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Wizzard Software, MedivoxRx Technologies Announces Plans to Further Enhance Rex-The Talking Bottle and Rex Pharmacy System, Other Recent Events.


PITTSBURGH -- Wizzard Software (OTCBB OTCBB

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:WIZD) and its subsidiary, MedivoxRx Technologies, today commented on enhancements for Rex-The Talking Prescription Bottle that can be implemented as required and accepted by the marketplace. Rex-The Talking Prescription Bottle (Rex) provides audible information regarding medication for individuals who are blind, visually impaired, elderly, cognitively impaired or who for any reason have difficulty reading or understanding medication label information and instructions. The benefit is increased patient compliance, improved patient safety and safeguarding of lives at risk due to medication errors medication error Malpractice An error in the type of medication administered or dosage. See Adverse effect, Error. .

The audible instructions are activated by simply pressing and holding a button on the totally self contained bottle. The pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions.

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 prepares and records the instructions when filling the prescription. With the use of a Starter or "Home" Kit available at retail, the patient or a caregiver can also record bottles at home for over the counter medications, multi-vitamins, etc.

Various enhancements are being considered for future versions of Rex. While technological capabilities are available today, future versions must be dictated by market demand, practicality and cost. Under consideration is increased volume for patients with hearing impairments hearing impairment
n.
A reduction or defect in the ability to perceive sound.
; an audible alarm to serve as a reminder; and a "time to refill refill noun A second allotment of a prescription agent obtained from a pharmacy, which is allowed by the original prescription verb Pharmacology To obtain more of a particular drug, after the initially prescribed amount of the agent has been used or " reminder. Rex could also be melded to a subscription service that could place a phone call to the patient with various reminders. The electronics currently available could also allow for compliance monitoring and reporting back to the prescribing physician. Potential technological enhancements may be made available as the demand is realized.

MedivoxRx has made significant progress during 2006 with the acceptance and distribution of Rex. MAVC MAVC Medical Audio Visual Communications  Health and Wellness, Inc. has become a Canadian distributor and TSSI TSSI Time Slot Sequence Integrity
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 has joined the ranks as a distributor in the San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation).
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 area. Rex is also currently available in one national retail pharmacy chain at select locations. Rex is being made available through this chain on a select basis in order to assess the market size and need as well as to determine marketing and distribution methods. Negotiations are also under way with a national retailing chain. Early interest has been expressed by some other national pharmacy chains as well. MedivoxRx will be attending and exhibiting at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS NACDS National Association of Chain Drug Stores ) Pharmacy and Technology Conference in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  California on August 25th through August 30th. Gene Franz and Aimee Ward of MedivoxRx will be demonstrating Rex and at the request of a number of retailers, they will be conducting a number of private, one on one meetings with a number of retailers who have expressed interest.

MedivoxRx also recently announced that Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , America's leading integrated health care integrated health care,
n healthcare services combining the best of conventional and complementary health care.
 organization, is offering Rex as part of the health benefit program to an estimated 33,000 Kaiser Permanente members who have some impairment and need of Rex. Kaiser Permanente has over 8.5 million members in total. "Offering Rex as a no cost benefit is a strong indicator of the progressive thinking exhibited by Kaiser Permanente," said Gene Franz, General Manager, Solutions and Channels for MedivoxRx. The program has been initially implemented in 140 Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern  Kaiser Permanente pharmacies and health care facilities and is migrating to the other Kaiser Permanente pharmacies. MedivoxRx invites the public to view a human interest news story, detailing how Rex is helping California's blind. The new story has been widely distributed Adj. 1. widely distributed - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"
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Gene Franz further stated: "We could not be more excited about the growing acceptance of Rex into managed health care plans, major retail chains, and large distributors. This has been quite a successful period for us. We've attained record-breaking sales of the Rex bottles and anticipate a historic sales year for MedivoxRx. Acceptance by health care plans, pharmacy benefits managers and other agencies providing medication benefits will make Rex more widely available to those in need."

Rex is available to the public through a number of channels. Pharmacies, including the Kaiser Permanente pharmacies, are currently filling prescriptions using Rex. Using the microphone recording units, prescription label information or other information deemed pertinent by the pharmacist is recorded to the Rex bottle. Such information includes various warnings on drug interaction, etc. To playback the recorded information, users simply press and hold a button on the side of the bottle and listen to the message.

Also available from MedivoxRx is the Rex Pharmacy Software. Full automation through text-to-speech technology allows pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
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 to automatically record the medication information to the Rex bottle in a natural-sounding computer generated voice using the pharmacy's current software and data. When the pharmacist releases the medication label text to the standard label printer, the MedivoxRx software captures that text, converts it to speech and records it into the bottle. The pharmacist may further edit or modify that text by using the computer or interjecting additional speech.

Rex Starter or "Home" Kits and Refill Kits for personal use are also available in a number of pharmacies throughout the U.S. and for purchase on the MedivoxRx website at www.rxtalks.com. Attractively packaged for retail shelves, the Starter Kits includes 3 bottles, a recording unit, a microphone that makes the recording possible by simply pressing a button and speaking, a power supply, and easy-to-follow instructions. The Refill Kit contains three bottles to supplement the bottles included with the Rex Starter Kit.

About Wizzard Software:

Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in the speech technology application development market. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via computer or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding speech technology opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors including several healthcare industry products and services. For more information, visit www.wizzardsoftware.com.

In April of 2004, Wizzard acquired MedivoxRx Technologies. Established in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator of "Rex", the talking prescription pill bottle, which "talks" to the patient allowing them to distinguish what type of medication is in the bottle and hear critical information on dosage amounts and refill parameters. Additional information on MedivoxRx can be found at www.rxtalks.com.

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