Mass Transit

PRT furthers Aira partnership with new ASL interpreter app for passengers

The service comes in addition to Aira’s current visual interpreter app to improve the transit experience for riders with ...
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Gov. Beshear's ASL translator, Virginia Moore, back at Monday's news conference after absence

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Virginia Moore is back as the American Sign Language interpreter at Governor Andy Beshear's COVID-19 news conferences. Governor Beshear begins his COVID-19 briefing today by ...

PRT increases accessibility services by offering on-demand ASL interpreters

Starting Tuesday, deaf and hard-of-hearing riders can connect instantly with a live American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter ...
NBC Los Angeles

ASL Interpreters Explain Importance of Their Work During the Coronavirus

They’re used to explaining speeches and press conferences, but American Sign Language interpreters are saying the coronavirus pandemic has presented the most difficult and inspiring assignment of ...
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'We think we got it all': Governor's ASL translator Virginia Moore provides positive cancer update

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Virginia Moore, an American Sign Language interpreter seen at Governor Andy Beshear's COVID-19 news conferences, says she is "doing very well" after announcing she was ...
Columbus Dispatch

Sign-language classes translate to vocation for Westerville South graduate

For Westerville's Marlena "Lena" Smith, who is one of three American Sign Language interpreters regularly present at Gov. Mike DeWine's daily COVID-19 coronavirus press conferences, a passion for ...