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NEW TALKING MEDICINE IDENTIFIER UPDATE��
���������������������� by Ed Bryant ���� ������������������������ ���� Last July,
in VOICE, Vol. 15, No 3, I discussed the pending availability of the new ALOUD Model 100 Audio Labelling System.�
From ASKO Corporation, this new product can best be described as a "talking prescription
container," something that should interest any blind person, or
anyone with significant sight loss, who needs to� take prescription medications.� Here
is how it works: ���� When a
pharmacist dispenses your medication, an audio version of the printed prescription label� (called an "Audio Label") is also produced, and attached to the
medication container.� When
the Audio Label is placed into your ALOUD Replay unit, the Audio Label information recorded by
your pharmacist is replayed.� As this is a recording, not voice synthesis, any language your pharmacist speaks can
be recorded! ���� Each medication
will have its own Audio Label, and can be played over and over, as many times as you like.�
Any medication dispensed from a rigid container can utilize
the system, and the only person who can change the message
is your pharmacist, who has a special recorder in the
pharmacy. The Audio Label is reusable, so when you need to have
your prescription refilled or changed, the message can be
changed also and attached to your new prescription. ���� For years
I have been searching for alternatives to sighted identification of insulin vials.� There have been a number of partial solutions, but the ALOUD System appears functional with any insulin from any manufacturer,
and any language.� ASKO
has been most willing to work with the National Federation of the Blind, and with our NFB
Diabetes Action Network, in this matter ‑‑ and,
as no approval from the Food and Drug Administration is necessary, action
should come soon.� The
ALOUD System may well be in your pharmacy before January 2001 ‑‑ and I will update
you in the next VOICE issue, Vol. 16, No. 1. � ���� Further
information about the ALOUD system can be obtained from:� ASKO
Corporation, 2 South Street, Stamford, NY 12167; telephone, toll‑free: 1‑877‑732‑9227;
website: www.askocorp.com� |
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