MyPortion
User Manual

1. Get started

1. Install the testing build provided to you and complete setup. No NSF Labs account is required.
2. Set your profile to Self or Family head and choose your study settings.
3. Weekly Meeting and Study Themes are included in quarterly MyPortion app updates. Meeting-document import is not required.
4. Open Personal study or Family worship on Home. Plans are prepared automatically from your settings and available material.
5. For on-device AI summaries, open Settings → AI Models and download the supported model.

2. Devices and offline use

The Android build requires Android 12 or later and ARM64 hardware. Local AI is enabled only on specifically supported combinations of device model, chipset, and memory. A supported Android version or a similar phone name does not by itself establish AI compatibility. The app’s compatibility result is the authority for your device.

The Apple app targets iOS/iPadOS 17 or later; local AI also depends on hardware and model availability. Audio transcription specifically requires iOS/iPadOS 26 or later and supported Apple speech recognition. Earlier versions can lack transcription even if the app installs.

Downloaded publications and supported local AI can be used without an internet connection once setup is complete. Initial model and speech-asset downloads, external articles/videos, network reading voices, support email, and sharing through online services may still need connectivity. Use a downloaded offline system voice if offline reading matters.

3. Find your way around

• Home: personal study, weekly topics, family worship when enabled, library, recording, and a new note.
• Explore: find subjects and apply a focus to your study.
• Notes: saved notes and recordings.
• Library: imported books and saved material.
• This Week: choose the week, open your plan, share or export it, and add it to a calendar.
• Settings: profiles, study preferences, appearance, models, calendar, help, and support.

4. Set up your study profile

Select Self or Family head in your profile. Self mode hides family planning controls; Family head mode supports both personal study and family worship. Enter only the details you want used for planning. Under Your Study, choose timing, study depth, participation, and up to five priorities. The planning-balance slider blends weekly meeting themes with profile priorities. Saved plans remain available; use customization or a different subject when you want to change one.

5. Import and organize EPUBs

1. Save an EPUB from its authorized source to your device or a location available in the system file picker.
2. Open Library, tap Import, and select the file. Wait for import to finish.
3. Choose a folder when offered, or leave the book in the main library. Use the item menu to rename, move, or delete a book.

Cloud-backed files may need downloading through Files or your provider first. The app does not supply the full publications. Weekly meeting themes are supplied through app updates.

6. Read, listen, and bookmark

Open an imported EPUB to read it. Use its table of contents to move between chapters and the reader settings to adjust typography. Use bookmarks to return to passages; Settings → My Bookmarks collects saved bookmarks.

Start Read Aloud with the reader’s playback control. Use the player controls to pause, resume, and move through the text. Sentence highlighting follows the reading position where supported. Choose a voice under Settings → Reading Voice; voice availability depends on your operating system and installed speech engines.

Read-aloud text is passed to your configured speech engine. Some voices need a network connection. If playback is silent, check media volume, the selected voice, Bluetooth output, and whether the voice has finished downloading.

7. Use and customize your agenda

Open Personal study or Family worship and select the week using the top picker. A plan is prepared automatically when the required settings and material are available. Share, PDF, Word, and Add to Calendar controls are at the top of This Week.

About this plan is collapsed by default; tap its arrow to read the explanation. Tap an underlined item title to open its source. Choose a different item using that segment’s alternatives. Meeting summaries and workbook/Watchtower connections appear together at the bottom, after alternative ideas and suggestions.

Catalog selection checks recent planned use across personal and family study to avoid repeating items within 90 days. This does not delete history or prove an item was completed. Check AI-generated explanations against the original publications.

8. Write notes and import documents

Open Home → New note to create or edit a written note. In Notes & Recordings, the upload control labeled Import PDF, Word, or text accepts PDF, Word (.docx), and TXT files. Select a file and check the imported text.

Text documents must be under 25 MB and within one million extracted characters. Save older .doc documents as .docx first. Image-only/scanned PDFs need OCR in another tool before import; MyPortion’s text import does not perform that OCR. Document formatting and complex layouts may not be preserved.

Where available, use the note summary or weekly-summary controls after the local AI model is ready. Always compare the result with your original notes.

9. Record and import audio

1. Open Home → Start recording. Check microphone settings if you use an external input.
2. Start a short recording and grant microphone permission when prompted. Confirm that the timer advances and the audio visualizer responds.
3. Use the available pause/resume controls as needed, then stop to save. Play back the result before relying on the setup for a longer recording.
4. Open the saved recording to review audio, transcript, and summary. Use the audio-import control to select an existing supported file; supported extensions are M4A, MP3, WAV, AAC, CAF, AIFF, and FLAC. On Apple devices the picker may show other files; unsupported selections are rejected after selection.

