ValidBound is the company behind SpeechGradebook. AI drafts rubric-based feedback in minutes — you review every score before students see it.
AI-powered speech evaluation for public speaking and presentation courses.
Upload a student recording and get rubric scores plus detailed feedback in minutes — not hours. Built for courses, sections, and the way you already teach.
Student speech video or audio, linked to your course roster.
Scores against your rubric and drafts criterion-level feedback.
Edit scores and comments. Nothing reaches students until you release it.
ValidBound LLC builds AI-assisted evaluation tools for communication education. SpeechGradebook is our flagship product — now in active pilot with communication programs.
AI assists grading. Instructors always have the final say — and their corrections make the model sharper over time.
FERPA compliance, consent management, and student data protection are built in from the start.
We do one thing deeply: help instructors evaluate verbal communication in the classroom.
My doctoral work focused on how communication is taught and evaluated, and why expert feedback is so hard to scale. In 2026 I founded ValidBound to address that gap. SpeechGradebook, our first product, lets instructors draft rubric-based evaluations in minutes while keeping final control of every score.
LinkedIn →We're working with a small group of communication programs. Reach out or visit SpeechGradebook to explore the product.