Software for writing psychological assessment reports: how to choose

Psychological assessment report software is a tool that turns your intake interview notes, your testing observations and the results you have already scored into a written report that you review, correct and sign. It replaces neither the test publisher's scoring software nor your clinical interpretation.

What software can do in an assessment, and what it should not do

An assessment runs from history, administration and scoring to interpretation, writing and feedback. A writing tool only covers part of that chain.

What it can do

• Write in your style. A good tool learns from your existing reports: your outline, your phrasing, the way you present an index or a hypothesis.
• Pick up the history. The interview with the parents or the adult, transcribed during the interview or dictated afterwards, becomes a structured background section.
• Write up your testing observations. Fatigue, reaction to errors, strategies, need for encouragement: these give a report its clinical value and are often lost for lack of time.
• Integrate your results and interpretation. You bring the scores from your own scoring and your hypotheses, dictated or typed; the tool turns them into prose within your structure.
• Prepare feedback and letters. A plain-language version for the family, a letter for the doctor or the school, from the same assessment.

What it should not do

• Calculate scores. Scoring and conversion to standard scores belong to the publishers' tools (manual, software or online platform). For example Pearson's Q-global; check on the publisher's website which tests are available in your language version.
• Interpret for you. A tool that offers its own reading of a profile you have not formulated makes you sign reasoning that is not yours.
• Make a diagnosis. The draft should only contain the hypotheses and conclusions you provided.

Some report writers also advertise score calculation or checking. According to its website, Psynthèse recalculates each interpretation from the standard score; according to its website, myCR calculates scores automatically from test norms. If you use these features, we recommend checking every score against the publisher's manual or software before you sign.

What the 2021 French code of ethics means for your choice of tool

The French code of ethics for psychologists (2021 update, consolidated version of 9 September 2021), signed in 2021 by the psychologists' organisations gathered in CERéDéPsy, is the profession's reference for written reports. Four passages translate directly into selection criteria. Quotes below are our translations.

• Article 15. The psychologist presents their conclusions clearly and in a way suited to the person concerned. When those conclusions are passed to a third party, they only include the psychological elements behind them where necessary. We therefore recommend a tool that produces two distinct versions: the full report and a lighter letter for the school or another recipient.
• Article 18. Documents are dated and carry the psychologist's identity, title, registration number, professional contact details, signature, recipient and purpose. Only the psychologist who wrote them may sign, modify or cancel them. Check that the tool's header carries these items and that the text stays editable until you sign.
• Article 21. Tests used must have been scientifically validated. Choosing the tests remains your call; a tool that suggests tests or cut-offs does not change that responsibility.
• Article 23. Data used for a publication or presentation must be handled with complete anonymity. If you share an excerpt in supervision or training, remove anything that identifies the child or adult, tool or no tool.

Principle 5 adds that the psychologist is responsible, with full autonomy, for choosing and applying their methods. Software is one of those methods: you remain responsible for what it writes once you sign. In Belgium and Switzerland, your own country's ethical rules apply; we recommend reviewing them against the same checklist.

Protected test material: what never goes into a tool

Tests are protected by copyright. The terms and conditions of ECPA by Pearson (undated document with 2019 prices, in French) state that all ECPA by Pearson tools are covered by copyright, and they prohibit, unless prior written permission is given, reproducing all or part of the tools and making them available, even free of charge, to non-qualified third parties.

Our advice follows from that. Do not paste test items, instructions, stimulus cards or scoring grids into a consumer AI, nor a photo of a full protocol sheet. In a professional tool, provide what the writing needs: your notes, your observations and the results you obtained. For a projective test, your scoring and analysis are enough; the subject's full responses are highly identifying health data that belong in your file.

The selection checklist, criterion by criterion

For each criterion, the question to ask the vendor.

• HDS hosting. Where is the data, with which provider, under which certificate? A good answer names the HDS-certified host and the country, for storage and for AI processing.
• Pseudonymisation. What is pseudonymised before the AI: the name only, or other identifying details too? Do attached documents go through the same process?
• Model training. Are my reports used to train a model, by the vendor or by its AI provider? The answer should be a written no.
• Learning your style. Does the tool learn from your existing reports, or only from a template you fill in? Test it on a report you have already written and compare.
• Scores. Does the tool calculate scores? If so, how do you check them? If not, how do you enter yours?
• Tests covered. WISC-V, WAIS-IV, personality, projectives: some tools do not cover projectives (Psynthèse lists them as not yet supported, according to its website).
• Word export. Can you get an editable file with your letterhead, to adjust layout and meet article 18?
• Feedback and letters. Can the tool produce a family version and a lighter letter for a third party (article 15)?

