Your complete Talk To Bible user manual.
Welcome to the Talk To Bible User Manual. Everything you need to open it, make it yours and use every part of it is here, from your first verse to your first greeting card. Clear steps, plain words, and it all works offline. If your answer is not here yet, write to us and we will help.
Get started
Open the file, enter your name and begin in minutes.
Use it daily
Read, pray and write a few lines in about five minutes.
Create cards
Make Bible greeting cards and download them as images.
Get help
Fix problems fast, or write to us. We listen first.
Popular questions. Fast answers.
These are the questions people ask most. Each one links to the full answer.
How do I open Talk To Bible?
Save the file, open it in your browser, and type your name. That is the whole setup.
Read the answer →How do I find a verse for how I feel?
Open Talk to Bible, tap a topic or type what is on your heart, and verses appear.
Read the answer →How do I make a greeting card?
Pick an occasion, write your words, choose a style, then press Download PNG.
Read the answer →How do I keep my journal safe?
Export a backup file from Settings every week and keep it outside the browser.
Read the answer →How do I read the whole Bible?
Load a complete Bible file in Settings. Talk To Bible then reads and searches all 66 books.
Read the answer →Something is not working. What now?
Check the Fix problems table. Most problems are solved in under a minute.
Read the answer →What is Talk To Bible?
New here? Start with this: what it is and what it contains.
Talk To Bible is a Bible companion that runs in any modern browser from a single file. It needs no internet connection, no server, no account and no subscription. Everything you write and save stays in your own browser, on your own device.
It has six sections, all inside one calm, simple screen. Each section is named exactly as you see it in the app.
What you get
Talk to Bible
Tell it how you feel, by typing or by voice. It finds Bible verses that speak to it and adds a short written reflection.
Read the Bible
Read chapter by chapter, search the text, and bookmark, highlight or favorite the verses that matter to you.
Pray with Bible
Morning and evening prayers, a personal prayer writer, prayer requests, a journal and a record of answered prayers.
Create Greeting Cards
Make beautiful Bible greeting cards in three quick steps and download each one as an image.
Learn with Bible
Today's devotional, Bible stories, reading plans and your favorite verses, at your own pace.
Journey with Bible
Your home screen: verse of the day, your five-minute Today's routine, weekly goals and your activity.
Before you start
You need very little. Check this list before you open it.
A phone, tablet or computer
Any device with a modern browser. The layout adapts to the size of your screen.
A web browser
Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave or Safari. For the Talk voice mode, Chrome or Edge is the best choice.
No internet needed
After you have the file, reading, praying, journaling and making cards all work offline.
No account or server
No sign-up, no login and no monthly fees. Nothing you write is uploaded anywhere.
A normal browser window
Do not use a private or incognito window. Your data is saved inside the browser and would be lost.
A safe backup folder
A folder outside the browser, such as Documents, for your weekly backup file.
About five minutes a day
Today's routine takes about five minutes. You can read for three minutes or thirty.
Open it in three steps
Opening the file is the setup. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
| Step | Action | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save the file | Save the Talk To Bible file you received into a folder you will remember, such as Documents or Downloads. |
| 2 | Open it | Double-click the file, or choose to open it with your browser. On a phone or tablet, tap the file and open it in your browser. |
| 3 | Enter your name | On the welcome screen type your first name and press Begin. You can also press Skip for now. |
Your name is saved only in your browser. Talk To Bible uses it in greetings, prayers and devotionals. You can change it later in Settings, under About you.
Find your way around
Six sections, one calm layout. Here is where everything lives.
| Where | What you see | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left bar (on a computer) or bottom bar (on a phone) | Talk to Bible, Read the Bible, Pray with Bible, Create Greeting Cards, Learn with Bible, Journey with Bible | Tap a name to move between the six sections. The section you are in is highlighted. |
| Settings | A gear button at the bottom of the left bar | Opens Settings: name, text size, Bible file, backup and erase. |
| Top of the screen | The page title, a Search or jump to box, your streak and your profile button | Use the search box to jump to any section, topic or verse. Press Ctrl + K (or Command + K on a Mac) to open it from the keyboard. |
| Right side (on a wide screen) | The Today panel | Shows your four daily steps, your progress ring and your weekly goals. |
Journey with Bible: your home screen
This is where you land each day. Everything you need is on one screen.
