Every Voice, Better Understood.

Adaptive AI for Human Communication

SAMSpeak is a patent-pending Adaptive Speech Intelligence Platform that learns how each individual speaks, helping people be understood when traditional speech recognition falls short.

Built for healthcare providers, educators, caregivers, and the millions of individuals whose speech is not consistently understood by existing technology.


Purpose Built • Independently Evaluated • Advancing Toward Commercial Deployment

Sam & Scott Schlesinger

The Spark: A Father's Search for Clarity

SAMSpeak began with a father trying to understand his son, whose speech was difficult for others to interpret. Long pauses. Repeated guesses. Moments when something important was trying to be said, but the words couldn't get through.

At school, teachers struggled to follow what he was trying to say. In medical settings, doctors relied on parents to translate. Caregivers became interpreters — while the gap between intent and understanding remained a constant barrier to independence.

Conventional speech recognition has often struggled with Sam's speech, while many assistive communication solutions rely on alternative methods of expression. Although personalized recognition technologies exist, the challenge of developing technology that progressively learns an individual's speech and intended meaning through everyday interaction remains significant.

SAMSpeak was built to solve that.

Why It Matters

Communication barriers affect millions of people across neurological, developmental, acquired, and progressive conditions, limiting access to healthcare, education, employment, and greater independence.

Neurological

  • Stroke
  • Parkinson's disease
  • ALS
  • Multiple sclerosis

Developmental

  • Autism
  • Down syndrome
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Childhood apraxia of speech

Acquired & Progressive

  • Post-surgical speech changes
  • Aging-related speech decline
  • Traumatic brain injury

Condition prevalence does not equal the number of people experiencing speech intelligibility challenges. These populations overlap and should not be added together.

When speech is not consistently understood, the consequences can extend across healthcare, education, employment, daily communication, and personal independence.

These barriers create meaningful challenges for individuals, families, caregivers, and the institutions supporting them.

The Problem With Existing Solutions

Existing communication technologies address important needs, but significant gaps remain for individuals whose speech is not consistently understood.

GAPS FOR ATYPICAL SPEECH

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)

  • General-purpose systems are primarily optimized for common speech patterns and can struggle with highly atypical speech.
  • Some systems offer personalization, but the depth, accessibility, and continuity of adaptation vary.
  • Recognition performance can deteriorate when speech differs substantially from training data.
COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH

Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)

  • An established and valuable approach to communication support, including symbol-based systems, synthesized voices, and prepared phrases
  • Serves people with a wide range of communication needs, including those who use speech alongside other methods
  • SAMSpeak is intended to complement AAC rather than replace it
ADAPTS TO YOU

SAMSpeak — Adaptive Speech Intelligence

SAMSpeak is designed to progressively interpret an individual's speech through interaction, confirmation, correction, and communication context, helping people communicate using their own voice.

THE SOLUTION

SAMSpeak defines a new category of speech technology: Adaptive Speech Intelligence

SAMSpeak puts the individual at the center of speech recognition, adapting to how they communicate rather than requiring them to adapt to technology.

Optimized Around the Individual

SAMSpeak begins with the individual's own speech patterns, using interaction and corrective feedback to improve interpretation rather than requiring the speaker to conform to conventional recognition models.

Continuous Personalization

The working platform has demonstrated adaptive learning during evaluation. Version 1.0 is designed to extend this foundation through persistent individualized profiles and learning across sessions.

Non-Provisional Patent Filed

SAMSpeak has filed a non-provisional patent covering its core adaptive speech modeling approach and individualized learning architecture.

Compounding Accuracy Advantage

As individualized speech profiles develop, repeated interaction and confirmed interpretations are intended to improve recognition and contextual understanding over time.

Beyond conventional speech recognition. Complementary to AAC. Adaptive intelligence designed around the individual.

Why Now

Advances in speech technology, growing accessibility needs, and increasing recognition of personalized communication are creating the right conditions for SAMSpeak.

Accessibility Expectations Are Expanding

The EU Accessibility Act, in force since June 2025, mandates accessible digital products across all 27 EU member states. U.S. institutions face escalating ADA scrutiny, and school districts, health systems, and employers are actively procuring assistive technology solutions rather than waiting.

