Script Talk For The Blind

Members of express scripts interested in receiving prescriptions with the talking labels should contact envision america makers of the scriptalk program.

Script talk for the blind.

Script talk is a free program that is set up by envisions america through cooperation with your pharmacy. En vision america is a company providing high tech products aimed at solving problems for individuals with visual impairment including i d. Scriptability is a suite of products designed to help pharmacists meet the needs of their blind visually impaired or print impaired patients. Scriptalk is a newer technology that s been developed to help people that are legally blind or low vision that can t read their prescription bottles craig ellis with east texas lighthouse.

A program called script talk provided by the organization called envisions america allows a vision impaired blind person to read the information printed on a pill bottle using a bar code reader device. According to the afb access to drug labels survey report the print impaired community is particularly at risk for at home medication errors such as swallowing the wrong pill missing a refill date or ingesting expired medications prescription labels contain vital information about our medications and yet because that information is often printed on a rigid curved surface and usually in. A pleasant natural sounding voice speaks all the information. Mate the talking barcode reader and scriptability which includes braille large print and talking prescription labels.

In honor of medication safety awareness for the blind a week i put together a video showing off two options for accessible prescription bottles. Scriptability prescription accessibility system helps you meet the needs of your blind visually impaired or print impaired customers. Scriptalk talking labels scriptalk prescription reader large print labels and braille labels with translation into 17 languages. It contains the same data that is on the printed label.

Scriptalk station is a prescription reader device. Envision america can be reached at 1 800 890 1180. Our pharmacy will attach a small electronic tag or talking label to your prescription container. Place the container on the script talk station reader and hear the label information spoken aloud.

It is one system offering multiple solutions.