The top of the page greets you by name and shows the date and how many of today's steps are left.
What is on the screen
- Verse of the day. A new verse each day. Press Open today's devotional to read the reflection, or Surprise me to pick a verse and open it in the card studio.
- Today's routine. Four steps with a progress ring. See the table below.
- This week. A strip for Monday to Sunday and three goal rings: prayers, chapters and journal entries. Press Edit goals to change them.
- Pick up where you left off. Resume returns you to your last chapter, a button opens your next reading-plan day, and an Ask the Bible box starts a conversation.
- Your activity. A chart of your prayers, devotionals read and journal entries. Choose 7 days or 14 days, or switch to Table view.
- Saved verses. A donut chart of your bookmarks, favorites and highlights.
- Prayer requests and this morning's or this evening's prayer.
Today's routine: your four steps
| Step | How it counts as done |
|---|---|
| Read today's devotional | Tick I read today's devotional on the Learn screen. |
| Read a chapter | Open any chapter in the Read tab of Read the Bible. |
| Pray | Press I prayed this on a prayer, or tick I prayed for this today on a request. |
| Write in your journal | Save a new journal entry in Pray with Bible. |
Your weekly goals start at 5 prayers, 3 chapters and 2 journal entries. You can set each between 1 and 50. They count Monday to Sunday and are private to your device. Your streak counts the days in a row on which you did at least one of the steps.
Talk to Bible: find verses for how you feel
Tell it what is on your heart. It searches the Bible text stored on your device and answers with Scripture.
Start a conversation
- Open Talk to Bible and make sure the Bible Chat mode is selected.
- Type what is on your heart, such as "I feel afraid", or tap a topic from the Topics list.
- Read the verses and the short reflection written for Talk To Bible. Ask a follow-up if you like.
- Save, copy or turn any verse into a card using the small buttons under it.
You can also ask for a reference, such as John 3:16, or ask to pray together. While it searches, you will see "Searching Scripture".
The 37 topics
Tap any of these to begin right away:
Keep what you find
- Verses so far collects the verses from this conversation so you can bookmark, favorite or copy them.
- New conversation clears the current chat. Your bookmarks, journal and prayers are not affected.
- Copy chat copies the whole conversation so you can paste it elsewhere.
- Your conversation is kept on your device. The latest 300 messages are remembered.
Talk mode: speak instead of typing
- Switch to Talk at the top of the screen.
- Allow the microphone when your browser asks.
- Tap the large button, speak, and tap it again when you finish.
- Read the verses on screen, or press the read-aloud button to hear the answer.
Read the Bible: read, search and save
Three tabs: Read, Search and Saved.
Read
- Choose a Book and a Chapter, or press All 66 books.
- Use Prev and Next to move through the Bible.
- Tap a verse to select it. Choose a highlight color (gold, sky blue, rose or mint), or bookmark, copy or favorite it.
- Press Make card to turn a verse into a greeting card, or Ask about this chapter to talk about it.
Opening a chapter counts as reading it for today's routine and your weekly chapter goal. Talk To Bible remembers your place, so Resume on the home screen takes you straight back.
Search
Type a word or phrase to search the Bible text, or type a reference such as John 3:16 or Psalm 23:1-3 and choose Open. Up to 50 matching verses are shown.
Saved
Your Bookmarks, Favorites and Highlights are listed in Bible order. For each verse you can open it in the reader, copy it, or make a card.
Pray with Bible: pray, plan and remember
Three sections: Pray, Requests and Journal. A badge at the top shows your prayer streak.
Pray
- Morning and evening prayers. Choose Morning or Evening. Each time of day has four prayers, each with a verse. Press Another prayer to see the next one.
- Under each prayer: Copy, Save to journal, I prayed this and Make card.
Write a personal prayer
- Choose Myself or Someone else, and type their name.
