An AI medical scribe for Persian and English consultations
Persian-speaking patients, whether they speak Farsi, Dari or a mix, often use English or French-derived words for medical things and Persian for everything else. Persian is among the languages ClearPass detects automatically. It transcribes the consultation and writes the clinical note in English; check the quality with your own patients in the trial.
Everyday medical Persian
Some of the words you will hear: feshar-e khun for blood pressure, often shortened to 'feshar', ghand or ghand-e khun for blood sugar and diabetes, ghalb for heart, sar-dard for headache, tangi-ye nafas for breathlessness. Several medical words were borrowed from French long ago, so patients may say 'serum' for an intravenous drip or 'ampul' for an injection.
Those borrowed words are a known trap: 'serum' in a Persian sentence usually means an IV infusion, not blood serum. Read the history and plan with that in mind, and say what you mean in English when the distinction matters.
Script, names and printed reports
Persian is written in Perso-Arabic script, right to left, and uses its own digits in print, which look different from the Arabic-Indic digits used in Arabic. Printed reports may use either Persian or Western digits. If you photograph a lab report, compare every value in the note with the page.
Names can be transliterated in many ways, and a transcribed name may not match the spelling in your system. Do not identify patients from the transcript. Leave names out of the conversation where you can; identifiers are removed on a best-effort basis before the text reaches the AI.
- Compare photographed values with the original report.
- Read generic drug names aloud when the patient names a brand.
- State units with every reading.
Politeness and indirect answers
Persian conversation uses a lot of courtesy, and patients may play symptoms down out of politeness. The transcript keeps the exchange; the note keeps only clinical content. If you suspect a symptom is being minimised, ask a direct follow-up question, so the answer reaches the transcript.
Relatives often answer for older patients. Speaker separation keeps the voices apart; say who gave which part of the history when it matters.
Honest expectations
Persian is detected automatically, alone or mixed with English. This page does not claim an accuracy figure, and Farsi and Dari accents differ. Transcribe a few of your own patients during the trial, read the transcripts, and decide from what you see.
Traditional ideas of illness
Some Persian-speaking patients describe symptoms through older ideas of temperament, calling a food or a condition 'garm' (hot) or 'sard' (cold), or attributing a problem to 'asab', the nerves. These words are cultural, not diagnostic. The transcript will keep them; the note should state the symptoms you established. If the belief matters for adherence, for example a patient avoiding a food or medicine for that reason, mention it plainly in the history.
Herbal teas and remedies are also common. Ask for the names and whether they are taken daily, since they can matter for interactions.
What ClearPass does not do
- It does not replace your judgement. Every note is an AI draft that you review and correct before it is used.
- It is not a medical device and does not make clinical decisions. It is a documentation aid.
- It does not connect to your EMR. The note is copy-ready text that pastes into any system.
- It does not write the note in Persian. The note comes out in English.
Privacy
Clinical note content is not stored on ClearPass servers: it is processed to write the note, then discarded. Consultation audio is transcribed and discarded, never stored. Your note history stays in your browser, on your device, and you choose how long it is kept. Common identifiers are removed from typed and transcribed text before it reaches the AI; that is a best-effort safeguard, so leave names, ID numbers and file numbers out where you can. Processing goes through the AI providers named in our Privacy Policy, which sets out exactly what each one receives and how long it keeps it. ClearPass does not sign HIPAA business associate agreements today.
Questions
Will the word serum be translated correctly?
Not always. In everyday Persian, serum usually means an intravenous drip. Check the history and plan, and say what you mean in English when it matters.
Can a relative interpret for an older patient?
Yes. Speaker separation labels the voices. Where the history matters, ask the patient directly as well, since relatives often summarise.
Does it work for Dari as well as Farsi?
Persian is among the languages detected automatically. Accents and vocabulary differ, so test both with your own patients during the trial.
Is the note written in Persian?
No. The note is always written in English.
Can it read reports printed with Persian digits?
Photo reading may work, but check every value against the original report before the note is used.
What does ClearPass cost?
The 7-day trial is free, needs no card and simply ends after 7 days, with no automatic charge. After that there is one plan: $78 a month or $858 a year, with every visit transcribed.
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