AI in speech and language therapy: what it can do for your sessions and assessments

AI is arriving in speech therapy practices, mainly for writing. Session notes, assessment reports, documents for families. It can save time, as long as you know what it does well and what it cannot do.

What AI can do for you

Session notes

A note-taking tool transcribes what is said during the session, then writes a summary. You can also dictate your observations right after. You no longer write while the child is working, and the note is ready at the end. See our article on AI note-taking in sessions.

The assessment report

From your observations and test results, AI can write a structured first draft of the report. You review it, check every score and adjust the analysis. The diagnosis remains yours. See our article on how to structure an assessment report.

Documents for families and schools

Explaining a child's difficulties to parents in plain words, suggesting activities for home, preparing a note for the teacher. AI gives a good first draft that you adapt.

Following progress over time

When every session sits in the same record, it becomes easy to see what has improved before a reassessment.

What about ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is useful for anything that contains no patient data. A tip sheet for parents, activity ideas, a description of your practice, an email to a colleague about a general question.

Patient data, however, does not belong there. The consumer version is not certified to host health data. According to OpenAI's help centre, content from personal accounts may be used to train models unless you turn off the « Improve the model for everyone » setting. And no data processing agreement protects you.

Removing the first name is not enough. Age, school year, school or town often make a child recognisable. The details are in our article on ChatGPT and patient data, which applies to speech therapists too.

Telling patients and parents

Before using a note-taking tool, inform the patient. For a child, inform the parents, and the child in words suited to their age. Explain it simply and ask whether they are comfortable with it. See our article on patient consent.

You remain responsible

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) and the data protection authority (CNIL) stress this point in their February 2026 working document on AI in care. The professional checks what the tool produces and compares it with their own clinical reasoning. Responsibility remains theirs.

Where to start

1. Pick one use, the one that costs you the most time. For many speech therapists, that is assessment reports.
2. Choose a tool designed for health care, with certified hosting and a clear contract. Our article on choosing software sets out the criteria.
3. Inform your patients and parents before you start.
4. Review everything the tool produces, especially at the beginning.

How Delta works

Delta is an AI assistant designed with speech and language therapists. During the session, Delta transcribes what is said, then writes the session report, taking your specialty into account. You can also dictate your observations right after the session. The report is added to the patient's record, so you can follow their progress from one session to the next and have everything to hand when the time comes to reassess. Delta also writes your assessment reports.

Delta does not handle billing or insurance claims. You keep your billing software for that.

Data stays in Europe, on infrastructure certified for health data (HDS), and AI processing runs on servers located in France. The patient's name and any information that could identify them are pseudonymised before reaching the AI, no audio file is kept, and the data is never used to train models. Delta works on computer, tablet and phone. More details on the Delta for speech therapists page.