Automatic Bible Verse Recognition in Spanish
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:53 pm
I would like to see the automatic Bible verse recognition "engine" updated for Spanish. I am really surprised that no one else has brought this up. I think that this would be an easy change and it would really save Spanish users literally hundreds of hours. The main culprit I have found is "Jue" is the standard abbreviation for the book of "Jueces" (Judges), but the Word always mistakes it for "Judas" (Jude), whose abbreviation should be "Jud".
Another difficulty is that the standard abbreviation for 1 and 2 Reyes is 1 R and 2 R, but The Word doesn’t recognize those abbreviations. The same is true for 1 and 2 Samuel (1 S and 2 S) as well as 1 and 2 Pedro (1 P and 2 P). If the automatic Bible verse recognition “engine” could be updated to use the abbreviations shown in the Bible Tree (which are the standard ones used in Spanish), these problems would all be eliminated.
Trying to go back and fix all of these abbreviations manually has been a lot more work for me than I would like to admit. The automatic Bible verse recognition feature is a GREAT TIME SAVER, but not if it gives back incorrect or incomplete results. I really hope this is a quick-fix and can be addressed immediately.
Thanks.
Another difficulty is that the standard abbreviation for 1 and 2 Reyes is 1 R and 2 R, but The Word doesn’t recognize those abbreviations. The same is true for 1 and 2 Samuel (1 S and 2 S) as well as 1 and 2 Pedro (1 P and 2 P). If the automatic Bible verse recognition “engine” could be updated to use the abbreviations shown in the Bible Tree (which are the standard ones used in Spanish), these problems would all be eliminated.
Trying to go back and fix all of these abbreviations manually has been a lot more work for me than I would like to admit. The automatic Bible verse recognition feature is a GREAT TIME SAVER, but not if it gives back incorrect or incomplete results. I really hope this is a quick-fix and can be addressed immediately.
Thanks.