Bonsa-Dereje/Amharic-Bible-PC

A desktop Bible app for Amharic and English speakers with commentaries, audio Bibles, spiritual books, study plans, related-verse search, and live group studies through audio and video conferencing. # 📖 Amharic Bible PC **A full-featured desktop Bible for Amharic and English speakers** *Read · Listen · Study · Connect* --- | | Feature | Description | |---|---|---| | 🌐 | **Dual-language** | Amharic and English Bible side by side | | 🔊 | **Audio Bible** | Listen to scripture read aloud | | 📚 | **Commentaries** | In-app commentary support | | 📖 | **Spiritual books** | Integrated library of spiritual reading material | | 🗓️ | **Study plans** | Structured reading plans | | 🔍 | **Semantic search** | NLP-powered related-verse lookup (Python vectorizer) | | 📝 | **Notes & journals** | Personal notes tied to specific verses | | 🖊️ | **Highlights** | Highlight verses independently per language | | 🎙️ | **Live group study** | Audio and video conferencing for group Bible study | --- ## 🛠️ Tech Stack | Layer | Technology | |---|---| | Language | Java 24 | | UI | Java Swing + JavaFX 21 (WebView, JFXPanel) | | Look & Feel | FlatLaf 3.4 | | Database | SQLite via `sqlite-jdbc` 3.42 | | PDF rendering | Apache PDFBox 2.0 | | Semantic search | Python (vectorizer compiled via PyInstaller) | | Build | Maven | --- ## ⚙️ Prerequisites - JDK 24+ - Maven 3.8+ - Python 3.x *(only if rebuilding the NLS vectorizer)* --- ## 🚀 Build & Run ```bash git clone github.com cd Amharic-Bible-PC mvn clean package java -jar target/BibleApp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar ``` > **Note:** JavaFX modules must be on the module path. If your JDK doesn't bundle JavaFX, add these flags: > ``` > --module-path /path/to/javafx-sdk/lib \ > --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.swing,javafx.web > ``` --- ## 🗂️ Project Structure ``` src/main/ # Java source bookToStack/ # Book-import utilities nlsEngine/ # Compiled NLS (natural language search) engine notes/ # Notes feature assets splicer/ # Verse-splitting utilities sqbPro/ # SQLite database helpers nlSearch.py # Python semantic search en …