Assess
Students submit spoken answers for teacher review. AI suggestions stay hidden from students. You set the final mark, approve it privately, and release the mark and feedback when ready.
For showing what they've learned
Spoken-response assessment for teachers
Let students show what they know out loud.
Some students understand the answer long before they can get it onto the page. SayAble lets teachers create spoken-response activities, identify evidence against teacher-defined criteria and make the final assessment decision.
No account needed. Teacher demo uses sample data.
The format shouldn't hide the thinking.
A student may explain an idea in conversation while their written work leaves part of that understanding unseen.
When writing is the skill being assessed, writing belongs in the task. When it isn't, a spoken answer can give the teacher another piece of evidence to consider.
See where spoken answers fitRoom to practise.
Space to show learning.
Choose how an assignment works before students begin. Keep a clear distinction between building understanding and assessing it.
See how it worksYour criteria. Their answer.
Your final decision.
Set the question, hear the answer, give the next piece of feedback.
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Make the question yours
Organise questions into activities. Add the key points and marks that match your lesson.
In your library - 2
Give students a way in
Assign an activity. Students join with a class code, their name and a PIN, then answer out loud.
In their class work - 3
Hear it. Review it. Respond.
Read the transcript and listen when audio is available. Review the evidence and AI suggestion, set a mark, and release your feedback when it is ready. You can also request another attempt.
In your class results
Who it may help
For lessons where the aim is to understand a student's thinking, and writing isn't the skill being assessed.
Try it as a studentStudents with more to explain
A spoken response offers another way to explain an idea, alongside the work a teacher already sees.
Teachers checking understanding
Ask a focused question and review what a student said against the criteria you chose.
Classrooms making room for practice
Let students work through an explanation and try again before an Assess activity.
AI assists, teachers decide
Suggestions help you review an answer. The final assessment decision stays with you.
Explore the teacher demoYour criteria guide the review
SayAble transcribes the answer and checks it against your key points. It shows evidence and a suggested mark for you to review. Questions without key points are left for you to mark.
Your decision controls what is shared
You can change the mark and feedback, approve them privately, and release them when ready. Reopening feedback hides it from the student until you release it again. Review and correction history is kept.
Transcription and AI analysis can be wrong. Check the evidence, listen when a recording is available, or ask for another attempt. Pronunciation feedback is separate from content marks.
Trust + Safety
Know what happens to an answer before you bring SayAble into a classroom.
Read the Trust centreClear choices about recordings
Students join with a class code, their name and a teacher-issued PIN. They see a recording notice before using the microphone. Teacher playback is optional and requires recording consent; kept recordings expire after 30 days.
A separate device copy can recover an interrupted class submission for 24 hours, including in classes that do not keep recordings. The Trust centre explains when copies are cleared, who processes answers, and how data can be accessed or deleted.
A school pilot starts with a conversation
Before using real student data, we need to agree on access, consent, retention and the school's requirements. Our privacy, security and accessibility work is described in the Trust centre, including what is still in progress.
A few good questions.
More about spoken answers, feedback and recording choices.
Does AI decide the final mark?
No. SayAble can suggest a content score and check an answer against your key points. You review the evidence, set the final mark, and decide when to release your mark and feedback. You can also request another attempt.
What if the transcript gets something wrong?
Speech recognition can miss or change words. Teachers can compare the transcript with the recording when one is available, adjust the mark, and request another attempt. A transcript is evidence to review, not a perfect record.
Are pronunciation and understanding assessed together?
They are separate question types. Content questions check the ideas in an answer against your key points. Pronunciation phrases, still a preview, give feedback on how a set phrase was spoken. Recognition can still be affected by accents, speech differences, and background noise, so teacher review matters.
What happens to a student's voice recording?
Spoken answers are sent for processing. Keeping audio for teacher playback requires recording consent in the class roster; those recordings expire after 30 days. Separately, a temporary copy on the student's device can recover an interrupted submission for 24 hours, even when the class does not keep recordings. Expired device copies are removed when SayAble next opens or checks pending answers. The Trust centre explains retention and cleanup.
Do students need an email address?
No. Students join a class with a class code, their name and a four-digit PIN from their teacher. Teachers sign in by email. The public demo is available without an account.
Does SayAble replace written assessment?
No. Use written work when writing is the skill you're assessing. SayAble adds spoken answers to your classroom options; it doesn't replace writing, educational planning, or speech-language support.
Currently in betaBuilt to be tried.
Built to be tried.
Still learning what works.
SayAble is a working prototype. Classroom outcomes haven't yet been established through pilots or research.
The teacher demo uses fictional answers. The student demo lets you try a spoken response without joining a class.
Find out about a pilotTry SayAble in your classroom
Tell us what you teach and where spoken answers could fit. We can walk through the product and discuss what your school needs before a pilot.