Powerful Speech Recognition Technology Lets Users Independently Practice and Test Speaking Skills
Encourage students to practice speaking more
Provide a private, intimidation-free environment for speech practice.
Students can practice and drill themselves even outside the classroom.
Instant feedback on practice exercises lets students assess themselves and track their own progress.
Give students more time to practice speaking than they normally get in class.
“A lot of my students really are starting to speak more because they’re getting that confidence level.“
Jill Kaufman, Head of Modern Languages
Vincent Massey Secondary School, Windsor, Ontario
Easier, Scalable Speech Testing
Assess pronunciation and speaking skills without one-on-one attention.
Objective questions can be auto-marked or manually reviewed. Subjective questions are manually reviewed and marked.
Scale to a virtually unlimited number of tests and test takers.
Conduct remotely for low – and medium-stakes tests.
Securely store test results in one secure, central place.
Configurable to Meet Your Needs
Set the stringency you require (lax or strict).
Either automatically record spoken answers or have test takers manually record them.
Give test takers time to prepare their spoken response, if desired, and how long prep time will be.
Option to provide a sample audio answer.
Determine the maximum response length for spoken answers.
“I find it a lot easier and less stressful to answer questions on the XpressLab than when I’m standing in front of a whole group of people. It’s a lot less pressure on you.“
Student, Ontario
More Reasons Why You’ll Love XpressLab’s Speech Recognition
More than 100 languages supported
Reliable even with a computer’s built-in mic and speaker
Algorithm allows for slow speaking, starts and stops, and other speaking idiosyncrasies of language beginners