That is right! It appears that MedivoxRX Technologies has released a talking pill bottle. The target audience includes patients that are not able to see (blind) or have trouble reading. A great idea. I can see this benefit our seniors and impaired patients. The real question becomes just how difficult is it to program the information into the component?
The company claims that "Rex", the name of the talking pill bottle includes a software package that integrates with pharmacy computer systems. It captures the electronic label information and sends it to a piece of equipment that translates the text to voice and writes it to the pill bottle.

If talking pill bottles are not your cup of tea, see what you think about these vending machines that dispense prescriptions to paying customers. The LA Times article mentions the RPh labor shortage as a catalyst for this type of service offering. No counseling, no drug interaction screening, no PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT. Of course, this has been approved in the state of CA only, and for refills to boot. Very interesting technology. As professionals, we can not sit around and expect problems in our industry to work themselves out.