- Pick a theme: Peace, Strength, Healing, Guidance & wisdom, Thanksgiving, Forgiveness, Protection, Family & home, Work & provision, Comfort in grief, Hope, or Salvation & faith.
- Add your own words if you like, then press Create my prayer.
- Copy it, press Save to journal, or press Add to planner.
These prayers are written templates in simple words. Change them however you like.
Requests
- Weekly prayer rhythm. A gentle theme and verse for each day of the week. Follow it, or ignore it.
- Add request. Give it a title, who it is for, a theme, how often (daily, weekly or once) and notes.
- Tick I prayed for this today, press Pray now, Edit or Delete.
- When God answers, press Answered and write your testimony. The request moves to your answered prayers.
Journal
- Press New entry and add a title, your words (up to 6,000 characters) and an optional mood: Grateful, Peaceful, Hopeful, Anxious, Sad, Weary or Joyful.
- Search your journal, edit an entry, or delete it.
- Answered prayers lists everything God has answered, so you can look back and give thanks. Press Make thank-you card to share one.
Create Greeting Cards
Three quick steps: pick an occasion, write your words, choose a style. Then download it as an image.
- Occasion. Choose Birthday, Good morning, Good night, Sunday blessings, Christmas, Easter, Encouragement, Thank you or Get well. Then pick a background and any decoration.
- Words. Type the heading, who it is to, your message and your name. Add a Bible verse if you like.
- Style. Choose the card size and the text style.
- Check the preview, then press Download PNG.
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Occasions | Birthday, Good morning, Good night, Sunday blessings, Christmas, Easter, Encouragement, Thank you, Get well |
| Backgrounds | Dawn, Morning sky, Light through cloud, Soft cloud, Parchment, Evening glow, Soft mist, Cross in light |
| Decoration | Gold border, White dove, Cross (each can be on or off) |
| Heading, To, Message, From | Heading up to 60 characters, To up to 50, Message up to 300, From up to 50. Your name is remembered for next time. |
| Bible verse | Tick Include a Bible verse, type a reference such as John 3:16 and press Find verse, or pick a suggested verse. You can edit the verse text and its label. |
| Card size | Portrait 4:5 (1080 × 1350), Square 1:1 (1080 × 1080), Landscape 3:2 (1350 × 900) |
| Text style | Classic serif, Elegant italic, Clean sans |
The card downloads as a PNG image named after its heading, ready to send by message, email or social media. Press Start over to begin a new card. Talk To Bible sets no cap on how many cards you create.
Learn with Bible
Today's devotional, Bible stories, reading plans and your favorite verses.
Use Jump to a section at the top to move between the four parts.
Today
A verse of the day with a short reflection and a "Try today" idea. Tick I read today's devotional to complete that step of your routine. Press Pray with this verse or Journal about it to go further. Reflections are written for this app to help you think about the verse. They are not Scripture.
Reading plans
Six seven-day plans (Peace, Hope, Love, Strength, Faith and Thanksgiving) and a 21-day Gospel of John plan. Open a plan, read each day's passage, answer the "Think about it" question and tick the day. Your progress is saved on your device. Use Reset to start a plan again.
Bible stories
Ten short retellings with a key verse and a link to the full passage: In the Beginning, Noah and the Rainbow, David and Goliath, Daniel in the Lions' Den, Jonah and the Great Fish, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, The Birth of Jesus, Feeding the Five Thousand and He Is Risen.
Favorites
Every verse you marked with the heart, in one place, with buttons to open, copy or make a card.
Settings: make it yours
Open Settings from the gear in the left bar, from your profile button, or by typing "settings" in the search box.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| About you | Your first name, used in greetings, prayers and devotionals. Press Save after changing it. |
| Text size | A slider from smaller to larger text. Move it until reading feels comfortable. |
| Gentle animations | Turn the soft movements on or off. |
| Holy Bible text | Shows what you are reading from and lets you load a complete Bible file. |
| Your data | Export a backup, import a backup, or erase all data from this device. |
| About this app | A short reminder of how Talk To Bible works and what its text comes from. |
Your settings, name, chat, bookmarks, highlights, journal and prayers are saved in this browser only. If your browser blocks storage, Talk To Bible tells you so and reminds you to export a backup.