Existing Solutions Demonstrate the Need

Personalized speech recognition initiatives, including Voiceitt and Google's Project Relate, have demonstrated meaningful interest in improving accessibility for atypical speech. SAMSpeak is pursuing a complementary approach centered on progressive adaptation, communication context, and individualized learning.

Technology Enables New Approaches

Advances in speech recognition, language models, cloud infrastructure, and adaptive intelligence are creating new opportunities to build more personalized communication systems. SAMSpeak brings these capabilities together around the individual speaker.

How SAMSpeak Works

SAMSpeak doesn't ask users to speak differently. It learns how they already speak.

SAMSpeak in active session — adaptive model learning in real time.

Speak Naturally

Users speak in their own voice without extensive upfront phrase recording.

Interpretations Surfaced

SAMSpeak presents likely interpretations of the spoken message.

User Confirms

Users or supporting caregivers confirm or correct the intended meaning.

Model Adapts

Confirmed interactions inform individualized interpretation during use.

Accuracy Improves Through Interaction

Repeated interactions and confirmed corrections help SAMSpeak improve its interpretation of an individual's speech during use. Version 1.0 will extend this capability through persistent individualized profiles that retain learning across sessions.

Built for Individualized Learning. Designed for Long-Term Advantage.

SAMSpeak's architecture is designed around the individual speaker, and its working platform has been refined through real-world participation, independent professional evaluation, and technical review.

Adaptive Speech Profiles

SAMSpeak's working platform has demonstrated individualized adaptation through interaction and corrective feedback. Version 1.0 will introduce persistent speech profiles designed to retain and build on that learning across sessions.

Purpose-Built Adaptive Intelligence

SAMSpeak's architecture is designed around individualized speech and communication patterns. As personal profiles develop, the resulting intelligence becomes increasingly tailored to the speaker and their communication needs.

Non-Provisional Patent Filed

SAMSpeak has filed a non-provisional utility patent application covering its adaptive speech modeling approach and individualized learning architecture. The application remains pending, with claims and scope subject to examination. The SAMSpeak trademark has been published in the USPTO Official Gazette.

Meaningful Development and Execution Lead

SAMSpeak has progressed from concept to a working platform refined through real-world participation, independent professional evaluation, and technical review. A defined development blueprint guides Version 1.0. Founder Scott Schlesinger combines more than 25 years of enterprise data, analytics, and AI leadership with firsthand experience supporting his son Sam.

Competitive Landscape

SAMSpeak brings together adaptive speech interpretation, corrective feedback, and communication context in a purpose-built platform that learns how individuals communicate.

STRUCTURED PERSONALIZATION

Voiceitt

Voiceitt offers personalized recognition built on structured speaker training. SAMSpeak delivers individualized interpretation too, and goes further: it learns from everyday speech through interaction, user-confirmed corrections, and communication context, with no extensive upfront phrase recording — understanding what a person means, not only how they sound.

RESEARCH-LED PERSONALIZATION

Google Project Relate

Google Project Relate builds individualized recognition through structured speaker training. SAMSpeak delivers individualized interpretation too, and goes further: it learns progressively through everyday interaction, confirmation, and correction — so people can be understood in real conversations without a large upfront recording effort.

GENERAL-PURPOSE RECOGNITION

General-Purpose Speech Recognition (Google, Apple, Microsoft)

Mainstream speech recognition platforms serve broad populations and increasingly incorporate personalization. SAMSpeak is purpose-built for individuals whose speech remains difficult for conventional recognition systems to interpret consistently.

ADJACENT TECHNOLOGY

Voice Generation & Restoration (ElevenLabs, etc.)

Speech synthesis, voice cloning, and voice restoration technologies address important but different communication needs. These capabilities may complement SAMSpeak's individualized speech interpretation.

Traction & Validation: The Thesis Is Proving Out

Working platform under real-world evaluation. Independent experts engaged. Real participants. Consistent findings across every session and every evaluator.

LIVE

Platform Under Real-World Evaluation

Real-world evaluation sessions with credentialed Speech-Language Pathologists conducted alongside independent evaluations by AI leaders, caregivers, and educators.

