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Learn Irish with a cat in the woods
Cara
A companion that learns Irish alongside you.
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What it does
Cara is a small cat in an Irish wood who learns Irish alongside you. She speaks it, listens to you type it, and grows as you learn: from Óg to Fásta, then on through four ranks that unlock places in the wood. Oisín, the second pet, grows up in the moss under a green cloak, so you can pick whichever voice you would rather learn from. Cara is a companion, not a course. There is no streak to protect and nothing to lose.
It grows with you
Four ages and five places. The wood, the beach, the sea, the island and the school open up as the pet gets older and as you learn.
The Irish appears while you type
Type in English and the Irish is there before you press anything. Every word can be heard: recorded Irish for the words, and an on-device voice for whole sentences.
Eight games to play
Litriú, Comhrá, Bia Boird, Éist, Scéal, Meaitseáil, Luas and Bolgáin. They open as you learn, and what you have learned is what opens them.
Features
What it does
621 lessons
Three tiers, Basic to Advanced, and the lesson waits for you rather than pushing you along.
A real dictionary
41,414 words with their forms, genders, meanings and example sentences: 344,039 inflected forms and 45,965 full entries.
Games as you go
Litriú for the spelling, Comhrá for the right reply, Éist for the ear, Scéal for the story, and the rest to fill the time between lessons.
Numbers, names and phrases
Numbers written out in Irish, the Irish form of a surname, Irish first names with their meanings, and a phrasebook of 2,623 entries.
Talk to the pet
Ask the pet about your day and it remembers what you told it. Connect an AI and it handles the questions its own corpus cannot; leave it off and it still answers on its own.
Your key stays yours
If you connect an AI, your key is stored only on your device and sent straight to the provider you pick - MiniMax, ChatGPT or DeepSeek - with no server in between.
Built to be installed
Cara is a progressive web app: install it on a phone or desktop, run it offline, and it updates itself when the build changes.
On screen
See it working
Specification
Under the hood
| Platform | Any modern browser. The Android app is in preparation. |
|---|---|
| Connection | Needed the first time, then it runs offline |
| Account | None. Everything is saved on your own device |
| Languages | Gaeilge and English, with speech in both |
| Lessons | 621, in three tiers from Basic to Advanced |
| Corpus | 41,414 words, 344,039 forms, 45,965 entries, and a phrasebook of 2,623 |
| Games | Eight, and they open as you learn |
| AI | Optional. MiniMax, ChatGPT or DeepSeek, with your own key |
| Licence | See the About screen for the sources and licences of the tales, names and pictures |
Free to play
Free to play. No account, no subscription, nothing uploaded.
Coming soonCara is still being finished. The link will appear here as soon as it is ready.
- Price
- Free to play
- Platform
- Any modern browser. The Android app is in preparation.
- Languages
- Gaeilge and English, with speech in both
- Account
- None. Everything is saved on your own device
- Connection
- Needed the first time, then it runs offline
- Made by
- Ziov Tech
- Free to play, and no account needed
- No telemetry, nothing uploaded
- Runs offline once it has been installed
Questions
Before you start
Is it free?
Yes. Cara is free to play and needs no account. If you connect an AI provider for the conversations, you use your own key and pay that provider directly.
Does it need to be online?
Only the first time, to cache the app. After that it runs offline, and your pet, your lessons and your progress are all kept on your own device.
Is it a course I have to finish?
No. Cara is a companion, not a course. There is no streak to protect and nothing to lose, and the pet never holds anything against you for being away.
Can I get it on Android?
The Android build is finished and is going through the Play Store process now. When it is released, the link will be on this page.
Where do the tales and names come from?
The tales are from Dúchas.ie, and the surnames and first names come with their meanings and origins. The About screen lists every source and the licence each one keeps.
What is the AI for?
It is entirely optional. The pet has its own corpus and answers on its own; the AI only handles the questions that corpus cannot. Turn it off and nothing else changes.
Also from Ziov Tech
The other projects
Irish dictionary, grammar guide and translator
Ziovs Irish Dictionary
Every Irish word, with the grammar that goes with it.
Cara is nearly ready
It is free to play, it needs no account, and nothing leaves your phone. The link goes here first.
Coming soon
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