Talking Prescriptions
Tap your bottle.
Hear what to do.
Tap a TapMe-labeled prescription bottle with any smartphone and your bottle speaks back — when to take it, how much, what to watch for, and an offer to set a reminder on Alexa or Google.
What happens when you tap the bottle
One tap. No app to open. No login. Just useful information about the medication in your hand, in plain language and in the language you read.
When to take it
The dosing schedule reads aloud: "Take one tablet at 8 AM and 8 PM with food." Large-print version on screen for anyone who'd rather read.
Ask about side effects
Tap "Side effects" to hear or read the most common reactions, what to do if they occur, and when to call your doctor or 911.
Drug information
What it's for. How it works. Foods or other medications to avoid. Sourced from FDA-approved labeling — not guesswork.
Available in your language
Audio and text in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Tagalog at launch. Pharmacies can request additional languages per patient.
Tap history
Every tap is recorded. If you forgot whether you took your morning dose, the bottle remembers — and so does the family member helping you.
Voice assistant reminders
After every tap, the bottle offers: "Want me to set up reminders on Alexa or Google?" One confirmation and your smart home does the work.
Safety Cross-Check
Catches what your pharmacist might miss
Every TapMe-labeled bottle knows what else you take. Before you swallow anything new, we cross-reference your full medication list, active conditions, and allergies — and warn you if there's a known issue.
Drug interactions
Cross-references every active medication on your TapMe profile. If a new bottle conflicts with one you're already taking, the warning shows up on the first tap.
Condition contraindications
If a medication is contraindicated for one of your active conditions — hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, pregnancy — TapMe flags it before the first dose.
Allergy alerts
Listed allergies are checked against the drug and its inactive ingredients, including cross-reactive families like sulfa drugs or penicillin derivatives.
How it works: When you tap a new bottle for the first time, TapMe runs an instant safety check against your profile and shows any warnings before the dosing instructions. You can call your pharmacist or doctor directly from the alert with one tap.
It's a backup, not a replacement. TapMe is a safety net, not medical advice. We always recommend confirming with your healthcare provider — but having a second set of eyes on every new prescription has caught real problems for real patients.
Reminders That Reach You
“Should I send you a reminder?”
After every tap, TapMe offers to schedule reminders the way you actually want them — text message to your phone, spoken by Alexa, spoken by Google. Pick one or stack them.
SMS to your phone
A text message at every dose time. Reply “took it” to mark it done, or “snooze” to push it 15 minutes. No app required.
Amazon Alexa
Link your Amazon account once. After each tap, TapMe asks if you want Alexa to remind you. Reminders speak through any Echo in your home.
Google Home
Link your Google account once. Reminders speak through any Google Home or Nest device — kitchen, bedroom, wherever you keep your medications.
Each medication has its own code
When you take more than one medication at the same time, the reminder lists each one with a code (M1, M2, M3...). Reply with the codes you took — and that's your dose log, automatically.
Today 8:00 AM
TapMe Medical
+1 (555) TAPME-RX
💊 Morning meds — time to take:
M1 Lisinopril 10mg
M2 Metformin 500mg
M3 Vitamin D 2000 IU
Reply with codes you took (e.g. “M1 M3”), ALL, SNOOZE, or SKIP.
Delivered · 8:02 AM
✓ Logged at 8:02 AM
Lisinopril 10mg, Vitamin D 2000 IU
M2 (Metformin) still pending — I'll remind you again at 9:00 AM.
Simulation — your messages may look slightly different on your carrier
Privacy first.TapMe shares only the reminder time and a generic medication label (e.g. “morning meds”) with SMS, Alexa, or Google — never the drug name or dosage. Your prescription details stay in TapMe.
Two ways to get a talking bottle
Get talking bottles automatically from a participating pharmacy, or apply our stickers to any prescription bottle you already have.
From your pharmacy
Participating pharmacies print a TapMe NFC label directly onto your prescription bottle when they fill your script. Walk out with a talking bottle. Nothing to set up.
- ✓Pre-programmed with your dosing schedule
- ✓Drug information loaded by the pharmacist
- ✓Works the moment you bring it home
- ✓Refills get a fresh label automatically
DIY sticker pack
Order a pack of TapMe NFC stickers, peel and stick onto any prescription bottle, and program each one with the medication and schedule through the TapMe app. Five-minute setup per bottle.
- ✓Apply to any bottle — generic, brand, or refill
- ✓Look up the drug from our database in the app
- ✓Add your own dosing schedule and notes
- ✓Track every tap, just like pharmacy bottles
Who Talking Prescriptions helps
Anyone who has ever squinted at a pill bottle in low light.
Older adults with low vision
Pharmacy labels are tiny. Audio is not. The bottle reads itself, in a clear voice, every time it's tapped.
Patients with low literacy or new to English
Multilingual audio means the dosing instructions are understood the first time, every time.
Patients on a new medication
Side effects, interactions, food restrictions — answered immediately at home, not after waiting on hold with the pharmacy.
Family caregivers from a distance
Tap the bottle when you visit. The same tap log shows up in your phone — proof that mom took her morning dose.
People who use Alexa or Google Home
Why manually create reminders for every prescription? The bottle offers it after every tap.
Anyone who has ever asked “wait, did I take that?”
The bottle knows. Tap and find out. No more uncertainty, no more accidental double doses.
For Pharmacies
Become a Talking Prescriptions partner
Pharmacies print pre-programmed TapMe NFC labels directly onto prescription bottles at fill time. Patients walk out with talking bottles — no setup, no app to download, no extra work for your staff after a one-time integration.
For your patients
- ✓Better adherence (multiple studies on audio reminders)
- ✓Fewer follow-up calls for dosing questions
- ✓Differentiator that patients actually notice
- ✓Accessible to vision-impaired and low-literacy patients
For your operation
- ✓Integrates with your label printer workflow
- ✓Open API connects to your pharmacy management system
- ✓Bulk NFC label rolls — same form factor as standard labels
- ✓No per-script royalty — flat per-roll pricing
Talk to our pharmacy team
We'll walk you through the label printer integration, API setup, and pilot pricing for your store or chain.
Contact pharmacy@tapme.contactGet your bottle talking
Order a sticker pack today, or ask your pharmacist about TapMe-printed labels on your next refill.