Hi, I don’t know if you are aware, but script talk is been beta testing an app for mobile phones I don’t think it is available yet but you could contact them and ask them if they know when it might be available.
Peggy Sent from my i phone. ☃️, > On Apr 20, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Tina Kurys via Cookinginthedark > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > Gail, I also use ScripTalk from Envision and really like it. It reads you all > of the information on the printed label. But the pharmacy has to have the > equipment to create the special label to put on the bottom. It's not a bar > code, but something called RFID technology (radio frequency identification) > and NFC (near-field communication) to store and transmit all of the > information on a printed medication label. > > I haven't specifically checked recently, but the only "local" pharmacies that > seemed to be able to provide the labels were very large stores, e.g. Walmart. > My local CVs doesn't have it. But the mail-order pharmacies do; you just have > to make the request that they put that label on all of your prescriptions. > Sometimes they don't get it right at first, but a second requests usually > does the trick. Just contact EnVision and they will set it up for you. All > free. > > I also use bbraille tape labels as others have said. Tina > > -----Original Message----- > From: Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 2:06 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Helen Whitehead > Subject: Re: [CnD] freezing meat and labeling it: Labeling Medication: > ScripTalk Station Provided by En-Vision America > > I'm from Canada, and I have the ScripTalk Station, for anything I need to > know about medication I'm taking. > In some Canadian provinces,Shoppers drug mart will honor this device. For > free! I get a phone call about every 6months, to see if the device is still > in good working order. > It'll be 2 years this summer that I've had it. > I love it > This information is from the website. > https://www.afb.org/afbpress/pubnew.asp?DocID=aw140604 > > An In-Depth Look at the ScripTalk Station from En-Vision America | American > Foundation for the Blind > > An In-Depth Look at the ScripTalk Station from En-Vision America > > In the past several decades we have witnessed a tremendous leap forward in > both the number and efficacy of prescription medications. The population is > also aging, and when you combine the increased availability of new wonder > drugs with more and more people who need them, in one sense that can be a > prescription > for real trouble. > > The more medications we take, the more opportunities we have to get confused > and make potentially life-threatening mistakes. > > 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, including how much to take and when to take them, and yet they > are among the most inaccessible of documents. > > Many individuals with visual impairments create and use their own braille > labels, but if they bring home more than one prescription from the pharmacy, > sighted help is required to create the labels. Since space is at a premium on > those small medicine bottles, the information is usually abridged and > incomplete. > Nearly 90 percent of the visually impaired population does not use braille > regularly and so those individuals must develop other strategies to > distinguish > their medications from one another. Some use rubber bands or other markers to > help tell the bottles apart (one rubber band means blood pressure medicine > and a stick-on raised dot means stomach medication). Others might store one > prescription bottle on a lower medicine cabinet shelf and another on the top > shelf. > > But what about those who are taking six, seven, even eight or more > medications a day? How do you keep them straight in your head? Particularly > if you are > elderly and your memory isn't as snappy as it once was, it can be very > difficult to remember how much of which medication to take, and when. > > If you don't believe this is a serious accessibility issue, just try to > imagine a sighted individual telling his or her pharmacist, "No thank you. I > don't > need labels on my prescription bottles. I will remember the instructions > precisely, and I'll be able to figure out which medicine is which by feeling > the > size and shape of the pills." > > Happily, technology has provided at least one solution to this serious > problem. > The ScripTalk Station > from > En-Vision America > voices prescription label information at the press of a button. In this > article we'll take an in-depth look at this useful device, and we'll also tell > you how you can join En-Vision America's Pharmacy Freedom program and get a > ScripTalk Station on permanent loan to read specially tagged prescriptions > labeled by a participating pharmacy. > > ScripTalk Station: What It Is and How It Works > > ScripTalk Station is an accessible prescription reading device that allows > print impaired individuals to manage their own medications without guesswork > or sighted assistance. Special "talking labels" incorporate radio-frequency > identification (RFID) chips smaller