Accessing sound files and transcripts for live listening examinations
Sound files for our listening examinations are available for download through our special live materials secure download service (SDS). Find out how to get started.
Your examinations officer needs to have signed up for this service well before the exams are due to take place. This special service is accessed through Edexcel Online and not through the Pearson qualifications website, so you won't be able to access these live materials in the same way that you do for other locked, password-protected materials on the website (such as recent past papers).
When can I access the materials?
You can access the recordings no earlier than 24 hours before the published start time of the examination. Transcripts can only be accessed up to one hour beforehand.
For example:
If a test is due to take place on a Monday at 1.30 p.m. you will be able to access the material on the previous working day. If the live exam tasks will take place in an afternoon session, you won't be able to access the material the day before until 1.30 p.m. Transcripts for a morning exam are available from 8.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and from 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. for afternoon exams. The MP3 for a morning exam is available from 9.00 a.m. and from 1.30 p.m. for the afternoon exam on the day before (both for a period of 24 hours).