Privacy Policy for Access-a-Bible

Last Updated: July 22, 2026

Access-a-Bible ("the app") is a free web app developed by Carrie on Accessibility. This policy explains what information the app handles and how.

Summary

Access-a-Bible has no accounts, no analytics, and no advertising. Your display settings and last-read location are saved only in your browser's local storage, on your own device. To look up scripture, the app sends the reference and translation you ask for to a third-party Bible text API, which is a service outside CoA Apps' control. If you use voice commands, your browser (not CoA Apps) sends your speech to its own speech-recognition service to produce a transcript.

What Is Stored, and Where

Access-a-Bible stores your preferences and last-read location using your browser's local storage, directly on your device. This includes things like your chosen translation, color theme and mode (Dark/Light/Sepia), text size, font, spacing, reading voice and speed, sound and toolbar settings, and the last book and chapter you had open. None of this is transmitted to us or to anyone else — it stays on your device and is only used to restore your preferences the next time you open the app in the same browser.

The Bible Text API (Third Party)

Access-a-Bible does not include Bible text itself. When you request a passage, the app sends the reference and translation you asked for — for example, "John 3:16" and "kjv" — as part of a web request to a third-party Bible text service:

• bible-api.com is used for the King James (KJV), American Standard (ASV), World English (WEB), and Young's Literal (YLT) translations.
• The ESV API (api.esv.org) is used only when you select the English Standard Version (ESV) translation.
• The NLT API (api.nlt.to) is used only when you select the New Living Translation (NLT) translation.

Only the reference and translation you're asking for are sent — never your name, location, or any other personal information. As with any web request, your device's IP address is necessarily visible to whichever of these services you're using at that moment, the same as visiting any website. These are third-party services that CoA Apps does not own, operate, or control, and each has its own privacy practices and terms governing how it handles requests it receives — this policy covers only what Access-a-Bible itself does.

Voice Commands and Text-to-Speech

The microphone button uses your browser's built-in speech recognition (in supported browsers, primarily Google Chrome) to turn what you say into text. This is handled by your browser and its speech-service provider, not by CoA Apps — we never receive or store your voice audio. The microphone is only active while you've explicitly turned it on, and it turns off automatically after you speak or after a short period of silence.

Reading passages aloud uses your browser's or device's built-in text-to-speech voices. Exactly how that speech is generated (entirely on your device, or partly using a network-based voice) depends on your browser, operating system, and which voice you've selected — this is standard behavior of your browser's speech features and is not something Access-a-Bible controls or adds to.

What We Don't Do

• We do not require or offer accounts, sign-in, or authentication of any kind.
• We do not collect personally identifiable information, health information, financial information, personal communications, or browsing history.
• We do not use analytics or tracking of our own, and we do not display advertising.
• We do not sell, rent, or share your data with any third party, because we do not collect or have access to it in the first place.

Your Control Over Your Data

• You can clear your saved preferences and last-read location at any time by clearing your browser's local storage/site data for this app, or by using your browser's private/incognito mode.
• Because there is no account and no server-side storage, there is nothing for us to delete on our end — everything lives in your own browser.

Children's Privacy

Access-a-Bible does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect personal information from anyone at all — preferences stay on the user's own device, and lookups to the Bible text API contain only the passage reference requested.

Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new "Last Updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the app can be sent to email@carrieonaccessibility.com.