Goals:
It will be simple to use. It will not require a lot of training.
This will give confidence to people who are new to computers.
There will be real and useful output.
Books can be written locally.
It will support roles.
This can benefit groups who need books and people who help them work together.
Books can be published digitally or printed on paper.
Bloom uses collections of shell books and templates. This helps produce books. Each book is a database that can store words in one or more languages. Here is one way to use Bloom.
Words are typed into a shell book in one or more languages. This is a source text.
That shell book is copied. The copy is given to someone who speaks another language. That person translates the words into their own language. The published book could show words in one, two or three languages.
Bloom Library has books you can download and use to make books in your language. When you are done, you can upload the books up to Bloom Library for others to use.
You can use the various tools in the Tool Box to make talking books and more.
Getting started has links to topics so you can get starting using Bloom.
You can get more help and learn more about Bloom on the Internet.
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