Building Accessible Tools with AI: A Voice-Activated History Form
One of the challenges in school psychology is ensuring that every family can fully participate in the evaluation process. For some, lengthy paper forms can feel overwhelming or inaccessible.
To explore solutions, I recently created a voice-activated personal history form using Google’s Gemini. This tool reads each question aloud, records spoken responses, and produces a downloadable PDF—while keeping all data private on the user’s device. You can try it here: https://g.co/gemini/share/cb3715078661 (Google account required).
How You Can Experiment with AI Development
If you’d like to explore building your own tools, the process is often more straightforward than expected. A few starting points:
Identify a challenge in your practice where technology might help.
Create an AI account (many platforms require this).
Begin with forms or resources you’ve already designed.
Use natural language instructions with AI platforms to describe what you want built.
Test your prototype, revise it, and adapt based on user experience.
An Invitation to Innovate
This voice-activated form is just one example of how AI can make our work more accessible. The real value lies not only in the finished product but in the process—using conversational development to turn ideas into functional tools.
I encourage you to consider where AI might remove barriers for the families you serve. Could a form, checklist, or workflow be redesigned for greater accessibility? What small experiment could you try?
As we move forward, AI will not replace the human connection at the heart of school psychology—but it can strengthen it by making our practices more inclusive and efficient.
More details about this project appear in the latest FASP newsletter.