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Technology to help people use more Cymraeg

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Post by Indeg, Cymraeg 2050 Team, Welsh Government

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“We’ll do everything we can to make it easier to use Cymraeg in technology, and we’ll use all the possibilities that technology offers to help us use Cymraeg.”

Mark Drakeford, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh language.

On 07 January 2025, Mark Drakeford, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, published a written statement outlining 3 new priorities for our work in Welsh language technology:

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AI and the Welsh language

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Post by Indeg, Cymraeg 2050 Team, Welsh Government

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When we published the Welsh language technology action Plan in 2018, our aim was to create technological advances that would enable us to use more Welsh in a wide range of situations. In February 2024, the then Minister for Education and Welsh Language published the final report on this Plan, looking back at our progress, including advancements in AI.

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Using Code to Automatically Style Charts for Publications

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Post by Joe & Aron, Data Science Unit, Welsh Government

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Welsh Government staff in the Knowledge and Analytical Services (KAS) spend many hours formatting their charts for publication, making sure font sizes are correct, colours follow the guidance and axes are labelled. The Data Science Unit has streamlined these processes by creating a code package written in R, known as “KASStylesR”. With KASStylesR, teams can produce publication-ready Welsh and English charts in a fraction of the time it would have taken before.

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Celebrating the achievements of the Welsh Language Technology Action Plan (2018 – 2024)

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By Indeg, Cymraeg 2050 Team

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When we published the Welsh Language Technology Action Plan in 2018, our aim was to create technological advances that would enable us to use more Welsh in a wide range of situations. The Minister for Education and Welsh Language has now published the final report on this Plan, which looks back at the progress we’ve made.

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