Intrado Launches NG-911 Technology in Columbus, Ohio

Intrado launched next-generation 911 technology in Columbus, Ohio, with multimedia sharing and AI-generated text translation, the company said Thursday. The new deployment leverages "modernized visual communication capabilities" and enhanced translation tools for better accuracy, said a news release. "We are proud to support our New American community and collaborate with leaders at Intrado to test and adopt these 911 translation and video-sharing technologies," said Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther (D). The text-to-911 translation service uses automated, real-time language and dialect detection technologies, which can identify language in a text message "in less than one second," said Jeremy DeMar, Intrado's senior manager-government and regulatory affairs. The NG-911 solutions are powered by IP-based telecom infrastructure.