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AI training for speech-language pathologists

AI doesn’t run an evaluation or choose a therapy goal. It helps you make your session materials, dictate your reports, write your handouts for parents, and keep up with research. No patient data goes into an online assistant.

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In brief

AI for speech-language pathologists, in brief

AI helps speech-language pathologists with tasks such as “Create a targeted word list for a session,” “Write an adapted reading passage,” and “Lay out a game or a picture board.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.

  • 10concrete use cases
  • 6recommended tools, all free to start
  • 5 to 20 minper use case, the first time

The tasks where AI helps most

  • Speech-language evaluation reports
  • Creating session materials
  • Advice for parents and caregivers
  • Waiting list and first inquiries
  • Research watch and continuing education
  • Billing and accounting
Use cases

10 concrete AI use cases for speech-language pathologists

For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.

Claude · Word file, in the conversation

Create a targeted word list for a session

TodayFinding thirty words that are easy to picture, with the right sound, in the right place, and of the right length, takes longer than the session itself.

With ClaudeA word list sorted by sound position, with sentences that reuse the words, ready to print.

  • 10 min
  • every week

Mistral Vibe · “Canvas”

Write an adapted reading passage

TodayTextbook passages are too long, too childish for a teenager, or full of spellings the patient hasn’t mastered yet.

With Mistral VibeA passage of the right length and at the right level, with its comprehension questions, that you edit by hand.

  • 10 min
  • every week

Canva · “Canva AI”

Lay out a game or a picture board

TodayYou spend your Sundays looking for images, pasting them into a word processor, and laminating them.

With CanvaA clean game board, with your words and images in a single style, ready to print.

  • 20 min
  • every month

Also

Superwhisper · Custom mode, “Local” model

Dictate a speech-language evaluation report

A structured report, written in your software while you speak, without your voice leaving the computer.

  • 20 min
  • every week

Claude · Word file, in the conversation

Write an advice handout for parents

A one-page handout per topic, in your words, that you check off and give to the parents.

  • 15 min
  • every month

Consensus · “Consensus Meter,” with a yes-or-no question

Check what the studies say about a method

Where the research leans on your question, with the studies to open so you can judge for yourself.

  • 10 min
  • every month

Gemini Notebook · “Chat” panel

Find a point in a reference text

The exact passage, dated and cited, that you read in the original document.

  • 15 min
  • every month

Mistral Vibe · “Temporary Chat”

Write your template replies for the waiting list

Four ready replies, in your tone, that you adapt in two lines before you send them.

  • 15 min
  • as needed

SciSpace · “Chat with PDF”

Read a dense research article

The key points of the article in plain English, point by point, with the passage to reread for each.

  • 15 min
  • every month

DeepL · Translate text

Give advice in the parents’ language

Your advice written in the parents’ language, with the English version alongside.

  • 5 min
  • as needed

All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.

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One use case, start to finish

Claude for speech-language pathologists: create a targeted word list for a session, step by step

  • 10 min
  • every week

What to check

An assistant often gets sounds, syllables, and silent letters wrong: read each word aloud. The choice of targets and of the progression is yours. No patient data in the conversation.

Create a targeted word list for a sessionClaude · Word file, in the conversation
  1. Write down your criteria: the target sound or spelling, its position in the word, the number of syllables, the age or the population.
  2. In Claude, paste the prompt below, filled in. No name, nothing from an evaluation.
  3. Read each word aloud: check the sound, its position, and the number of syllables, and cross out the ones that don’t fit.
  4. Ask: “Give me a Word file, one word per box, in large type,” then print and cut.

The prompt to copy

You are helping me prepare session materials, as a speech-language pathologist. Give me [30] English words that contain the [sh] sound, spelled [sh]: [ten] at the start of the word, [ten] in the middle, [ten] at the end. Constraints: concrete common nouns, easy to picture, known to a [6]-year-old child, [two] spoken syllables, without the [s] and [ch] sounds in the same word. Present them in a table: the word, how it breaks into spoken syllables, the position of the sound. Then write [ten] short sentences that reuse these words. Do not keep any word you are not sure about: a shorter list is better.

My path

What you’ll be able to do, one step after another

In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.

  1. Talk to AI like a colleague

    The first moves, with free tools.

  2. Write faster, without mistakes

    In your jobWrite an adapted reading passage

  3. Get answers from your documents

    In your jobCheck what the studies say about a method

  4. Find an answer you can trust

    In your jobFind a point in a reference text

  5. Never retype anything again

    In your jobCreate a targeted word list for a session

For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.

The tools

AI tools for speech-language pathologists, and what they cost

Claude

Free to start

It prepares your word lists, your sentences, and your advice handouts for parents to your criteria: the target sound, its position, the length, the age. With no patient data.

Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).

Canva

Free to start

Your picture boards, bingo games, and game paths laid out cleanly, with illustrations created from a description when one is missing.

Recommended planCanva Free, €0: up to 20 AI uses.

Superwhisper

Free to start

Dictation that can run entirely on your computer: with a “Local” model, neither your voice nor the text of an evaluation report leaves the device.

Recommended planFree, $0: dictation with on-device Whisper models. For the other local models and file transcription: Pro, $8.49 per month.

Consensus

Free to start

A question about a therapy method, and what the published studies say: an agreement meter and a summary card for each study.

Recommended planFree, $0: 10 written answers, 3 “Deep” reviews, and 10 “Study Snapshot” cards per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month, or $144 per year.

Gemini Notebook

Free to start

You upload the official guidelines and the texts that govern your practice as PDFs: it answers from those documents alone and shows the passage.

Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.

Indy

Free to start

The practice’s books filled in from your bank: transactions categorized on their own, receipts as photos, and the 2035 tax return (for French self-employed professionals) prepared with the Premium plan.

Recommended planEssentiel, €0. To file your returns: Premium, from €15 per month, excl. tax, billed yearly.

Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.

Ground rules

The rules to follow with AI in this job

Always do this

  • Professional secrecy and health data: no name, no date of birth, no score, no voice recording or video of a patient in a consumer tool.
  • The evaluation, the speech-language diagnosis, and the treatment plan are yours. AI makes a resource or formats your dictation: it does not choose a target or a progression.
  • All generated material is read aloud before the session: an assistant gets sounds, syllables, and silent letters wrong.
  • The evaluation report is dictated with a model that runs on your computer, not online.

Never hand this to AI

  • Giving it the results of an evaluation to ask for a diagnosis or a therapy plan.
  • Uploading a recording of a patient’s voice or speech, a session video, or a test record form to an online tool.
  • Using in a session, or giving to parents, generated material you have not checked word by word.
Questions

Frequently asked questions about AI for speech-language pathologists

Which AI tools should speech-language pathologists use?

Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Canva, Superwhisper, Consensus, Gemini Notebook, and Indy. All of them can be used for free to get started.

How does Claude help speech-language pathologists?

It prepares your word lists, your sentences, and your advice handouts for parents to your criteria: the target sound, its position, the length, the age. With no patient data. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).

Where should speech-language pathologists start with AI?

With “Create a targeted word list for a session,” in Claude (Word file, in the conversation). Allow 10 minutes the first time. A word list sorted by sound position, with sentences that reuse the words, ready to print.

Is this an accredited course that leads to a certificate?

No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.

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