Load a complete Bible
Talk To Bible includes a Bible selection. Add a complete Bible file when you want every chapter.
In Settings, under Holy Bible text, you can see exactly what you are reading from. Once you add a complete file, the Read tab, the Search tab, the card verse lookup and the Learn passages all use it.
- Get a complete Bible file that you have the right to use. Public-domain Bibles work well.
- Open Settings, go to Holy Bible text and type a name for this translation.
- Press Choose a Bible file and pick your file.
- Talk To Bible reports how many verses, chapters and books it found, and tells you whether it is a complete Bible. Press Use this Bible.
| Accepted format | Example |
|---|---|
| JSON with book, chapter and verse | A structured file that lists each book, chapter and verse |
| Plain text, one verse per line | John 3:16 For God so loved the world… |
The file stays on your device and nothing is uploaded. To go back to the built-in text, press Remove imported Bible. If the file is incomplete, Talk To Bible says so and tells you which chapters are missing.
Backup: keep your journal safe
Your data lives inside your browser. A backup file keeps it safe and lets you move it.
What a backup contains
Your name, chat, bookmarks, favorites, highlights, journal entries, prayer requests, answered prayers, reading plan progress, goals and settings.
Back up in one tap
- Open Settings and go to Your data.
- Press Export backup. A file named like
talk-to-bible-backup-2026-10-17.jsondownloads. - Move that file to a safe folder outside the browser, such as Documents or a cloud drive of your choice.
Restore or move to a new device
- Open Talk To Bible on the new browser or device.
- Open Settings, go to Import a backup file and choose your backup.
- Read the summary of what it contains and press Restore.
Fix problems fast
Find what you see on your screen, and follow the steps.
| What you see | Likely reason | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The welcome screen appears again, or my journal is gone | You opened a different browser, a private window, or the browser data was cleared | Open Talk To Bible in the browser you used before. If the data is gone, restore your latest backup in Settings. |
| "Browser storage is blocked" | A private window, or a browser setting that blocks site data | Open Talk To Bible in a normal window and allow site data. Until then, export a backup to keep your work. |
| Talk says voice is not available | Your browser does not support speech recognition | Use Chrome or Edge, or continue with Bible Chat, which works in every browser. |
| "Speech recognition needs an internet connection" | Some browsers send speech to their own service | Connect to the internet for voice, or type in Bible Chat. |
| "No microphone was found" or the microphone will not start | No microphone, or permission was not given | Plug in a microphone, then allow microphone access for this page in your browser. |
| "This chapter is not in the built-in selection" | The built-in Bible is a selection | Load a complete Bible in Settings, under Holy Bible text. |
| A search finds nothing, or a card cannot find a verse | The verse is outside the built-in text | Try other words, or load a complete Bible. On a card you can type the verse yourself. |
| My card did not download | The browser blocked the download | Look in your Downloads folder, allow downloads for this page, and press Download PNG again. |
| "No verses could be read from this file" | The Bible file is not in an accepted format | Use JSON with book, chapter and verse, or plain text lines such as "John 3:16 For God so loved…". |
| "That does not look like a Talk To Bible backup" | The wrong file was chosen | Choose the file named talk-to-bible-backup-and-the-date.json that you exported. |
| The text is too small or too large | The default size does not suit you | Open Settings and move the Text size slider. |
| "Something went wrong" on a page | A temporary display problem | Refresh the page. Your saved data is not affected. If it repeats, export a backup and write to us. |
Your 7-day starter plan
One step a day, about five minutes each. By the end of the week you will have used every part of Talk To Bible.
Tick each day when it is done. Your ticks are saved in this browser. If you miss a day, simply do the missed step next and carry on.
0 of 7 days doneFrequently asked questions
These are the questions we hear most about Talk To Bible.
Do I need the internet to use Talk To Bible?
