Police, fire departments use translation gadget

Cincinnati's fire department,  Butler County's sheriff's department, and several other agencies in Greater Cincinnati are using a new language translation gadget to aid in interactions with the region's non-English speaking population.

The new devices were given to the Cincinnati agencies by the Latino Educational Assimilation Resource Network Inc., and enable users to select common statements or questions relating to law enforcement.  The selected option can then be translated aloud into whichever language the user chooses.

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