Spokeswoman Christina Gayman said the prescription labels will look the same as they do today, except they will also have a special label.

“So either you will download the free ScripTalk mobile app to your phone which will read this tag for you. And in that tag is all the information you might need. Or if you don’t have a phone, we can provide them with a free ScripTalk reader.

The information will include the name of the drug, the correct dosage and any possible warnings, as well as the name of the doctor and pharmacy and contact details.

The new service is made possible by a product called ScripTalk from En-Vision America.

“As our patients tell us more about accessibility, you know people feel a little more empowered to say what they need, what is useful to them and what makes their life easier. “

She says it will be useful for people whose main language is not English, such as Hindi, Somali, Chinese and 23 others, but also for those who have vision or reading problems.

(available languages: Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Nepalese, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian , Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog and Vietnamese)

(a video on how ScripTalk works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Dfhq50hj4&t=17s )