than a grain of rice to store prescription > data encoded by a participating pharmacist and affixed to the prescription > bottle or package. The ScripTalk Reader scans the label and then uses voice > synthesis to announce the medication name, dosage, refill date, and other > essential information. > > What's in the Box > > The ScripTalk Station package includes the ScripTalk Station itself along > with a 5-Volt AC/DC Power Adapter and two AA batteries. There is also a > mini-USB > cable for connecting the unit to a PC for use with the optional downloadable > software, which allows you to review the prescription information on your > computer using speech, screen magnification, or a braille display. > Additionally, the package includes a sample pill bottle, so you can practice > using the > unit's controls before you receive your first RFID-tagged prescription. The > ScripTalk Station documentation is available in braille, large print, and > audio > CD. > A fully accessible PDF copy of the manual > can also be downloaded from the company's website. The documentation was > clear and concise and covered the device's operation in an easy-to-follow, > step-by-step > manner. The page also includes an audio demonstration, so you can hear the > device in action. > > Physical Description > > The ScripTalk Station is a semi-circular half-moon-shaped device that > measures 6.5 inches by 4.75 inches by 1 inch at its widest points, and it > weighs > 8 ounces. The housing is made of sturdy plastic, and there are five rubber > feet on the bottom that provide a solid non-skid grip. The device is designed > to be used lying flat with the curved semicircular edge toward you, but there > are also two notched screw holes on the back to accommodate wall mounting. > > With the back edge of the device facing forward, from left to right you will > find a mini USB jack, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, and the unit's power > adapter jack. The battery compartment is located on the bottom surface. A > spring-release clip made it easy to find and open the compartment, and the > batteries > were equally easy to install. > > The device's curved front edge contains a single control: a thumbwheel that > turns the unit on and off and controls the volume. On the top surface just > above the thumbwheel, there is a grouping of three buttons. The largest, > which is the center button, is an oval-shaped "Read" button with a tactile dot > that makes it easy to locate. The smaller triangular button at the right is > the "Previous" button and the similarly-sized triangular button on the left > is the "Next" button. Also on the top of the device is a horseshoe shaped > semi-circle of tactile dots that surround the speaker grill and provide an > easy-to-locate > space to position a prescription bottle for scanning. > > The ScripTalk Label > > The included sample medicine bottle is a typical 1 inch by 2.5 inch plastic > cylinder with a push-and-twist type safety cap. Along with the standard > prescription > label, there is a much smaller blank label affixed to the bottom of the > bottle. A tiny bump no larger than a single braille dot covers the RFID chip, > which > has been encoded by a participating pharmacist to hold all of the label data > that is printed on the prescription bottle. > > Operation > > After installing the included batteries or connecting the power adapter, turn > the thumbwheel to the left, and the unit switches on with a palpable click. > ScripTalk responds with three initialization beeps, a brief pause, and then a > longer beep. This is followed by the voice announcement, "ScripTalk Station > ready," followed by two more beeps. The unit is now ready to scan and voice > an RFID tagged prescription bottle. > > At this or any other point, you can choose to listen to the documentation by > pressing and holding the "Read" button for three seconds. Unfortunately, the > unit does not save your place or offer any section navigation or bookmarks, > so every time you consult the onboard documentation, you must start again from > the beginning. > > To scan a prescription label, position the tagged container on top of the > unit inside the semicircle of tactile dots. Press the oval "Read" button. > ScripTalk > beeps to indicate a scan is in progress, and almost instantly the unit begins > speaking the label information. > > You can also choose to press the "Read" button before positioning the labeled > bottle. ScripTalk beeps steadily until it detects a talking label, and if > no label is found after 15 seconds, it responds with a "labeled prescription > not found" error message. > > The information ScripTalk voiced after scanning the sample prescription > bottle included the following field names and data: patient name, the > medication > name and strength, dosage instructions, the prescription date, the number of > refills remaining, the prescriber's name, the phone number to use to call > in a refill, the prescription number, warnings and additional instructions, > quantity, and the medication's expiration date. > > The information is voiced from beginning to end, but the reading can be > interrupted at any time