Get Your TOEFL® Speaking Score Estimate

A credit is a scoring token.

When you spend 1 credit, My Speaking Score runs a full scoring analysis on one complete task using ETS’s proprietary automated scoring technology.

Important: tasks must be fully completed to be scored.

Example
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👉 1 credit scores the full Listen & Repeat task (all 7 responses) or
👉 1 credit scores the full Interview task (all 4 responses)

No.

Credits never expire. Once you buy credits, they stay in your account until you use them. Credits are non-transferrable.

Scores are returned in minutes.

My Speaking Score uses ETS’s proprietary automated scoring technology to evaluate spoken English responses.

The scores are generated quickly and consistently, using the same types of delivery-focused speech signals ETS uses in large-scale speaking assessments.

Scores are provided for practice and informational purposes and should be interpreted as one piece of evidence about speaking performance.

You’ll see 4 levels of TOEFL Speaking scoring data:

👉 Section score
An overall TOEFL Speaking score estimate for practice and self-evaluation.

👉 Task score
A score for each task you complete.

👉 Prompt score
Scores for each individual response inside the task.

👉 Category scores
Breakdowns by scoring category so you can see exactly what’s helping your score and what’s holding it back.

My Speaking Score is the only TOEFL Speaking scoring tool that shows all four levels in one place.

Yes.

Retaking the same test or task is one of the best ways to improve because you can:

👉 measure progress over time
👉 isolate a weakness
👉 re-run the same task with a better strategy

Each new recording is scored as a new attempt. Note: you can only take Chicago for free once.

LLMs like ChatGPT will help with ideas and structure, but they can’t reliably predict your TOEFL Speaking score.

That’s because TOEFL Speaking scoring depends heavily on speech delivery signals, not just the words in a transcript.

Most AI tools evaluate:

👉 text you type, or
👉 a transcript converted from audio

But once speech becomes text, important scoring information disappears.

Examples of signals ChatGPT does not measure in a TOEFL-aligned way:

👉 timing under pressure
👉 pause frequency and pause length
👉 sustained speech and breakdowns
👉 speaking rate stability and rhythm consistency

So the feedback can sound encouraging while your score still drops due to delivery penalties you can’t “see” in text.

My Speaking Score addresses this by evaluating spoken responses using ETS’s proprietary automated scoring technology, which analyzes delivery-level speech signals that text-based tools typically do not measure.

I’m John Healy, the founder of My Speaking Score.

As a university professor in South Korea, I watched students fight the TOEFL Speaking "Black Box." They got scores, but they never really got answers.

I created My Speaking Score to be a "Glass Box."Because success requires transparency.

You shouldn't need a tutor to decode a scoring engine.

When you see your data, you control your outcome. And when you can do that, you control your future.

I am hands-on dedicated to ensure this platform remains a transparent source of truth for your TOEFL Speaking progress.

ETS scoring technology refers to ETS’s proprietary automated systems for evaluating spoken English responses.

These systems are developed and maintained by ETS and analyze speech delivery features such as timing, fluency, pauses, and rhythm to generate consistent, rubric-aligned speaking scores for practice and self-evaluation.

‍Note: SpeechRater® was a public-facing name used for earlier generations of ETS’s automated speaking scoring research. My Speaking Score licenses ETS’s current proprietary scoring technology rather than a branded product.

No.

My Speaking Score licenses ETS’s proprietary automated scoring technology to generate speaking scores for practice and self-evaluation.

The scores you receive are not official TOEFL iBT® scores and should not be used for admissions or certification decisions.

They are intended to help you understand how spoken responses are evaluated and to identify strengths and weaknesses in your speaking.

No.

Your recordings are submitted for scoring inside My Speaking Score.

ETS does not receive your identity, your TOEFL registration, or your test account information through our platform.

Yes.

My Speaking Score offers API access powered by VoX, our proprietary speech scoring engine.

The API is designed for platforms and institutions that want to submit score audio files for non-TOEFL reasons (e.g speech contests, IELTS, etc.).

To request access, visit our API page.

Yes.

John publishes TOEFL Speaking strategy and training content often, including practical, scoring-aligned advice you can apply immediately.

Visit the blog here.