BandNine
IELTS Speaking practice with an AI examiner
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BandNine runs the IELTS Speaking test out loud. Alex, an AI examiner for practice, takes you through Part 1, the Part 2 task card (one minute to prepare, two to speak) and the Part 3 discussion. Afterwards you get estimated bands for the four criteria, and each correction quotes your own words. Pick one, say the answer again and compare. New accounts start with 17 credits, enough for one full mock test. AI practice estimate. Not an official IELTS result.
PH · launched Nov 10, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 0 views
Niche: exam preparation platforms · 339 launches, 40 in the last 7 days ▼ -2% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Agent / copilot
- B2C
- AI-native
- Commercial product
- Education
- Languages
- Artificial Intelligence
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Could you build this?
Partial The UI and voice loop (speech-to-text, text-to-speech, timed prep) are buildable with existing speech APIs, but credible band estimates require a calibrated scoring rubric validated against real examiner ratings.
What it would actually take: The stack is a browser or mobile client with streaming speech recognition, an LLM acting as the examiner with a structured prompt, and a scoring step over the four IELTS criteria with quoted evidence. The hard part is calibration: estimated bands must match official IELTS scoring, which needs a labeled set of graded speaking samples and examiner input to validate. Without that, the feedback will look authoritative but be inaccurate.
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Launched 372 days after the earliest competitor.
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