From spoken family history to a pedigree
Voice-Powered Pedigree Builder
Tell the family story out loud. See the pedigree take shape.
The Voice-Powered Pedigree Builder is designed to turn a spoken family history into a structured pedigree drawn with standard nomenclature. It asks follow-up questions where relationships are ambiguous and leaves interpretation to the genetics team.
Demonstration
Demo with synthetic data
Synthetic spoken statements become a three-generation pedigree, one relationship at a time.
All names, values, and records in this demonstration are invented. It illustrates the workflow and is not a screenshot of a deployed system.
Voice-Powered Pedigree Builder
Conceptual demo, synthetic dataListening
Conversation
Spoken family history
- Patient S1
I’m 38, and I’m the one being seen today.
- Patient S2
My mum had breast cancer in her forties. Dad’s 67 and well.
- Patient S3
I’ve got a younger brother, he’s fine.
- Patient S4
My aunt had it too. She died at 52.
- Builder Q1
Is this aunt your mother’s sister or your father’s sister? Answer: mother’s sister.
Structured draft
Pedigree, standard nomenclature
Family members
- Exact age at diagnosis not given
Select a draft line to see the sources it came from.
Design intent
Design intent
- 01
Relationship extraction
“My mother’s sister had breast cancer at 45” becomes a maternal aunt, a condition, and an age at diagnosis.
- 02
Standard nomenclature
Pedigrees are drawn with the symbols and line conventions genetics professionals already use.
- 03
Clarifying questions
Where speech is ambiguous, such as “my aunt” or “my brother’s kids”, the builder asks rather than assumes.
- 04
Inclusive by default
Sex assigned at birth and gender identity are recorded separately, following current nomenclature guidance.
- 05
Structured export
The pedigree is kept as structured data, not just a picture, so it can be reviewed and updated.
How it works
- 1
Speak
The patient or clinician describes the family in their own words.
- 2
Structure
People, relationships, conditions, and ages become structured entries.
- 3
Clarify
Ambiguous relationships trigger short follow-up questions.
- 4
Review
A genetics professional reviews, corrects, and interprets the pedigree.
Built for
- Genetic counsellors and clinical geneticists
- Oncology and cardiology clinics taking family history
- Patients preparing for a genetics appointment
Safeguards
- Every person and relationship shows the phrase it came from.
- Unconfirmed relationships are drawn as provisional until someone confirms them.
- Risk assessment and interpretation remain with qualified genetics professionals.
Boundaries
- This is a working title for a product in design. Capability and availability are to be confirmed.
- It does not calculate hereditary risk or recommend testing.
Related reading
From spoken family history to pedigree
What it takes for software to turn a patient’s spoken family history into a standard pedigree that a genetics team can trust and correct.
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