Here is an update that I thought would interest you and your readers. As you know, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is currently offering talking prescriptions to our nation’s visually ...

A reader seeks information about a talking prescription label for the blind. I’ve heard from a veteran friend here in North Carolina that he can get talking prescriptions from the VA hospital. He gets ...

Wegmans is offering the ScripTalk system that allows blind or low-vision patients to hear important prescription label information audibly, ensuring their medication independence and safety. The chain ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee, Inc. announced Friday that talking prescriptions labels are available in 26 languages to visually- and print-impaired patients. The talking prescription labels will be ...

Prescription labels can improve medication safety, according to a study conducted by Issues & Answers Network for En-Vision America, a company that provides ScripTalk Talking Prescription System to ...

The tool, called ScripTalk, uses text-to-speech technology to verbalize prescription labels for patients who cannot otherwise read them. ScripTalk relies on an electronic tag that Essentia pharmacists ...

For millions of people, reading prescription information on a medication container can be difficult or impossible due to vision impairments. But the details on those container labels can be critical ...

I thought you would like an update on medication safety inside the Department of Veterans Affairs. As you know, mistakes and miscues with prescription medications can be life-threatening. Recently, ...

The Humboldt Council of the Blind, in partnership with Cloney’s Pharmacy, is offering a new service to keep people safe when taking their medications. Cloney’s Pharmacy is now offering ScripTalk ...

Dean Steacy has been fighting for five years to get his local Rexall drugstore to adopt "talking prescription label" technology. The Gatineau, Que., man has been blind for 17 years, takes insulin and ...