Esther Klabbers
@esther-klabbers.bsky.social
Researcher in TTS | Interested in text processing for TTS, phonetics, prosody, evaluation, multilingual processing and underresourced languages. | Currently self-employed. Member of ISCA Board, Technical Program Chair @ Interspeech 2025
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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📢 Call for Tutorials at #Interspeech2026! Submit 5-page proposals for 3- or 6-hour Tutorial Day sessions, due by 18th February 2026 interspeech2026.org/en-AU/pages/.... We welcome proposals on introductory and advanced topics, and longstanding research challenges as well as emerging areas of study.
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
📢 Call for Tutorials at #Interspeech2026! Submit 5-page proposals for 3- or 6-hour Tutorial Day sessions, due by 18th February 2026 interspeech2026.org/en-AU/pages/.... We welcome proposals on introductory and advanced topics, and longstanding research challenges as well as emerging areas of study.
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The SSW13 speech synthesis @interspeech.bsky.social satellite workshop starts today in Leeuwarden!
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voicetechnology.substack.com/p/the-speech...
🎙️ The Speech Synthesis Workshop Kicks Off Today!
Today marks the beginning of something extraordinary in the world of speech technology -- and we are proud to be hosting it.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The SSW13 speech synthesis @interspeech.bsky.social satellite workshop starts today in Leeuwarden!
voicetechnology.substack.com/p/the-speech...
voicetechnology.substack.com/p/the-speech...
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If you missed my keynote at INTERSPEECH-2025 (or would like to see it again), it’s now available online at www.interspeech2025.org/recordings - my bit is Keynote 1 and it starts at 1:05:30
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August 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you missed my keynote at INTERSPEECH-2025 (or would like to see it again), it’s now available online at www.interspeech2025.org/recordings - my bit is Keynote 1 and it starts at 1:05:30
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A Dutch welcome to Interspeech 2025.
August 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A Dutch welcome to Interspeech 2025.
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Ahoy from Rotterdam. My brain on the first morning of Interspeech 2025:
August 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ahoy from Rotterdam. My brain on the first morning of Interspeech 2025:
#Interspeech2025 starts today in Rotterdam!
August 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#Interspeech2025 starts today in Rotterdam!
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🎯 Special Sessions / Challenges Committee
– Heysem Kaya
– Rob van Son
🌀 Theme Committee
– Rob van Son
– Adriana Zekveld
📚 Tutorials Committee
– Daan van Esch
– Yiya Chen
👏 Thank you to every committee member for your time, care, and brilliance.
#Interspeech2025 wouldn’t be possible without you! 💙
– Heysem Kaya
– Rob van Son
🌀 Theme Committee
– Rob van Son
– Adriana Zekveld
📚 Tutorials Committee
– Daan van Esch
– Yiya Chen
👏 Thank you to every committee member for your time, care, and brilliance.
#Interspeech2025 wouldn’t be possible without you! 💙
July 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🎯 Special Sessions / Challenges Committee
– Heysem Kaya
– Rob van Son
🌀 Theme Committee
– Rob van Son
– Adriana Zekveld
📚 Tutorials Committee
– Daan van Esch
– Yiya Chen
👏 Thank you to every committee member for your time, care, and brilliance.
#Interspeech2025 wouldn’t be possible without you! 💙
– Heysem Kaya
– Rob van Son
🌀 Theme Committee
– Rob van Son
– Adriana Zekveld
📚 Tutorials Committee
– Daan van Esch
– Yiya Chen
👏 Thank you to every committee member for your time, care, and brilliance.