by pressing the "Read" button a second time. After > that > you can move down the list item by item up using the "Previous" and "Next" > buttons located to either side of the "Read" button. > > RFID chip transmissions only travel a few inches. Indeed, placing the bottle > upside down caused ScripTalk not to be able to read the tag. For my evaluation > the company sent along a few extra sample prescription bottles, and when I > placed one beside the unit and a second on top, ScripTalk only read the proper > bottle. I also tried setting two prescription bottles on top of the unit. > ScripTalk continued to beep until I removed one of the bottles and, then, > scanned > and voiced the information from the remaining bottle properly. > > Voice Controls > > ScripTalk uses the ScanSoft Heather voice. The company also produces a > Spanish version of ScripTalk, which was not tested for this review. This unit > does > not perform any translation, however. Rather, it is programmed to speak a > prescription label printed in Spanish with the ScanSoft Paulina voice. > > ScripTalk is programmed with five voice speeds. To change among them, press > and hold either the "Previous" or "Next" button for three seconds. The > different > speeds have no numbers or names, such as fastest or slowest. Instead, > ScripTalk repeats these instructions: "Voice speed adjustment using the > increasing > or decreasing speed." Press the "Previous" or "Next" button repeatedly until > you reach the desired setting, then press the "Read" button to save your > changes. > > One step below the slowest voice setting is the unit's spell mode. Selecting > this option causes ScripTalk to continue to voice the various heading names > (Name, Medication, etc.) word by word, but the field data itself will be > voiced slowly and letter by letter. The sample bottle is tagged to contain the > popular antibiotic amoxicillin, and each letter voiced clearly. At the > highest volume levels, ScripTalk's built-in voice began to grow a bit > scratchy, > but it was still quite understandable. > > It would be handy to be able to change the Spell Mode and Voice Speed > settings on the fly, but when I tried pressing the "Read," "Previous," or > "Next" > buttons after confirming a speed or spell change, ScripTalk announced, "No > prescription information is available. Please scan medication," and I was > forced > to repeat the scan before I could hear the data letter by letter or using a > different voice speed setting. > > Privacy > > ScripTalk only retains medication data for 30 seconds after you finish your > review, so it's easy to prevent others from coming along behind you and > obtaining > personal information. There is also a headphone jack, so you can listen to > the information privately. I tried this feature with my Apple EarPods and was > disappointed to discover the information only played through one ear because > the headphones are stereo, and the ScripTalk sound jack is mono. > > Shutting Down > > If ScripTalk is left on battery power for more than five minutes without > being used, an audio reminder alarm will sound and repeat every 1.5 minutes. > The > alert sounds through the unit's speakers even if you have headphones > attached. It also plays at full volume no matter how the volume level is set, > which > is a useful feature because during my testing I neglected several times to > power down the unit and only realized this when I heard the alert from a > different > room. > > If you take medications just before bedtime and tend to be a bit forgetful, > you may want to use the power adapter, so you don't have to get back out of > bed if you neglect to turn it off. If you take your medications just before > you leave for work, you may also be at risk of forgetting to turn the device > off and running down your batteries. A more elegant solution the company > might consider for an updated version would be a programmable control circuit > that could power the unit down automatically, much like the Victor Stream > turns itself off after a period of inactivity or when the sleep timer runs > out. > > The ScripTalk Station Carrying Case > > My review unit also included the optional ($19.99) logoed ScripTalk carrying > case. This black fabric bag is approximately 8 inches by 10 inches by 4 inches > with a carrying handle and detachable shoulder strap. A zippered outer > compartment is designed to hold the ScripTalk unit. Inside the zippered > lunchbox-style > insulated bag, there is also a mesh inner pocket for a freezer pack, and > there's enough room for plenty of medications and other personal care items. > > The ScripTalk Software > > Recently, the company introduced the ability to connect the ScripTalk Station > to a Windows PC via the included mini-USB cable. The software is available > upon request, and it works on PCs running Windows versions 8 through XP > Service Pack 3. (A Mac version is currently in development along with apps to > run > on smartphones equipped with near field communication capabilities.) > > The ScripTalk User software uses a standard Windows installer, so it is easy > to get up and running. Connect ScripTalk to your PC via the