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What is new:

10.12.2007:

* mDavar 2.0 FINAL VERSION released
Package with source code (GPL), conversion utilities, examples and information is also available.

6.12.2007:

* mDavar 2.0 beta 3 released
Hebrew is now available in three font sizes. Released as obfuscated MIDP 1.0 version - should run faster and on more phones than beta2 release.
Also, some bugs were found and fixed.

23.11.2007:

* mDavar 2.0 beta 2 released: Hebrew - EN/CZ/PT/ES dictionaries

19.11.2007:

* mDavar 2.0 beta 1 released
mDavar 2.0 beta1 released. Java based bidirectional Hebrew dictionary for your phone with 15361 English-Hebrew words (or 28012 Czech-Hebrew words) available for download! Require Java MIDP 2.0 and ability to run JAR file size ~ 300 kB. Tested on SonyEricsson K750i phone, but should work on many other. Do not miss first public version!


* Davar3 - BETA1 installation packages updated
D3beta1 did not run on W95/W98. Program used function SHGetFolderPath() from shell32.dll, which is not supported in these windows versions.
Program crashed when you Saved configuration in Options dialog and no book/lexicon/dictionary window was opened.

26.7.2007:

* Davar3 - BETA1 version is out

New features:
* Options dialog for setting of many program features.
* Automatic check for updates of program and new modules.
* Davar3 beta1 is FAST, optimized version. See benchmarks of program.
* New localizations: Deutsch (Harald Hesse) and Romanian (Florian Zah). THANKS! Davar3 has now 11 language localizations. Note: some translations will be finished in final version.
* Hebrew OT MP3 indexing progress: except 1.Sam, all MP3 are indexed. Mostly work of Harald Hesse. Updated AIX index files are in D3beta1 installation package.
* New texts:
BHSTCZ transliterated BHS (CZ). Autor Maki

6.4.2007:

* Davar3 - ALPHA5 version is out (this is last alpha version)

New features: Context-tip window for fast info about references, Greek and Hebrew Strong# and morphology.
Picture browser - for easy preview of many prepared charts, diagrams, maps and illustrations.
Get new version in download section.

* Permission obtained to use high quality Bible Land atlas in Davar3. These excellent maps were prepared by Dr. Zaine Ridling (see his Great Software List site) who has graciously granted permission for use in Davar3. Copyright: Access Foundation
* 243 high resolution Bible Illustrations by Gustave Doré was used. Scanned by Felix Just, S.J. and get from http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Dore.htm
* George Edison was so kind and prepared hi-res lineage charts.
* Mgr. Jiří Gračka prepared Czech translation of "Ivrit bkalut" - Hebrew tutorial of David Uhlar i Escandell.
* BHS audio index file was greatly updated (part of D3A5 installation): more than 8700 verses indexed, about 38% of OT. Click to see chart of progress =>
* NEW FILES: Quran (Arabic), experimental, Kitzer Shulchan Aruch, Mishna English Translation, Pseudo Book of Jubilee, Koran English Translation
* UPDATED FILES: FALCO-Czech Hebrew lexicon, Biblia Hebraica, Westminster Leningrad Codex
* NEW LOCALIZATION OF PROGRAM: Polish (Jerzy Gurycz), Italian and French (both Mario Valente)
Thanks! Davar3 is now localised to 9 languages (note: some localizations will be completed in final version of D3).

21.12.2006:

* Davar3 - ALPHA4 version is out

* New features: long-awaited exporting functions - ability to print texts from word processor.
Davar3 is now able export files in formats TXT, UNICODE TXT and RTF with many options..

* New texts:
BHS-    Biblia Hebraica Unaccented and in standard verse form (for easy compare.)
PSH    1905 Syriac Peshitta New Testament
ELZ    Elzevir Greek Textus Receptus New Testament, 1624
DIDACHE    Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, contains I.) Didache Text in Greek [with variants]; and Translation by Charles H. Hoole, translation by J.B. Lightfoot and J.R. Harmer (1891), and another translation book by Cyril C. Richardson (1953)
Luther NT 1546    Luther original New Testament translation of 1546
SDKL    Serbian Danicic Karadžic - Latin version: Vuk Karadžic translated New Testament in 1847, and Duro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865.
Gothic Bible    The Gothic Bible. Based on the edition of Wilhelm Streitberg (1919).
Strong's Gr-En    Greek to English Transliteration from Strongs.
English-Greek-English     WordGumbo dictionaries
English-Hebrew-English     WordGumbo dictionaries
Finnish Pyhä Raamattu 1933/1938    Finnish Bible Pyhä Raamattu 1933/1938 authorized by Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in 1933 (OT) and 1938 (NT).

* New localizations of Davar3:
DUTCH - Thanks to Esmé J. Smit
RUSSIAN - Thanks to Alexei Nitsenko and Vladimir Marchenko

11.8.2006:

* Davar3 - ALPHA3 version is out

* New features: verse list manager and more . Get new version in download section.
* New texts: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Tanach Morphology, Biblia Hebraica with Strong# and Czech Ekumenic Bible.

5.5.2006:

* Davar3 - ALPHA2 version is out.

* Read about new features short tutorial and then go to download section.
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14.3.2006:

* FIXED: Hebrew dictionaries (AHEB, HE-EN, HE-PT, HE-SP) had bug in sorting. Please, download new files.

* Packages with ALL books/lexicons/dictionaries removed. Traffic was too high. In final version of Davar3, we create ISO CD/DVD images for download.

*Work in progress (will be in Davar3alpha2):

Localization of D3 is now on the base of external text files, anyone can later help and create new translation of D3.

Library manager - similar as Theophilos have - users can create folders and better organize modules. With over 120 available module files, it is necessary tool for easy work with D3

Audio features planned - isn't it good to read Hebrew/Greek and HEAR native speaker? Work around this great feature just started. All audio will be in MP3 and it is planned to synchronize book text with MP3. Tools for indexing audio are under development.

23.1.2006:

* First public release of Davar3 - ALPHA1 version.

Although it is very early version, it is pretty stable and usable for your Scripture or language studies. More than 100 modules for D3 (books, dictionaries and lexicones) are available for download

Please, report bugs, problems and ideas in Davar3 bug report system

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