In an open letter to employees and stakeholders, Louis F. Provenzano Jr., CEO and president of Language Line Services, today announced a partnership with AT&T to put mobile interpretation services in the hands of emergency responders to better serve the nation’s growing population of limited English proficient people.
The language solution will be accessible by businesses that sign up for the add-on feature to their cell phones and will connect users directly to a qualified Language Line Services interpreter in over 170 languages by dialing *4. According to the open letter, this is the first “anytime, anywhere” mobile offering to place interpretation services at virtually anyone’s fingertips.
Language Line Services is the global leader in interpretation and translation services. It serves clients numerous fields including the government, healthcare, and telecommunications sectors in more than 170 spoken languages.