Expanded Language Accessibility for Community Engagement and Public Comment

We are excited to announce a new enhancement to PublicInput’s language capabilities with the integration of 24 new languages. This expansion aims to facilitate broader community engagement by breaking down language barriers and ensuring that all residents, regardless of their native language, can actively participate in surveys, meetings, and discussions.

New Languages Added

1. Assamese	13. Lingala
2. Aymara	14. Luganda
3. Bambara	15. Maithili
4. Bhojpuri	16. Meiteilon (Manipuri)
5. Dhivehi	17. Mizo
6. Dogri	18. Oromo
7. Ewe	19. Quechua
8. Guarani	20. Sanskrit
9. Ilocano	21. Sepedi
10. Konkani	22. Tigrinya
11. Krio	23. Tsonga
12. Kurdish (Sorani)	24. Twi

Language Accessibility Benefits for Residents

Residents can now access the expanded language options to:

• Translate online surveys
• Review public meeting minutes and transcripts
• Enable live public meeting captions
• Translate web pages
• Translate email content
• Submit public comments *

*Public Comments submitted in alternate languages are automatically detected and translated in the PublicInput platform to English for administrative evaluation.  Learn more about meeting transcripts and live captioning.

Language Accessibility Benefits for PublicInput Admins

State and local government administrative users will be able to expand their language accessibility and use these languages to:

• Translate survey questions*
• Translate meeting transcripts*
• Translate web page content*
• Translate text message surveys*

*Accounts with access to “last mile translation” can enable admins or contract translators to refine machine-translated content for accuracy and cultural relevance using the custom link builder.   Learn more about using these languages for admin purposes.