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Carmel board to trial handheld translators, seeks real‑time captioning options
Summary
Trustees agreed to trial Pocketalk handheld translators at open sessions and asked staff to research real‑time caption/banner tools and the cost of contracting Spanish translation (Trustee Wise cited ~$5,500/year to raise participation from 81% to 97%).
At its Dec. 17 meeting, the Carmel Central School District Board of Education agreed to trial handheld 'Pocketalk' translator devices at open sessions and directed the superintendent to research real‑time translation and captioning technology that would display meeting speech as a banner for audience viewers.
Trustee Douglas proposed testing the devices the district already possesses so podium speakers can use them to translate speech into English for the board and for the board to respond through the…
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