Rex, the talking prescription bottle, is just one of the new developments up for Best Embedded Solution at the 2004 Fourth Annual Speech Solutions Awards sponsored by Speech Technology Magazine.
“Approximately 100,000 individuals die each year and billions of dollars are spent annually treating individuals who take medication improperly. Rex is a self-contained, disposable prescription bottle that uses text-to-speech technology (TTS) to read the medication information and instructions in a very natural computer generated voice,” said Gene Franz, Products and Channels GM for Wizzard Software. “As the pharmacist prepares a prescription label, the same information is turned into audio and recorded onto the bottle. The user needs only to push a button on the bottle to hear the instructions. Rex is a wonderful assistive device for the blind, visually and cognitively impaired and other patients who have difficulty understanding how to properly take their medication. I believe Rex can make a huge contribution to saving lives and reducing health care costs.”
The Speech Solutions awards will be handed out at SpeechTEK 2004, to be held in New York City, Sept. 1 through the Sept. 1. To learn more about current developments in speech solutions click to www.speechtechmag.com.