A recording may continue in the background, but phone calls, audio routing, battery restrictions, or the operating system can interrupt it. Check the recording after an interruption. Android shows an ongoing notification while recording. The microphone sensitivity display is not a guarantee of louder recorded audio.

Obtain appropriate permission before recording other people. Keep the microphone clear and close enough to the speakers.

10. Transcribe and summarize recordings

1. Open a saved or imported recording and tap Transcribe Recording if it has no transcript. Follow any speech-model download or permission prompts.
2. On Android, the Whisper model downloads when needed. On iOS/iPadOS 26+, Apple speech assets may download on first use. Check Settings for speech-engine readiness.
3. Wait for the queued transcription to complete, then read and correct or account for recognition errors before using the text.
4. Tap Generate Summary when a transcript and the local Gemma model are ready. Long recordings can take more time and use substantial memory and battery.
5. Use the copy/export actions beside the transcript and summary, or Export Audio / Export All (Audio + Notes) when you need those files.

Speech recognition and summaries can mishear names, miss context, or assign the wrong meaning. Retain important source audio until you have checked the result. The app cannot recreate missing audio from a transcript.

11. Calendars, export, and sharing

Open Settings → Calendar Settings and choose the calendar to receive worship events. Grant calendar access if you want direct event creation. You can also use Settings → New Event or an agenda’s calendar action. Check the event’s date, time, duration, and destination calendar after saving.

Use the available PDF, Word, text, or calendar-file export choices for the item you are viewing. The operating system’s share sheet lets you choose a destination or recipient. Not every format is available for every item.

A Google, Apple, work, or shared calendar can synchronize your event and agenda details externally. Exported files and shared copies leave the app’s storage and follow the destination’s privacy settings. Check recipients and calendar visibility before sharing personal family information.

12. Appearance and model settings

Settings → Appearance controls the reading theme and Dashboard background. Choose one of the bundled coastal, desert, jungle, mountain, or winter scenes, or a solid color. Matching phone and tablet artwork is selected for the screen. The choice is saved locally and shared across the dashboards; card controls remain readable above it.

Your Study controls study duration, priorities, planning balance, and 12-hour or 24-hour time display. Profile mode controls whether family worship is shown. AI Models shows local model downloads and readiness. Settings also includes the manual, privacy policy, feature-request and bug-report email actions, and optional support controls where configured.

13. Storage, deletion, and backups

Structured records are kept in a local encrypted database. Imported files, audio, exports, and temporary files are separate; they are not all separately encrypted by the app. Protect the device with a passcode and protect any copies you share.

Use the relevant item’s Delete control to remove books, notes, recordings, or profile information where available. To remove the app’s entire local container, clear storage through Android settings or choose Delete App on iOS/iPadOS. Apple’s Offload App retains documents and data. These operations can remove content you have not exported.

Original imported files, exports, calendar events, platform-managed speech assets, secure-storage items, and operating-system backups need separate management. Device backups may restore eligible app data. NSF Labs does not operate a cloud backup or recovery account for your local content.

Export important material before changing phones or test installations. A development install may use a different signature from a store build and may not update in place. Do not remove it before preserving anything you need.

14. Troubleshooting

• Unsupported AI device: check the exact device/model message. Installing a new model or joining a test does not override hardware restrictions. Include the exact model and error in a support request.
• Download stopped: check Wi-Fi, free storage, and the error shown in AI Models; retry from the app. Do not rename arbitrary downloaded models to bypass verification.
• Wrong meeting week: check the week picker and install the latest quarterly app content update.
• Import failed: ensure the source file is fully downloaded, supported, and not password-protected. For text imports, check the size limits and whether a PDF contains selectable text.
• No transcription on Apple: check iOS/iPadOS 26+, device availability, speech authorization, language support, and speech-asset download status.
• Recording is silent: check microphone permission and input, disconnect unwanted Bluetooth devices, and make a short playback test.
• Calendar event missing: check access, selected calendar, date/time, and the calendar app’s visibility settings before adding another copy.
• Summary or agenda fails: check model readiness and available storage, keep the app open, and retry with shorter source material. Preserve the original notes and audio.

15. Private testing and support

Send questions or feedback to info@nsflabs.org. Include MyPortion’s version/build, device model, operating-system version, what you expected, what happened, and the exact error. Remove private details from screenshots and send recordings or family information only when you deliberately intend to share them.

Apple TestFlight and Google Play manage invitations and test installations. Access depends on the selected tester account and a build being available; the public documentation is not an open invitation. TestFlight builds expire and may require an updated invitation or build.

Read the Privacy Policy for data handling, external services, deletion, support, and test-platform reporting. You can print this manual or save it as a PDF using your browser.