The image on this page shows an exciting new feature available from CVS. Called Spoken Rx, the new feature allows blind people to listen to CVS prescription label information through the CVS mobile application. The CVS press release announcing this new service is posted here.
CVS worked with the American Council of the Blind on this initiative in Structured Negotiation. The new service will benefit blind people and others who cannot read standard print. The audible information is available in English or Spanish.
CVS Pharmacy introduces new app feature for reading “talking” prescription labels
New Spoken Rx feature in the CVS Pharmacy app is the result of a collaboration with the American Council of the Blind
Woonsocket, Rhode Island (July 8, 2020) – CVS Pharmacy announced that it has developed Spoken Rx, a new feature of the CVS Pharmacy app that can read a specific type of label for patients with visual impairments and those who cannot read standard print labels. Spoken Rx is the first in-app prescription reader application to be developed by a national retail pharmacy.
By the end of 2020, 1,500 CVS Pharmacy locations will be equipped to affix special RFID labels to prescription vials. When the [...]