Catalan on the internet

Catalan Voice Synthesis: The Aina Models and the Challenge of Licence Fragmentation

Major commercial systems exhibit excellent voice synthesis across nearly all languages, but not in Catalan. The Aina project's open models offer an alternative, yet a mix of licences complicates their usage.

26 June 2026 · 1 min

Pokémon Red and Blue, playable in Catalan thanks to fans

Languages endure as long as their speakers continue to use them. A community-driven translation now allows the Game Boy classics to be played in Catalan, even on the original 1989 console.

25 June 2026 · 2 min

Catalan on the internet

Mistral's New OCR Includes Catalan, but It's Not Open Source

The tool recognises text, detects its position on the page, and identifies titles, explicitly listing Catalan among supported languages. The company promises greater speed and lower cost, though this cannot be verified.

25 June 2026 · 2 min