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What does Catalot actually do?: You upload up to five photographs of an object and add a note if you have one. Catalot returns a catalogue title, a descriptive paragraph, materials, style and period, marks, a condition narrative, visible dimensions and keywords — in English and French — which you then edit and save to your catalogue.
How long does one notice take?: Around twenty seconds from the moment you press Write the notice. A sale of three hundred lots is an afternoon of photographs and a morning of corrections rather than a fortnight of writing.
Do I need an account to try it?: No. The public demo runs a real generation with no account and no card. If you sign up afterwards, that notice is claimed into your new catalogue.
Can several people in the house use it?: The Free and Cabinet plans are single-seat. Maison includes three seats. If you need more, write to contact@catalot.pro.

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Does Catalot value or authenticate objects?: Never. It writes descriptions. Estimates, attributions and authenticity remain entirely with your specialists, and the engine is instructed to refuse them.
What happens when the photographs are ambiguous?: It hedges the way a cataloguer does — probably, apparently, in the manner of — rather than inventing certainty. Dimensions are given only when legible in the image; otherwise the field reads not visible.
Can I make it sound like our house?: Yes. Describe your cataloguing tone in your house-style profile — sentence length, how you handle condition, whether you use French terms in English notices — and every notice is written to match it.
Is the French translated from the English?: No. Both versions are written natively from the same photographs, so the French reads as a French cataloguer would write it, not as an English notice run through a translator.

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Where are my photographs stored?: In a private bucket tied to your account. They are readable only through short-lived signed links used to write your notice; no one browsing the internet can reach them.
Are my images used to train models?: No. They are sent to the vision model to write your notice and for nothing else. We do not sell, publish or license your photographs.
Can I delete a lot?: Yes, at any time, from the lot itself. The notice and its photographs go with it. Ask us to close your account and everything is removed from our systems.
What are the file limits?: Up to five photographs per lot, each up to 8 MB, in JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC. Images are reduced to 1600 pixels on the long edge before upload.

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Is the free plan really free?: Yes — ten notices a month, forever, with both languages, editing and CSV export. No card is required to open an account or to run the demo.
What counts as one lot?: One generation, whatever the number of photographs. Editing a saved notice costs nothing; asking Catalot to rewrite it counts as a new lot.
How do I change plan?: Email contact@catalot.pro and we switch you the same day, up or down. There is no contract and no notice period.
Do you issue invoices?: Yes, a French invoice for every payment, with your house's details and VAT number, sent by email.