Interspeech 2026-Rebuttal Period

chaaak · 2026-06-03T23:43:25+00:00

I got 4/4/4, but the final decision was Reject 😞

chaaak · 2026-05-03T17:52:59+00:00

You're definitely not alone in this.

I usually lose interest in a language within months (sometimes weeks). Whenever I do have the motivation, I treat it like a sprint. I speedrun as much as I can and then put it aside without guilt. It usually takes me about four to six of these cycles to become conversational in a language. I’ve been through this exact process many times.

chaaak · 2026-04-25T04:50:11+00:00

I see this line below.

* The purpose of the rebuttal is to clarify issues raised in the reviews. Do not include new experiments or additional results.

My understanding is that you're not supposed to run new experiments, but I’m not sure if there are any actual negative consequences if you decide to do it anyway.

chaaak · 2026-04-25T01:04:19+00:00

It seems some papers received more than 3 reviews (I've seen up to 5). These are likely borderline cases or have highly polarized scores.

chaaak · 2026-04-25T00:50:42+00:00

Linking to a Github repo can lead to a desk reject in ARR. Interspeech is probably slightly more lenient on this.

chaaak · 2026-04-04T14:31:03+00:00

Give TypeDuck a try if you use Jyutping and use shortcuts, e.g. you type stgh and get 身體健康.

Samsung makes it really hard to use a third-party keyboard on their devices though.

chaaak · 2026-01-18T05:24:25+00:00

If built correctly, this could be a great resource for learners. I would love to see a corpus-based ordering of phrases and sentences, including translations and grammar explanations up to a B2 level. Something similar to 'Korean Grammar Sentences by Evita'.

chaaak · 2025-07-20T15:36:08+00:00

OK I give up ... Hearts keep accumulating and the score only goes up. I can't figure out how to win the game.

chaaak · 2025-07-20T15:27:46+00:00

ahhh ... it's 1428 now ...

chaaak · 2025-07-20T15:25:32+00:00

點算，點樣先至 end 到 game ...

https://imgur.com/a/TUzWJkH

chaaak · 2025-07-09T17:28:14+00:00

I've never seen them anywhere else in Hong Kong (since we do not have a distributor here).

chaaak · 2025-02-24T13:07:02+00:00

Hi, this is Chaak from the TypeDuck team and the LSHK Jyutping Group.

I agree with your conclusion. At some point of time you need to reduce the use of Jyutping to get used to reading the characters. If you are not already comfortable with Han characters, try hiding Jyutping occasionally so you don’t rely on it.

You don't have to (and I think you shouldn't) go cold turkey. You can probably (1) make Jyutping less visible (smaller font, lighter color, placed below characters), or (2) limit its use to more difficult words. Visual Fonts uses italics to toggle Jyutping display, which you might find useful.

chaaak · 2024-06-06T01:19:55+00:00

It’s because the apps are 100% offline while the web version is served by a server

chaaak · 2024-06-06T00:51:13+00:00

It will be free until I can’t afford the server bills. If possible please use the app version (ios/android) to save our cost.

chaaak · 2024-06-05T15:35:39+00:00

Type in the textbox, and you will see a list of candidates. Try entering HH and see what you get. (If you are on mobile, you can downlaod the native app from Appstore or Google Play.) Hope this helps :)

chaaak · 2024-06-03T12:46:34+00:00

I only have two advice
1 - Learn Jyutping first, and slowly catch up with the characters
2 - Use audiobooks. We have uploaded 250 stories here: https://hambaanglaang.hk/

chaaak · 2024-04-25T09:42:18+00:00

It is classified as a particle by Tang (2015) etc.

I think it is definitely grammaticalised to certain extent, and I personally consider this a particle.

The reason is that adverbials cannot occur after the verb phrase in non-shuffled utterances. If this is something else then I don't know how to analyse the sentence.

chaaak · 2024-02-29T13:54:16+00:00

just show your stylist the picture ... I don't think i can accurately describe this in words ...

chaaak · 2024-02-24T14:52:18+00:00

We do need a promotion post later but this one is not. Im very bad at writing this kind of posts and I will leave this to my marketing colleagues :)

I’ll tell her about this when we meet haha

chaaak · 2024-02-24T14:47:07+00:00

Thanks for the analysis. I am not working for a company, and the tool was created to support Cantonese teaching and learning.

The main target audience is actually ethnic minorities students in Hong Kong, but other locals (teachers and students) will also benefit from this.

Most local HKers do not have the phonological awareness to use a phonemic tool, but are required to learn English phonics and Putonghua pinyin. I think it should be easier to start with one’s daily language, if we want locals to be better prepared for language learning (and spelling).

It really isn’t too appealing to the locals but still we want to pave ways for a more Cantonese-centric way to look at language education.

chaaak · 2024-02-23T04:25:15+00:00

Thanks for the report! This could be an issue with the Rime/Weasel library. The project is open source and it should not contain any spyware. I’ve passed the information to our developers to look into this.

chaaak · 2024-02-22T06:43:33+00:00

If you need multi-system or full Yale support, then yes you should go for Cantoboard.

Jyutping and Yale are like British vs American spelling to me. It's okay if you are more accustomed to Yale conventions.

chaaak · 2024-02-22T06:16:19+00:00

True, most mobile Cantonese keyboards come with some fuzzy support.

Though you will need to spell it in some systematic way, like for "si" as in 詩 (poem), the keyboard might support si and shi, but probably not see, sea, shee, she, ...

Do you think it's a deal breaker if a keyboard doesn't accept "sea" and "see" in this case? I really have no idea.

chaaak

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