{"id":4050,"date":"2026-08-05T13:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/wythenshawe\/ambient-voice-technology-avt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:51:13","slug":"ambient-voice-technology-avt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/wythenshawe\/patients-visitors\/ambient-voice-technology-avt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambient Voice Technology (AVT)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ambient Voice Technology, or AVT, is a digital tool that takes notes during your appointment with your doctor or nurse. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), it writes down and summarises what you\u2019ve talked about.<\/p>\n

This means that your care team can spend more time with you, and less time focusing on their computers. This helps us to give you better care.<\/p>\n

If you have an appointment at a service that uses AVT, you might see an added phone or microphone device in the room with you. Your clinician, a doctor or nurse, will check that you are okay with this being used and then turn it on.<\/p>\n

Your care team will always review the notes that AVT creates to make sure they\u2019re right. They will then add them to your electronic patient record.<\/p>\n

AVT has been tested across our hospitals, and many services are now starting to use it. AVT is part of our plans to use AI in a safe way, so that we can give patients better care.<\/p>\n

We recently talked about AVT and AI at our Virtual Members meeting, which <\/em>you can watch online<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=”7″ css=””][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Please see below for answers to many of the questions people ask about AVT:<\/h3>\n

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What does ``AVT`` mean?<\/h3>\n <\/a>\n\n
\n AVT stands for Ambient Voice Technology.\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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What does ``AI`` mean?<\/h3>\n <\/a>\n\n
\n Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is technology that helps computers perform tasks that a person might do \u2013 like typing notes.<\/p>\n

AVT uses artificial intelligence (AI) to write notes so that your doctor or nurse can spend more time listening and talking to you.\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>

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What does AVT do?<\/h3>\n <\/a>\n\n
\n AVT is a computer tool that uses AI to write down what is said in your appointment. Once these notes are written, your clinician will review them, before adding them to your patient record.\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Does it work by itself? What does my doctor or nurse do?<\/h3>\n <\/a>\n\n
\n At the start of your appointment, your doctor or nurse will turn on AVT using their computer. They will also turn on a special microphone or phone, which turns your conversation into notes. Your doctor or nurse will then check that these notes are right before adding them to your patient record.\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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What are the good things about AVT?<\/h3>\n <\/a>\n\n
\n AVT gives your doctor or nurse more time to focus on you instead of typing. In a pilot, patients said they felt more listened to and more involved in their care when AVT was used.\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Will my care be different?<\/h3>\n <\/a>\n\n
\n Your care will stay the same. What will be different is that your doctor or nurse will spend less time typing or looking at a screen and more time with you.<\/p>\n