diff --git a/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html b/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html
index 6e63ff581..00f74f2ef 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html
+++ b/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 
 <p>
 The Human Language Compiler is a translator for human language based on
-programming language technology. Therefore it is compact in size
-and gives control on quality. It indicates confidence with colours:
+programming language technology: grammars and semantics. Therefore it is compact in size
+and gives control on quality.
+<p>
+The app is small (under 30 MB for all languages off-line translation). We do not show ads.
+</p>
+The app indicates translation confidence with colours:
 <ul>
 		<li><b>Green</b>:
                  semantic translation, should be correct.
@@ -41,20 +45,22 @@ The following table gives a rough idea of what to expect:
 <table rules=all border=yes>
 <tr> <th></th>          <th>coverage</th> <th>quality</th> <th>speed</th> <th>speech</th> </tr>
 <tr> <th>Bulgarian</th> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>in only</td></tr>
+<tr> <th>Catalan</th>   <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>in only</td></tr>
 <tr> <th>Chinese</th>   <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>diff in/out</td> </tr>
 <tr> <th>Dutch</th>     <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> </tr>
 <tr> <th>English</th>   <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> </tr>
 <tr> <th>Finnish</th>   <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
-<tr> <th>French</th>    <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
+<tr> <th>French</th>    <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=red></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
 <tr> <th>German</th>    <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
 <tr> <th>Hindi</th>     <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>out only</td> </tr>
-<tr> <th>Italian</th>    <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
-<tr> <th>Spanish</th>    <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
+<tr> <th>Italian</th>   <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
+<tr> <th>Spanish</th>   <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
 <tr> <th>Swedish</th>   <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> </tr>
 </table>
 </center>
-This is new and experimental technology, and we are constantly working
-on the app. Expect frequent updates and improvements! 
+<b>Bulgarian</b> uses Russian voice for output,
+<b>Catalan</b> uses a Spanish voice.
+<b>Chinese</b> uses Mandarin for input and Cantonese for output.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -74,10 +80,11 @@ To activate it go to Settings > Language &amp; input.
 
 <p>
 The Human Languge Compiler works <b>completely off-line</b>, without
-internet connection, although being on-line may give you better
+internet connection, when doing text-based translation.
+Even speech works off-line in some languages,
+but being on-line may give you better
 speech input and output.
-The app is small (around 23 MB for all languages).
-We do not show ads.
+You can also install third-party off-line speech engines, such as SVOX.
 </p>
 
 <p>
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/TTS.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/TTS.java
index e52f9cdee..4b9242af6 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/TTS.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/TTS.java
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@ public class TTS {
 
     // TODO: handle speak() calls before service connects
     public void speak(String language, String text) {
-    	if (mAudioManager.getRingerMode() == AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL) {
+
+
+   	if (mAudioManager.getRingerMode() == AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL) {
+
+	    /* hack for missing TTS */
+    		if (language.equals("bg-BG")) {
+    			language = "ru-RU";  
+    		}
+    		if (language.equals("ca-ES")) {
+		    language = "es-ES"; // hardly politically correct...
+    		}
+	    /* OR use separate entries for Cantonese and Mandarin  */ 
     		if (language.equals("cmn-Hans-CN")) {
     			language = "yue";
     		}
+
 	        Locale locale = LocaleUtils.parseJavaLocale(language.replace('-', '_'),
 	                                                    Locale.getDefault());
 
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
index 7797363f1..97827f998 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
@@ -28,27 +28,6 @@ public class Translator {
 
     private static final String TAG = "Translator";
 
-    /*
-
-    // old
-
-    // TODO: allow changing
-    private String mGrammar = "ParseEngAbs.pgf";
-
-    // TODO: build dynamically?
-    private Language[] mLanguages = {
-	    new Language("en-US", "English", "ParseEng", R.xml.qwerty),
-        new Language("bg-BG", "Bulgarian", "ParseBul", R.xml.cyrillic),
-        new Language("cmn-Hans-CN", "Chinese", "ParseChi", R.xml.qwerty),   
-        new Language("fr-FR", "French", "ParseFre", R.xml.qwerty),  
-        new Language("de-DE", "German", "ParseGer", R.xml.qwerty), 
-        new Language("hi-IN", "Hindi", "ParseHin", R.xml.devanagari_page1, R.xml.devanagari_page2), 
-        new Language("sv-SE", "Swedish", "ParseSwe", R.xml.qwerty), 
-        new Language("fi-FI", "Finnish", "ParseFin", R.xml.qwerty),
-    };
-     */
-
-    // /*
     // new
 
     // TODO: allow changing
@@ -56,10 +35,13 @@ public class Translator {
 
     // TODO: build dynamically?
     private Language[] mLanguages = {
-    	new Language("en-US", "English", "AppEng", R.xml.qwerty),
     	new Language("bg-BG", "Bulgarian", "AppBul", R.xml.cyrillic),
+        new Language("ca-ES", "Catalan", "AppCat", R.xml.qwerty),
     	new Language("cmn-Hans-CN", "Chinese", "AppChi", R.xml.qwerty),
+	//    	new Language("yue", "Chinese (Cantonese)", "AppChi", R.xml.qwerty),
+	//    	new Language("cmn-Hans-CN", "Chinese (Mandarin)", "AppChi", R.xml.qwerty),
         new Language("nl-NL", "Dutch", "AppDut", R.xml.qwerty),
+    	new Language("en-US", "English", "AppEng", R.xml.qwerty),
         new Language("fi-FI", "Finnish", "AppFin", R.xml.nordic),
         new Language("fr-FR", "French",  "AppFre", R.xml.qwerty),
         new Language("de-DE", "German",  "AppGer", R.xml.qwerty),
@@ -68,7 +50,6 @@ public class Translator {
         new Language("es-ES", "Spanish", "AppSpa", R.xml.qwerty),
         new Language("sv-SE", "Swedish", "AppSwe", R.xml.nordic),
     };
-    // */
 
     private Context mContext;
 
@@ -267,7 +248,7 @@ public class Translator {
 
     private String translateWord(String input) {
 
-    	String output = "[" + input + "]" ;  // if all else fails, return the word itself in brackets
+    	String output = input.toUpperCase() ;  // if all else fails, return the word itself in upper case ///in brackets
     	Concr sourceLang = getSourceConcr() ;
     	Concr targetLang = getTargetConcr() ;