OET Online 2026: OET@Home and the Computer Test Compared

OET online options side by side

	OET@Home	On computer
Where	Your own computer, in a quiet room	A venue, with Speaking at home or, in some countries, at the venue
Listening	Wired headset, plugged in throughout	Noise-cancelling headphones provided
Writing	Typed	Typed on a standard keyboard
Speaking	OET Speaking platform, live interlocutor	Online with a live interlocutor, by Zoom
Who can book	No venue where you’ll sit the test, or exceptional circumstances approved by OET	Any candidate

Paper is the third mode, taken at a test centre with all four sub-tests on one day.

Who accepts OET online?

Nursing and Midwifery Council (UK): accepts OET@Home, the computer test and paper, and lets you combine an OET@Home sitting with a paper or computer one.
Australia’s National Boards, through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra): accept paper and the computer test at a test centre, including its remote Speaking. Not OET@Home.
Department of Home Affairs (Australia): doesn’t accept OET@Home for visas.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland: doesn’t accept OET at home.

OET says OET@Home may not be accepted everywhere and asks you to check before booking. If your computer test offers Speaking at a venue as well as at home, pick the Speaking mode your organisation accepts.

OET in the UK →OET in Australia →

What you need for OET@Home

A computer that meets OET’s minimum system requirements, with a camera, speakers and microphone
Prometric’s ProProctor app, installed before the test
A wired headset; Bluetooth headphones aren’t allowed
The original ID you booked with and your Prometric confirmation number
Proof that you’re in the country you booked, such as a residency permit, a visa, a hotel booking covering the test day or a signed rental agreement

You log on at least 15 minutes early and wait in the lobby while the proctor checks your ID. If your audio can be heard outside the headset during Listening, the test is ended.

ID rules at OET test centres →

When is Speaking on the computer test?

On a different day from Listening, Reading and Writing, inside the same test administration. OET’s computer test page says up to 5 days before or after; its Test Regulations say usually 8. Your results come only after all four sub-tests are done.

If you miss your Speaking session, contact OET Support within 24 hours. You can move it once, for a fee listed on the fees page. If you don’t, Speaking scores zero.