Score Text/Pronunciation
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The endpoint that is to be used will depend on the of your subscription. For example, for US West, the endpoint is .
POST
curl --location -g 'https://api.speechace.co/api/scoring/text/v9/json?key={{speechacekey}}&dialect=en-us \
--form 'text="apple"' \
--form 'user_audio_file=@"apple.wav"'curl --location -g 'https://api.speechace.co/api/scoring/text/v9/json?key={{speechacekey}}&dialect=en-us \
--form 'text="Some parents admire famous athletes as strong role models, so they name their children after them."' \
--form 'user_audio_file=@"someparents.wav"'key
String
dialect
String
Note: Not all features of the score/text API support every dialect. Applicable dialects will be explicitly mentioned.
user_id
String
Optional: A unique anonymized identifier (generated by your application) for the end-user who spoke the audio.
text
String
user_audio_file
File
file with user audio (wav, mp3, m4a, webm, ogg, aiff)
question_info
String
Optional: A unique identifier (generated by your application) for the activity or question this user audio is answering.
no_mc
String
Optional: no_mc = 1 to indicate the text field contains multiple lines.
include_fluency
String
include_intonation
String
markup_language
String
Optional: markup_language = arpa_mark
This key signifies that the text parameter may contain markup annotations.
include_unknown_words
String
Optional: include_unknown_words = 1
This key instructs Speechace to automatically infer the expected pronunciation for unknown terms, such as names, places, and other specific terminology. This ensures accurate feedback even for unfamiliar words.
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"status": "success",
"quota_remaining": -1,
"text_score": {
"text": "apple",
"word_score_list": [
{
"word": "apple",
"quality_score": 100,
"phone_score_list": [
{
"phone": "ae",
"stress_level": 1,
"extent": [
12,
27
],
"quality_score": 100,
"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 2,
"word_extent": [
0,
1
],
"sound_most_like": "ae"
},
{
"phone": "p",
"stress_level": null,
"extent": [
27,
39
],
"quality_score": 100,
"word_extent": [
2,
3
],
"sound_most_like": "p"
},
{
"phone": "ah",
"stress_level": 0,
"extent": [
39,
42
],
"quality_score": 100,
"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 0,
"word_extent": [
3,
4
],
"sound_most_like": "ah"
},
{
"phone": "l",
"stress_level": null,
"extent": [
42,
54
],
"quality_score": 98.5,
"word_extent": [
3,
4
],
"sound_most_like": "l"
}
],
"syllable_score_list": [
{
"phone_count": 1,
"stress_level": 1,
"letters": "ap",
"quality_score": 100,
"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 2,
"extent": [
12,
27
]
},
{
"phone_count": 3,
"stress_level": 0,
"letters": "ple",
"quality_score": 100,
"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 0,
"extent": [
27,
54
]
}
]
}
],
"ielts_score": {
"pronunciation": 9
},
"pte_score": {
"pronunciation": 90
},
"speechace_score": {
"pronunciation": 100
},
"toeic_score": {
"pronunciation": 200
},
"cefr_score": {
"pronunciation": "C2"
}
},
"version": "9.3"
}{
"status": "success",
"quota_remaining": -1,
"text_score": {
"text": "Some parents admire famous athletes as strong role models, so they name their children after them.",
"word_score_list": [
{
"word": "Some",
"quality_score": 99,
"phone_score_list": [
{
"phone": "s",
"stress_level": null,
"extent": [
9,
27
],
"quality_score": 98.66666666666667,
"word_extent": [
0,
1
],
"sound_most_like": "s"
},
{
"phone": "ah",
"stress_level": 1,
"extent": [
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36
],
"quality_score": 100,
"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 1,
"word_extent": [
1,
2
],
"sound_most_like": "ah"
},
{
"phone": "m",
"stress_level": null,
"extent": [
36,
42
],
"quality_score": 99.5,
"word_extent": [
2,
3
],
"sound_most_like": "m"
}
],
"syllable_score_list": [
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]
},
{
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"extent": [
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],
"quality_score": 100,
"word_extent": [
0,
1
],
"sound_most_like": "p"
},
{
"phone": "eh",
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],
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1,
2
],
"sound_most_like": "eh"
},
{
"phone": "r",
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],
"quality_score": 100,
"word_extent": [
2,
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],
"sound_most_like": "r"
},
{
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],
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"predicted_stress_level": 0,
"word_extent": [
3,
4
],
"sound_most_like": "ah"
},
{
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"stress_level": null,
"extent": [
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],
"quality_score": 100,
"word_extent": [
4,
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],
"sound_most_like": "n"
},
{
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],
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},
{
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"word_extent": [
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],
"sound_most_like": "s"
}
],
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]
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0,
2
],
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},
{
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483,
489
],
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2,
3
],
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},
{
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489,
495
],
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3,
4
],
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},
{
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495,
498
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4,
5
],
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},
{
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498,
507
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5,
6
],
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},
{
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"extent": [
507,
510
],
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"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 0,
"word_extent": [
6,
7
],
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},
{
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510,
519
],
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7,
8
],
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}
],
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"stress_level": 1,
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468,
495
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},
{
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"extent": [
495,
519
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}
]
},
{
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{
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519,
531
],
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0,
1
],
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},
{
"phone": "f",
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"extent": [
531,
540
],
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1,
2
],
"sound_most_like": "f"
},
{
"phone": "t",
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540,
546
],
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2,
3
],
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},
{
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546,
549
],
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3,
5
],
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}
],
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"letters": "af",
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519,
540
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},
{
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"extent": [
540,
549
]
}
]
},
{
"word": "them",
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{
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"extent": [
549,
555
],
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0,
2
],
"sound_most_like": "dh"
},
{
"phone": "eh",
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555,
564
],
"quality_score": 100,
"stress_score": 100,
"predicted_stress_level": 1,
"word_extent": [
2,
3
],
"sound_most_like": "eh"
},
{
"phone": "m",
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564,
582
],
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3,
4
],
"sound_most_like": "m"
}
],
"ending_punctuation": ".",
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{
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"stress_level": 1,
"letters": "them",
"quality_score": 100,
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"predicted_stress_level": 1,
"extent": [
549,
582
]
}
]
}
],
"ielts_score": {
"pronunciation": 9
},
"pte_score": {
"pronunciation": 90
},
"speechace_score": {
"pronunciation": 99
},
"toeic_score": {
"pronunciation": 200
},
"cefr_score": {
"pronunciation": "C2"
}
},
"version": "9.3"
}API issued by Speechace.
This is the in which the speaker will be assessed.
A word, phrase, or sentence to score. This should be in the chosen. For example, if fr-fr is the chosen dialect, then the word can be Salut.
Optional: include_fluency= 1 to include fluency scoring in the response.
See this for how to use this field.
Optional: include_intonation= 1 to include intonation and stress-level scores.
See this for how to use this field.
See this for how to use this field.