These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of ...

We are in the process of developing a thorough set of motor speech assessment resources. For now, we have organized the Colorado Motor Speech Framework (CMSF). The CMSF is an assessment tool for ...

During spring 2022, the DigiTala research project developed a Moodle plugin called Digitala. The plugin enables automated speaking assessment in Finnish and Swedish. The software for the plugin was ...

An associate professor at the University of Arizona has received a $2.5 million federal grant for research involving an issue that is critical in Arizona and other states with large Hispanic ...

I was chatting to a couple of children at work the other day. Let's call them Joshua and Lilly. They are in kindergarten and, with two terms of ''big school'' under their belt, they know the lie of ...

Prof. LI Hai’s team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted a systematic evaluation of the reliability of speech acoustic features across ...

LONDON -- Changes in speech may be an early warning sign for cognitive impairment, researchers reported here. In an analysis of data from the WRAP sample, participants with early mild cognitive ...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory condition that is characterised by bronchoconstriction leading to a multitude of symptoms, including wheeze, cough and dyspnoea. 1 Assessment and ...