AI English Essay Marking
HK-tuned English essay marking — DSE & school-rubric aligned
HK-tuned AI marker for English writing. Aligned with HKEAA DSE Paper 1B (CONTENT / LANGUAGE / ORGANIZATION) and TSA standards. 99% OCR on English handwriting (including cursive); 100,000+ HK student essays graded; AI scores within 5% of human markers.
100K+ HK English handwritten essays graded · 99% OCR · within 5% of human markers
Teacher dashboard · class-wide marking at a glance
English teacher pain · Essai solution
Marking 40 English essays = late-night week with endless red pen.
AI returns a marked draft in 30s within 5% of human markers (TSA & DSE-tested). Teachers only finalise.
General AI markers score like SAT / IELTS, not like HK DSE or TSA.
HK-tuned model aligned with HKEAA DSE Paper 1B (CONTENT / LANGUAGE / ORGANIZATION).
Handwritten drafts need typing; cursive and spelling errors confuse OCR.
99% English handwriting OCR including cursive; spelling errors flagged separately, not as OCR errors.
Key features
HK-tuned English model
Aligned with HKEAA DSE Paper 1B scoring logic. Not generic GPT with an "act as a marker" prompt.
Within 5% · 2× more accurate
DSE / TSA past-paper benchmarked; 2× more accurate than GPT-4/Gemini with a generic English prompt.
Handwriting OCR · 99%
Photo handwriting including cursive; spelling errors separately flagged, not silently mis-read.
Three-dimension scoring
CONTENT / LANGUAGE / ORGANIZATION — each with per-dimension feedback, mirroring HKEAA DSE Paper 1B.
School-based rubric
Plug in your school’s English rubric; Essai tunes outputs. Also aligns with TSA / DSE out of the box.
Class report · Word export
Auto class report: weakness heatmap, sample essays, suggested phrases & vocabulary. One-click Word export.
How it works
Teacher sets the basics
Enter the prompt, pick the rubric (school-based or DSE / TSA), and assign a class.
Submit — teacher or student
Teacher uploads images or PDFs of handwritten drafts, or assigns students to submit from their own accounts.
Export Word or release to students
After review, export the class report as Word for printing or release it directly to student accounts.
Genre + grade coverage
| P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative / Story | ||||||||||
| Descriptive / Recount | ||||||||||
| Argumentative / Discursive | ||||||||||
| DSE Paper 1B essays | ||||||||||
| Letter / Report / Article |
HK English handwritten essays graded · 99% handwriting OCR · AI scores within 5% of human markers (TSA & DSE-tested)
“(1) Clean UI — works equally well on desktop, tablet, and mobile. (2) Content draws heavily from TSA, which makes it great pre-exam practice for overall English.”
— HK primary school English teacher