No. After you have the file, reading, praying, journaling and making cards all work offline. Only the Talk voice mode may need an internet connection, because your browser handles speech recognition.
Does it work on my phone or tablet?
Yes. The layout adapts to your screen, with a bottom bar on small screens. Each browser keeps its own data, so use a backup file to move between devices.
Is my data sent to anyone?
No. Your name, chat, journal and prayers stay in your browser on your device. There is no account and no server. Voice recognition is provided by your browser, not by Talk To Bible.
Is this the complete Bible?
The built-in text is a selection: 1,186 public-domain King James verses from all 66 books, with many well-loved chapters in full. To read and search every chapter, load a complete Bible file in Settings.
Is the chat artificial intelligence? Does it speak for God?
No. It matches your words to topics and shows verses from the Bible text on your device, with reflections written for Talk To Bible. It is not a person, it does not write new answers, and it is not God.
What happens if I clear my browser data?
Your saved data is erased with it. Restore your latest backup file from Settings. Export a backup every week to stay protected.
How do I move to a new phone or computer?
Export a backup on the old device, open Talk To Bible on the new one and use Import a backup file. If you loaded a complete Bible file, load it again on the new device.
Is there a limit to my chats or greeting cards?
Talk To Bible sets no cap inside the app on how many chats you have or how many cards you create. This does not mean unlimited devices, updates or support.
Can two people share one device?
Talk To Bible keeps one set of data per browser. For separate journals, each person should use their own browser profile or device.
How do I share a verse?
Tap a verse and press Copy to paste it into a message, or press Make card to create a picture you can download and send.
Can I print something?
Yes. Use your browser's print option. Most of the navigation is hidden when you print. Cards are best shared as PNG images.
The text is too small. What can I do?
Open Settings and move the Text size slider, or use your browser's zoom.
How do I get help?
Write to us at info@bizcircle.club and describe what you see. We listen first.
Glossary of key terms
Every term explained in plain language.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bible Chat | The typed conversation mode in Talk to Bible. |
| Talk | The voice mode in Talk to Bible. You speak and it answers with verses. |
| Topic | A subject, such as Hope or Forgiveness, that Talk To Bible can find verses for. |
| Verse of the day | The verse shown on your home screen and in Learn, new each day. |
| Devotional | A short reflection written for the app, based on the verse of the day. |
| Today's routine | Four small daily steps: devotional, a chapter, prayer and a journal entry. |
| Streak | The number of days in a row on which you did at least one step. |
| Weekly goals | Your targets for prayers, chapters and journal entries, counted Monday to Sunday. |
| Bookmark | A saved place that you can return to quickly. |
| Favorite | A verse you marked with a heart. |
| Highlight | A verse marked in gold, sky blue, rose or mint. |
| Prayer request | Something or someone you want to keep praying for. |
| Answered prayer | A request you moved to your testimony list after God answered. |
| Prayer rhythm | A gentle weekly theme and verse for each day. |
| Card studio | The Create Greeting Cards section, where you design cards. |
| PNG | The picture file your card is saved as. |
| Built-in selection | The verses included with Talk To Bible. |
| Imported Bible | A complete Bible file that you load into Settings. |
| Backup file | A file with your saved data that you can restore or move to another device. |
| Browser storage | The place inside your browser where Talk To Bible keeps your data. |
Your license and permissions
Please read this short summary. The full wording is in the Terms of Service.
You may
- Use Talk To Bible on devices you own or control
- Create and share as many greeting cards as you like
- Share Bible verses and your own cards with the people you love
- If you bought reseller rights: sell copies of Talk To Bible under the reseller license
Please do not
- Pass off Talk To Bible, its reflections, prayers or devotionals as your own work
- Sell, share or give away copies without reseller rights
- Remove the honest notes that explain what Talk To Bible is and is not
The Bible text built into Talk To Bible is a public-domain King James text. Reflections, prayers, devotionals and Bible-story summaries were written for Talk To Bible and are not Scripture. Reseller rights are a license to sell Talk To Bible. They are not a business opportunity or an income plan, and no income is promised or implied.
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