Pill Bottles 'Talk' to Elderly
from Yahoo! News (Associated Press)

Millions of Americans have eyesight so bad they can't read newspaper type,
and thus struggle with medication bottles that put the drug's name, dosage
and important safety warnings in even smaller print. Enter ScripTalk. Beam a
small voice synthesizer at a prescription bottle with a special computer chip
embedded into the label. The wireless technology translates the printed label
into speech, literally reading aloud the pill instructions. Manufacturer
En-Vision America Inc. of Normal, IL, hopes to begin selling ScripTalk this
summer. First, vision-impaired veterans at Chicago's Hines Veterans
Administration Hospital are pilot-testing the gadget to learn how helpful it
truly is.  

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