November, 2025 -

Nov

Custom Pronunciation Settings for Audio Articles

We’re pleased to announce an enhancement to Our-Hometown’s Audio Articles feature that gives publishers and editors more control over how automated audio reads sound. You can now define specific pronunciation settings for individual words to ensure that your publications’ names, local places, and community figures are pronounced correctly. Whether it’s a distinctive locale such as “Mackinac” (pronounced Mackinaw), or a local councilmember’s surname, this new capability allows you to make […]

Nov

The Fight to Save Public Notices Relies on Digital Publishing

As the internet became more commonplace over the past two decades, many state legislatures have sought to transition public notices to digital publication as a way to increase efficiency and maintain relevance with the broader public. This transition has posed a threat to the many local newspapers, whose notices have been a significant revenue source as well as a means to hold larger institutions accountable. Some state governments have recently […]