CVS Pharmacy’s Spoken Rx prescription labels at the moment are accessible in any respect areas

CVS Pharmacy is increasing its Spoken Rx audio prescription labels to be accessible in all its pharmacies, after a trial run final 12 months. The characteristic, developed as a part of a collaboration with the American Council of the Blind, is a part of the CVS Pharmacy cellular app and might learn prescription data — like dosage and instructions — aloud in English or Spanish.

To use the spoken labels, CVS Pharmacy sufferers register for a CVS account, obtain the smartphone app, and enroll in Spoken Rx. The affected person’s future prescription labels will then be tagged with an RFID label. The enrollment course of might be accomplished over the cellphone or in particular person at a CVS pharmacy. When the affected person holds the prescription bottle 4 inches from their smartphone, the app scans the prescription bottle’s RFID label and reads out the knowledge. CVS additionally has choices for Braille and large-print labels on prescription bottles accessible as effectively.

Matt Blanchette, supervisor of retail communications for CVS Pharmacy mentioned for individuals who don’t have a smartphone, CVS can present a separate, standalone speaker system on request, without charge to the affected person. The Spoken Rx app solely reads prescription labels from CVS Pharmacy, and Blanchette mentioned there aren’t any plans to develop the characteristic to incorporate labels from different pharmacies.

Eric Bridges, govt director of the American Council of the Blind, known as the characteristic a optimistic step. “Spoken Rx allows for a greater level of privacy, safety and independence for blind and visually impaired customers,” Bridges mentioned in an announcement.