84/100

Composite Validation Score

Composite weighted score of 84 out of 100 across evaluators who completed the formal scoring rubric (strong validation range for an early-stage platform).

100%

Confirmed Adaptive Learning

Every evaluator, every participant, every session

Day 1

Adaptation Observed Immediately

Across every participant profile — not after weeks of training.

Evaluators Would Continue Use — Every independent evaluator expressed interest in continued evaluation or future development.

Evaluations conducted independently by credentialed Speech-Language Pathologists, Special Education professionals, senior Enterprise AI leaders, caregivers, and real-world providers.

CURRENT STATUS

Where SAMSpeak Stands Today

SAMSpeak has moved beyond concept into a working platform with early professional evaluation and a defined path toward initial organizational deployment.

✓ Working Technology

The working platform captures speech, presents candidate interpretations, supports user confirmation and correction, and demonstrates individualized learning within a session.

✓ Professional Evaluation

Early evaluation engagement with speech-language professionals, educators, caregivers and individuals with communication challenges has generated encouraging feedback. This is early product evaluation, not completed clinical validation. Early evaluation engagement has involved more than 14 evaluators.

✓ Intellectual Property

US non-provisional patent application filed. SAMSpeak is patent pending, with claims and scope subject to examination. The SAMSpeak trademark has been published in the USPTO Official Gazette.

✓ Commercial Preparation

Institutional and enterprise commercial models defined, and prospective organizational relationships being developed.

VOICES FROM THE FIELD

What Independent Evaluators Found

Multiple independent evaluators. Distinct communication challenges. Distinct professional perspectives. One consistent finding: SAMSpeak demonstrated the ability to adapt to individual speech patterns — and evaluators saw meaningful potential to take it further.

"What stood out most was not just that the technology was working — it was that this child was being understood. For a speech professional, that is the whole point."

— Allyson Stobaugh, BS, SLP-A | Speech-Language Professional

"I could see this becoming a life-changing resource for many individuals and their caregivers — reducing the constant cognitive load of interpreting unintelligible speech, while supporting greater independence and participation in everyday communication."

— Kristen Daniels, MS, CCC-SLP | Speech-Language Pathologist

"The system was building on repeated exposure rather than treating each attempt as a new interaction — beginning to recognize the intended phrase more consistently, even when the student used fewer words or shifted the word order."

— Sarah Hales, M.A., CCC-SLP | Speech-Language Pathologist & AAC Specialist

"I tested SAMSpeak using a recording from a client with very unintelligible speech, and it successfully recognized what she said. I can see significant potential for this technology, particularly as it continues to evolve and become even more accessible."

— Julie Athanasiou | Certified Practising Speech Pathologist

Leadership & Domain Expertise

SAMSpeak is led by a multidisciplinary team spanning speech, technology, and enterprise expertise.

Scott Schlesinger

FOUNDER & CEO

  • A former Partner at EY, SVP & Head of North America Insights and Data at Capgemini, and Chief Analytics Officer at Cognizant, Scott brings 25+ years advising Fortune 500 companies on data, analytics, and AI strategy.
  • He combines deep enterprise expertise with the personal mission that sparked SAMSpeak.

Scott Siegel

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

  • A senior AI executive with leadership roles at PA Consulting, Capgemini, and Hitachi Vantara, where he served as Global Strategy Leader.
  • He specializes in helping organizations build trust in AI and translate emerging technology into enterprise-scale impact.

Sarah Schlesinger

HEAD OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

  • A business owner with experience in banking and business operations, bringing expertise across finance, administration, and organizational management.
  • She leads business operations including finance, legal, and corporate administration, helping build the foundation for growth and commercialization.

A team that understands both the reality and the enterprise path to scale.

SAMSpeak is led by a lean executive leadership team and supported by advisors and specialists across speech-language pathology, assistive technology, healthcare, and AI. Advisors provide expertise and guidance rather than serving as full-time employees.

Our Advisors

Independent voices. Diverse expertise. A shared belief in what SAMSpeak is building.

