Key points
- Across 5 platforms tested on the same 14 simulated consultations, the mean share of note elements in error was 26.3%, with significant variation between platforms.1
- When 56 physicians rated notes from 3 systems, their preferences did not track the error counts found by a line-by-line audit.2
- In a randomised trial of 238 physicians, one scribe cut time in notes by 9.5% against usual care and the other showed no significant change.3
- Bring a real recording, a real template and your data questions, and score every demo on the same sheet.
- wai's demo is fifteen minutes with a clinician who uses it daily, on your own workflows, with a reply within one working day.5
Summary
A good AI scribe demo drafts a note from your own consultation, live, then shows the letter, the coding and the template for your specialty. Bring a consented recording or a role-played visit, your most-used template and your data questions, and score each demo on the same sheet.
In fifteen minutes your own consultation becomes a note ready to sign, with the letter and codes drafted from it, so you see how the first week will look. More than 80% of 1,692 US physicians surveyed by the AMA in early 2026 already use AI in their professional work.4
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| Area | Ask to see | Strong answer looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Live consultation | A note drafted from your own recording or a role-played visit, in real time | Draft ready within seconds of the visit ending, with nothing invented |
| Note quality | The draft read against the recording, line by line | No omissions of findings or decisions, correct medicines, numbers and sides |
| Letters | A referral letter and a patient letter drafted from the same visit | Ready to sign after light edits, in your format |
| Coding | Suggested codes drawn from the note, with the clinician confirming | Codes shown as suggestions for review, never applied silently |
| Specialty templates | Your own template rebuilt and used on the demo visit | Draft follows your headings and reads like you after a few edits |
| Front desk | What happens after the visit, follow-up, booking and patient messages | Same record, with replies drafted for the team to approve |
| Sign-off | The review and signature step | Only the clinician can sign, and every signature is logged |
| Data questions | Hosting, access, audit log, subprocessors and export | Clear written answers, with export of every record on request |
| Getting started | Time from sign-up to first live consultation | Same day for a clinician, a scoped plan for a clinic |
Why the demo has to use your material
Researchers played the same 14 simulated outpatient consultations to 5 ambient scribe platforms and graded each note against a rubric.1 The mean share of note elements in error was 26.3%, with significant variation between platforms, and an average of 3.0 errors per case had potential for moderate-to-severe harm.1
A consultation from your own specialty, with your own accents and abbreviations, shows how a tool will perform in your rooms.
Check the content before the formatting
In a 2026 evaluation at a US health system, 56 physicians rated notes from 3 scribe systems drafted from identical recordings, while reviewers audited each note line by line against the source.2 The system the physicians preferred was not the one with the fewest audited errors.2
Read the draft against what was said. Start with what is missing, then what was added, then medicines, numbers and the plan.
Test the rest of the day too
In a randomised trial of 238 outpatient physicians across 14 specialties at a US academic system, one scribe reduced time in notes by 9.5% against usual care, and another showed no significant change.3 Each was used in roughly 30% of eligible visits, 33.5% of 24,696 for one and 29.5% of 23,653 for the other.3
Ask to see what happens after the note, the letter, the code, the follow-up and the booking. Those steps decide whether a tool gets used every day.
What to bring
Bring a recording of a real consultation used with the patient's consent, or two colleagues ready to role-play a typical visit. Bring your most-used note template and a standard referral letter to judge the draft against your own style.
Bring your data questions in writing, covering where records are hosted, who can see them, what is logged and how you export everything if you leave. The vendor questions guide has the full list, and the scorecard below keeps every demo comparable.
What a wai demo looks like
A wai demo is fifteen minutes on video with a clinician who uses it daily, on your own clinic's workflows, and we reply to every request within one working day.5 It covers the consult and the letter and coding that follow, and for clinics the front desk and patient record on the same system.
A clinician who would rather try it alone can start a seven day trial for one clinician, with limited use, and draft notes from their own consultations.6 A clinic can request a demo for the team and start a trial for the clinician who will use it first.
Where to start
Shortlist two or three tools, book demos in the same week and use the same recording and template in each. Have the clinician who will use it most and whoever runs operations both score every row.
Pick the winner on the scorecard, then confirm it in a short pilot with clear success criteria, as set out in pilot success criteria for clinic AI.
Bring a recording and a template, and score the note and the letter as they are drafted live.
Frequently asked questions
How long should an AI scribe demo take?
Fifteen to thirty minutes is enough if it runs on your own material. A wai demo is fifteen minutes with a clinician who uses it daily.5
Can I use a real patient recording in a demo?
Only with the patient's consent and in line with your privacy policy. A role-played visit between two colleagues works almost as well and avoids the question.
What is the most important thing to check in a demo note?
What is missing. Read the draft against the recording and look for findings or decisions that were said but not written, then for anything added that was never said.
Should I trust a vendor's own accuracy figures?
Treat them as a starting point. Independent testing of 5 platforms on identical visits found significant variation in accuracy between them, so test on your own material.1
Is there a way to try wai without a demo?
Yes. A single clinician can start a seven day trial, with limited use, and draft notes from their own consultations.6
Who from the clinic should attend the demo?
The clinician who will use it most and whoever runs operations. Clinicians judge the note, and operations judges the letters, coding, front desk and data answers.
Sources
- 1Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Digital Health, Anderson and colleagues, 2025Evaluating the Quality and Safety of Ambient Digital Scribe Platforms Using Simulated Ambulatory EncountersRead 14 October 2026Read source
- 2Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Weiss and colleagues, 2026Comparative evaluation of ambient digital scribe systems in clinical documentationRead 14 October 2026Read source
- 3NEJM AI, Lukac and colleagues, 2025Ambient AI Scribes in Clinical Practice, A Randomized TrialRead 14 October 2026Read source
- 4American Medical Association, 20262026 Physician Survey on Augmented IntelligenceRead 14 October 2026Read source
- 5wai, 2026Request a demoRead 14 October 2026Read source
- 6wai, 2026AI medical scribe for independent cliniciansRead 14 October 2026Read source
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