Four types of tools, compared fairly

• Word processor with your templates. Strengths: free or already paid for, full control, no data sent anywhere if the file stays on an encrypted computer without consumer cloud sync. Limits: you write everything, and copy-pasting between reports carries errors (first name, age, pronoun). Our clinical document templates and our WAIS / WISC report template (in French) are a good starting point.
• Consumer AI (ChatGPT and similar). Strengths: writes well and fast, useful for rephrasing a paragraph with no patient data. Limits: HDS hosting is not stated for the consumer version, the tool can fill a gap with invented content, and it is the worst place for protected test material. More in our guide to ChatGPT for psychologists (in French).
• Test publishers' tools. Strengths: reliable scoring against test norms, score reports; according to Pearson's website, Q-global covers administration, scoring and reporting. Limits: one tool per publisher, and a score report is not your clinical report; it knows nothing of the history or your observations.
• AI writing tools for clinicians. These are specialised report writers and clinical assistants. According to its website, Psynthèse writes neuropsychological and psychometric reports, is hosted in France by a provider certified for health data, exports to PDF and Word, at 39.90 euros including VAT per month; use of data for training is not stated on its website. According to its website, myCR offers cognitive and psychoaffective report templates, OVH HDS-certified hosting in France and Word export, with an Unlimited subscription at 19.90 euros per month including VAT; training is not stated on its website. Delta, a clinical assistant, writes assessment reports in your vocabulary and structure, keeps the memory of each patient and calculates no scores.

For a practice doing mostly scored cognitive assessments, a specialised writer may fit. For a psychologist who combines assessments and ongoing therapy, the value of a clinical assistant is keeping the assessment, the sessions and the letters for the same patient in one place. For practice management (calendar, billing), see our guide to psychologist software (in French), and for free options, our guide to free software for psychologists.

Fictional example: a WISC-V assessment from start to finish

Entirely fictional case. Leo, 9, is referred for school difficulties and slowness in class. No scores are given: brackets mark what you would fill in from your own scoring.

• Parent interview. The tool transcribes what is said during the interview, or you dictate the key points right after: pregnancy and development, schooling, sleep, reason for referral.
• Administration. You note observations as you go: Leo engages well, slows down clearly on timed subtests, often asks whether his answer is right.
• Scoring. You score in the publisher's software or with the manual. Nothing from this step goes through the writing tool.
• Interpretation. You dictate your reading: [indices and confidence intervals from your scoring], whether the profile is homogeneous, significant differences, links with observations and history.
• Draft. The tool assembles history, observations, results and interpretation into your usual outline.
• Review and signature. You check each number against the score sheet, adjust wording, add the article 18 items, and sign.
• Feedback. A plain-language version for the parents, and a lighter letter for the teacher with only the recommendations useful in class.

Draft excerpt (fictional).

Behaviour during testing. Leo engaged easily and was cooperative throughout both sessions. He enjoyed the verbal tasks. On timed tasks, he checked his answers several times before moving on, which lengthened his completion times. He needed reassurance on several occasions.

Results. [Verbal Comprehension Index: composite score and interval from your scoring.] [Processing Speed Index: same.] [Your comment on profile homogeneity.]

Checklist before signing a report drafted with a tool

• Every score in the text matches the score sheet, index by index.
• First name, age, school year and pronoun are correct throughout.
• No hypothesis or conclusion appears that you did not formulate.
• No test item, instruction or content is reproduced.
• The article 18 items are present: date, identity, title, registration number, contact details, recipient, purpose, signature.
• The version sent to a third party contains only what is necessary.
• The final file is saved in your patient record, not only in the tool.

Common mistakes

• Letting the tool fill a gap. If you noted nothing about sleep, the text should say nothing about it. A good tool flags the gap.
• Assuming removing the name is enough. Age, school, town and family history quickly identify a child. Hence the value of pseudonymisation done by the tool before the AI, on top of your own care.
• Testing the tool on an easy case. Try it on your most nuanced report: that is where you see whether it keeps your careful wording.

Why Delta fits psychologists who run assessments

Delta writes your assessment reports in the vocabulary and structure learned from your existing reports, from the interview transcribed live or from your dictated observations, and keeps the memory of each patient, from assessment to sessions and letters. It calculates no scores and makes no diagnosis; data stays in Europe, in France, on infrastructure certified for health data, names and identifying details are pseudonymised before the AI, no audio file is kept and nothing is used to train a model.

On pricing, the Free plan covers 10 sessions per month with no card; the Pro plan costs 35 euros per month including VAT with no commitment, or 29 euros per month billed annually (348 euros per year), with a 14-day trial and no card. For more, see what Delta is.

Sources

• French code of ethics for psychologists, 2021 update, consolidated version of 9 September 2021 (PDF published on psychologues.org, in French), accessed 4 November 2026.
• ECPA by Pearson, terms and conditions of sale and use (undated document with 2019 prices, in French), accessed 4 November 2026.
• Pearson, Q-global overview, accessed 4 November 2026.
• Psynthèse, official website (in French), accessed 4 November 2026.
• myCR, psychologists page (in French), accessed 4 November 2026.