As the city of Boston continues its efforts to expand access to equitable language services across the city, a new data dashboard is tracking how much the city is using translation and interpretation services.

The data tool, announced by the Office of Language and Communications Access on Dec. 1, tracks hours of services used, the number of requests made and the amount of city spending on accommodations.

“It’s an accountability tool,” said Jeniffer Vivar Wong, executive director of the office. “It’s transparency to our community members, and I think it’s also a way to say that we are going to continue to invest in the progression of language access across the city.”

The dashboard, which Vivar Wong said has been in the works for a little over a year, can serve as a tool to track how th

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