SAMSpeak's extended network of specialists and advisors contributes actively across clinical evaluation, technology architecture, healthcare reimbursement, and go-to-market execution.

Speech-Language Pathologists

Deep insight into speech variability, therapy workflows, and real-world communication needs.

Assistive Technology & Deployment Specialists

AAC integration and healthcare deployment expertise, informing implementation and scale.

Healthcare Reimbursement & Policy Advisors

Deep experience in Medicare, Medicaid, and institutional funding pathways.

Strategic Advisors

Expertise spanning speech-language pathology, augmentative communication, technology, and adaptive intelligence.

Sarah Hales

Speech-Language Pathology & AAC Advisor

Sarah Hales is a speech-language pathologist and AAC specialist with more than 30 years of experience supporting individuals with complex communication needs. Her expertise includes augmentative and alternative communication, early intervention, motor-speech disorders, and communication accessibility across clinical and educational settings.

Cameron Nokes

Technology Advisor

Cameron Nokes is a technology executive with experience in enterprise technology, digital transformation, and technology integration. His professional background includes strategic technology initiatives, business-critical modernization programs, and the application of emerging technologies to complex business challenges.

Allyson Stobaugh

Speech-Language Pathology Advisor

Allyson Stobaugh is a speech-language professional with experience supporting individuals with complex communication needs. Her work focuses on speech and language development, communication accessibility, and individualized approaches to improving everyday communication.

Srini Varada

Technology Advisor

Srini Varada is a technology executive with more than 30 years of experience spanning artificial intelligence, enterprise technology, healthcare, and digital transformation. His background includes technology strategy, enterprise architecture, intelligent systems, and large-scale technology initiatives.

How SAMSpeak Will Reach the Market

SAMSpeak is designed around three planned commercial channels — each tailored to how different users and organizations will access and deploy the platform.

INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY

Individuals & Families

Accessible subscription-based access for individuals and family-supported users. No dedicated hardware required. Designed to fit naturally into daily life.

PROVIDER

Providers & Specialized Programs

For therapy providers, rehabilitation teams, and specialized education programs. Designed to support SLP workflow integration with volume-based access that scales with caseload.

ENTERPRISE

Enterprise & Institutional Organizations

For school districts, hospital systems, accessibility programs, and large-scale deployments. Structured for multi-site institutional deployment with contractual terms.

Interested in lighthouse deployment or strategic partnership opportunities? Contact us to start the conversation.

ROADMAP

The Next Stage

SAMSpeak has progressed from an identified problem to working technology, independent real-world validation, protected intellectual property and a defined commercialization path. The groundwork is complete. Version 1.0 advances SAMSpeak's demonstrated capabilities into a production-ready platform for organizational deployment, paying customers and commercial scale.

Working Platform

Real-world validated. Independent evaluation complete. Adaptive learning demonstrated across participants with distinct communication disorders. Non-provisional utility patent filed July 31, 2026; trademark published in USPTO Official Gazette. Architecture defined.

Version 1.0

Production-ready and institutionally deployable. Persistent speech profiles, expanded adaptive capabilities, interoperability, institutional workflows, HIPAA-compliant infrastructure and security — all defined and ready to build.

Commercial Scale

Version 1.0 delivers a production-ready platform for organizational deployment and paying customers — establishing the data, relationships and infrastructure that make broader commercial rollout possible.

With the platform defined and the path clear, the focus now turns to the partners and capital to bring it to market.

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The Opportunity Is Now

SAMSpeak has demonstrated its core adaptive approach and established a defined path toward commercial deployment. The next opportunity is to translate that foundation into broader real-world adoption through deployment, distribution, and strategic capital partnerships.

Lighthouse Deployment Partners

Healthcare providers, educational organizations, therapy programs, and accessibility-focused institutions interested in participating in initial deployments, evaluation, and practical implementation.

Strategic Distribution & Integration Partners

Organizations with established relationships across healthcare, education, assistive technology, and accessibility that can support integration, distribution, and broader market access.

Capital & Commercialization Partners

Strategic investors and commercial partners interested in supporting Version 1.0 development, expanded validation, initial customer deployments, and the transition toward recurring revenue.

Every Voice, Better Understood.

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