; the Terminal command is the fallback for the small number of Macs where that dialog doesn't appear.

  1. AppImage: run chmod +x Biblo-*.AppImage then double-click it.
  2. Debian and Ubuntu: install the .deb with your package manager.

No warnings on Linux. It simply trusts you.

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Fetching the latest version…

Updates install themselves: Biblo checks quietly and applies new versions next time you quit the app.

Help us make Biblo better.

Biblo is in open beta and we are inviting churches to test it. Run one service with it, then tell us what worked and what got in the way. Every report shapes the next version.