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. 3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said message is a Wi-Fi network message.