Automation of oral reading assessment and of feedback in a reading tutor is a very challenging task. This paper describes our research aiming at developing such automated systems. First topic is the recording and annotation of CHOREC, the Flemish database of children’s oral reading we develop in order to characterize oral reading processes statistically. Next, we propose a classification of bot...

This paper describes the development of a new Test of Child Speechreading (ToCS) that was specifically designed to be suitable for use with deaf children. Speechreading is a skill which is required for deaf children to access the language of the hearing community. ToCS is a child-friendly, computer-based, speechreading test that measures speechreading (silent lipreading) at three psycholinguist...

This paper will describe a new approach towards electronic public procurement of construction and public Works. The paper will analyse how the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are changing the processes within the Building and Construction sector, namely the Building Information Modeling (BIM) approach combined with the Model-Driven Architecture, Service-Oriented Architectur...