1. A system for providing textual information, comprising: an audio sensor in communication with a loudspeaker and a voice to text server, the audio sensor configured to detect auditory information and transmit a first audio signal containing said auditory information to said loudspeaker and said voice to text server; wherein said voice to text server comprises a processor, communications circuitry, and voice to text circuitry configured to cause the voice to text server to perform the following operations comprising, in response to receiving said first signal: convert said audio information to textual information; prepare a message containing at least a portion of said textual information; and transmit a second signal containing a first copy of said message with said communications circuitry to all addresses of a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi network configured to connect to a plurality of mobile computing devices; and wherein said voice to text server is further configured, in response to a request from at least one of said plurality of mobile computing devices, to transmit a third signal containing second copy of said message to the at least one mobile computing device that issued the request.
1. A system for providing textual information, comprising: an audio sensor in communication with a loudspeaker and a voice to text server, the audio sensor configured to detect auditory information and transmit a first audio signal containing said auditory information to said loudspeaker and said voice to text server; wherein said voice to text server comprises a processor, communications circuitry, and voice to text circuitry configured to cause the voice to text server to perform the following operations comprising, in response to receiving said first signal: convert said audio information to textual information; prepare a message containing at least a portion of said textual information; and transmit a second signal containing a first copy of said message with said communications circuitry to all addresses of a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi network configured to connect to a plurality of mobile computing devices; and wherein said voice to text server is further configured, in response to a request from at least one of said plurality of mobile computing devices, to transmit a third signal containing second copy of said message to the at least one mobile computing device that issued the request. 4. The system of claim 1 , wherein: said textual information is first textual information; and the voice to text circuitry further comprises translation circuitry configured to cause said voice to text server to translate said first textual information into second textual information, the second textual information being different than said first textual information.