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Riverside Public Library demonstrates township-funded Caption Companion for real-time captions
Summary
The Riverside Public Library demonstrated a Caption Companion tablet the board recently funded with a township grant. Director Janice Foley showed that the device provides offline speech-to-text in English and Spanish, produces a transcript when connected to Wi-Fi and can be loaned to support meeting accessibility.
Janice Foley, director of the Riverside Public Library, demonstrated a Caption Companion tablet at the July 8, 2025 Riverside Township Board meeting. The library thanked the board for a township grant that paid for the device and offered it for loan to support patrons and meeting attendees with hearing impairments.
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