[nfbwatlk] FW: Talking prescription labels available through cvs.com

[Mike Freeman]

From: Lainey Feingold [mailto:LF at LFLegal.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:37 AM
To: Lainey Feingold
Subject: Talking prescription labels available through cvs.com

 

Friends and colleagues:  

 

Today CVS announced that it is providing ScripTalk talking prescription
labels to customers with visual impairments ordering through cvs.com. The
press release is available at
http://lflegal.com/2014/03/cvs-prescription-press/. The new CVS initiative
will ensure that cvs.com customers who are blind can access the critical
health and safety information provided in a standard print  prescription
label. 

 

The number to call at CVS.com to order a prescription with the talking
labels is: 1-888-607-4287.  To listen to the information in the talking
label you need the ScripTalk reader which is available free of charge from
Envision America at 800-890-1180.   Customers should call CVS.com first
unless they have general questions about the ScripTalk program.

 

Today's announcement is the result of Structured Negotiations between CVS
and the American Council of the Blind (ACB), the California Council of the
Blind (CCB) and the American Foundation for the Blind.  The organizations
were represented by the Law Office of Lainey Feingold and by Linda Dardarian
of the Oakland civil rights firm Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian and Ho
(http://gbdhlegal.com)

 

As always, feedback welcomed.  We know that the mainstream press is never
too interested in positive accessibility news that arises out of
collaboration; we appreciate your effort to help us spread the word about
this important initiatve.

 

The talking prescription settlement agreement is available at
http://lflegal.com/2014/03/cvs-prescription-agreement/.  With Structured
Negotiations, no lawsuit was needed.  This is the second time that CVS has
worked with the blind community in Structured Negotiations -- a
collaborative dispute resolution process that has been used for twenty years
to increase access to  print and digital information and technology.  In
2009 CVS signed an agreement about the accessibility of its website and
tactile keypads for its point of sale devices.  More information on that
initiative is here: http://lflegal.com/2009/07/cvs-press/

 

Lainey

 

 

Lainey Feingold

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

http://lflegal.com/

510.548.5062

LF at LFLegal.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/LFLegal

 

The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged,
confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended
recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly
prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in
error, please e-mail the sender at  <mailto:LF at LFLegal.com> LF at LFLegal.com
and delete it permanently from your computer files.  Thank you.