supplied USB > cable, > turn ScripTalk on, and you are ready to run the application software. > > At startup you are presented with a Settings menu with three option controls. > The first is the "Port Settings" field with a default button that, when > pressed, > automatically makes the connection between ScripTalk and the software. The > second setting is a checkbox you can use to decide if the ScripTalk User > software > should start when Windows starts or if you would prefer to start the software > manually. The third control, a combo box, determines how long the prescription > information will remain on your computer display before the built-in privacy > controls remove it. The choices are 15, 30, 45, or 60 seconds. You can also > choose the "No Time Out" option, in which case prescription data is displayed > until you close your browser tab or window. > > The ScripTalk User software uses your default browser to display the > prescription label information on a standard webpage created on your local > system. > Your information is not shared or transmitted over the Internet. I tested the > software using a Windows 7 64-bit Dell PC running Window-Eyes version 8.2 > and both Internet Explorer version 10 and Firefox version 20. Happily, the > webpages are created using basic HTML, so no matter what screen reader, screen > magnifier, or braille display you use, if you can read a standard webpage, > you should have no trouble reviewing prescription information. > > With the ScripTalk User software running, scan a prescription bottle as > described previously. ScripTalk will voice the information as before, but > after > three or four seconds, your browser will pop up and display the exact same > information. I found it slightly annoying that even when connected to the PC > the ScripTalk Station continued to voice the information, causing a bit of > auditory confusion as both the unit and my screen reader began voicing the > same > information at different starting times, but I was able to silence the > ScripTalk with a second press of the "Read" button. > > The ScripTalk User software is a must-have for deaf-blind individuals and > others who wish to access their prescription data via a braille display or > screen > magnification. However, even if you are perfectly satisfied having your > prescription label voiced by the ScripTalk Station, there is still a good > reason > to install and run the software. > > The prescription data webpage created by the ScripTalk User software includes > a hyperlink to the medication's Patient Information Monograph. This > fully-accessible > text version of the same booklet or insert pharmacists include with most > medications is chock full of additional information about the medication, how > it works, how to take it, and what side effects may result. > > Receiving a ScripTalk Station on Permanent Loan > > For several years the Veterans Administration has been providing its sight > impaired clients with free ScripTalk Stations, and they recently broadened > their > program to include soldiers who return from combat with traumatic brain > injuries that impair their ability to comprehend printed materials. > > More recently, En-Vision America itself has begun providing units free of > charge on a long-term loan as part of their Pharmacy Freedom Program. To > qualify, > all you need to do is arrange to have your prescriptions filled by a > participating pharmacy. > A complete list of participating pharmacies > can be found on the company's website, which can be searched by state or zip > code. I tried my own small town zip code, and the nearest brick and mortar > pharmacy was a Sam's Club nearly 25 miles away. However, the list also > included five mail order services, including CVS Caremark, Kohl's Pharmacy & > Homecare, > and Wal-Mart's mail order prescription service. > > The Bottom Line > > The ScripTalk Station does one job, and it does it well. Any quibbles I have > with the design and feature set are minor and do not affect the device's > usability. > > The ScripTalk Station would be a valuable resource for many visually impaired > and deaf-blind individuals. The free long-term loan broadens the device's > appeal significantly, but not everyone can benefit from it. My own health > coverage, for instance, will soon involve a requirement that I use Express > Scripts > for my prescriptions. Currently, they do not participate in the Pharmacy > Freedom program, but hopefully, they and many other pharmacies will join soon > and make universal prescription label access a true reality. > > Product Information > > Product: ScripTalk Station > Price: Free > Available from: > En-Vision America, Inc > Phone: 1-800-890-1180 > > Comment on this article. > > Author > Bill Holton > Article Topic > Product Evaluations and Guides > Share > Share on Facebook > Share on Twitter > article end > Accessworld navigation region > Accessworld > list of 2 items > Back Issues > Contact AccessWorld > list end > Accessworld navigation region end > > Advertising > > Luxturna: voretigene neparvovec-rzyl for subretinal injection. Discover > Luxturna. 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