“Usually, we encounter Spanish and that’s not a problem for us, especially here in Miami. Our Emergency First Response Teams can handle Spanish.  Although we don’t get a lot of exceptions, when they happen, they can cause a lot of uncertainty.  The other day, we encountered an emergency situation in a Turkish household.  No one in the house spoke English or Spanish.  Man, that was a little scary.  I guess language is not a problem, until it’s a problem.”  Rafael Gomez, EMT, Miami-Dade County, Florida

“I could have used Codetalker on my trip to Paris.  My wife and I don’t speak French and the Parisians seemed a little less than patient with our efforts to manage the language.  The restaurants were particularly difficult because my wife has a peanut allergy.  Try trying to ask your French speaking server what the ingredients are in a particular dish.”  Shamim, IT Executive, South Florida

“We could have used a Codetalker during our conference with a Japanese Trade Delegation.  Most of the wives of the Japanese Trade Council were reluctant to venture into Miami because of the language issue.  This was particularly the case when one of the wives got lost in Hialeah and found it difficult to even find someone that spoke English!  A Codetalker interpretation for Japanese would have been great.”  G.H. Assmusen, Trade Representative, Cleveland, Ohio

“I don’t know; I saw so many opportunities in Italy, I don’t know where to start.  One day I ventured away from the tour bus to see what the real Venetians live like.  My Italian is not very good, and although the scenery and people are marvelous, understanding what they were telling me would have made the experience complete, especially when I overpaid for a vase unexpectedly.” M. Kreitzler, Memphis, TN

“Well for me, one of my most humorous experiences testing the Codetalker occurred in New York City.  I hailed a cab in midtown and the driver drove me through Central Park twice.  When I asked him what he was doing he simply mumbled something in Creole.  I punched Creole into my Codetalker and asked the Creole interpreter to give the cab driver a piece of my mind.  After yelling at the cab driver, in Creole, through the speaker phone, he abruptly changed course and took me to my destination.  The look on his face was priceless!” J. Pratt, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

“Our city is becoming such a multicultural haven that it’s difficult to maintain staff that is bilingual.  Codetalker is always an immediate source of assistance, which always makes our job easier, breaking down communications barriers. (Healthcare worker, Atlanta, GA)