#Interspeech2025 wouldn’t be possible without you! 💙
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🏆 Awards and Grants Committee
– Laura Rachman
– Hans van de Velde
🎓 Plenary Sessions Committee
– Bernd T. Meyer
– Ann Bradlow
🛰️ Satellite Workshops Committee
– Louis ten Bosch
– Esther Janse
🧪 Show & Tell Committee
– Aki Kunikoshi
– Tanvina Patel
– Laura Rachman
– Hans van de Velde
🎓 Plenary Sessions Committee
– Bernd T. Meyer
– Ann Bradlow
🛰️ Satellite Workshops Committee
– Louis ten Bosch
– Esther Janse
🧪 Show & Tell Committee
– Aki Kunikoshi
– Tanvina Patel
July 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🏆 Awards and Grants Committee
– Laura Rachman
– Hans van de Velde
🎓 Plenary Sessions Committee
– Bernd T. Meyer
– Ann Bradlow
🛰️ Satellite Workshops Committee
– Louis ten Bosch
– Esther Janse
🧪 Show & Tell Committee
– Aki Kunikoshi
– Tanvina Patel
– Laura Rachman
– Hans van de Velde
🎓 Plenary Sessions Committee
– Bernd T. Meyer
– Ann Bradlow
🛰️ Satellite Workshops Committee
– Louis ten Bosch
– Esther Janse
🧪 Show & Tell Committee
– Aki Kunikoshi
– Tanvina Patel
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🙏 Huge thanks to the amazing Technical Committees of #Interspeech2025!
Your dedication shapes the science, the program, and the experience.
Let’s celebrate the team behind the scenes 👇
🎤 Technical Program Committee
– Esther Klabbers
– Martin Cooke
– Tomi Kinnunen
Your dedication shapes the science, the program, and the experience.
Let’s celebrate the team behind the scenes 👇
🎤 Technical Program Committee
– Esther Klabbers
– Martin Cooke
– Tomi Kinnunen
July 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🙏 Huge thanks to the amazing Technical Committees of #Interspeech2025!
Your dedication shapes the science, the program, and the experience.
Let’s celebrate the team behind the scenes 👇
🎤 Technical Program Committee
– Esther Klabbers
– Martin Cooke
– Tomi Kinnunen
Your dedication shapes the science, the program, and the experience.
Let’s celebrate the team behind the scenes 👇
🎤 Technical Program Committee
– Esther Klabbers
– Martin Cooke
– Tomi Kinnunen
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Other committees following soon!
July 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Other committees following soon!
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Big THANK YOU to the amazing #Interspeech2025 Organizing Committee! 💙
🎤 Odette Scharenborg, Catharine Oertel, Khiet Truong
💰 Martijn Bartelds
🌐 Dragoș Bălan
🗂️ Saskia Peters
🤝 Ginny Ruiter, Marie Louise Verhagen, Natascha Voskuijl
🎤 Odette Scharenborg, Catharine Oertel, Khiet Truong
💰 Martijn Bartelds
🌐 Dragoș Bălan
🗂️ Saskia Peters
🤝 Ginny Ruiter, Marie Louise Verhagen, Natascha Voskuijl
July 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Big THANK YOU to the amazing #Interspeech2025 Organizing Committee! 💙
🎤 Odette Scharenborg, Catharine Oertel, Khiet Truong
💰 Martijn Bartelds
🌐 Dragoș Bălan
🗂️ Saskia Peters
🤝 Ginny Ruiter, Marie Louise Verhagen, Natascha Voskuijl
🎤 Odette Scharenborg, Catharine Oertel, Khiet Truong
💰 Martijn Bartelds
🌐 Dragoș Bălan
🗂️ Saskia Peters
🤝 Ginny Ruiter, Marie Louise Verhagen, Natascha Voskuijl
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🗣️ New #interspeech2025 tutorial!
🔍 "Interpretability Techniques for Speech Models"
🧠 Learn to peek inside black-box speech models
⚙️ Hands-on with probing, analysis & feature extraction
📅 Join us in Rotterdam!
🔗 interpretingdl.github.io/speech-inter...
🔍 "Interpretability Techniques for Speech Models"
🧠 Learn to peek inside black-box speech models
⚙️ Hands-on with probing, analysis & feature extraction
📅 Join us in Rotterdam!
🔗 interpretingdl.github.io/speech-inter...
July 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🗣️ New #interspeech2025 tutorial!
🔍 "Interpretability Techniques for Speech Models"
🧠 Learn to peek inside black-box speech models
⚙️ Hands-on with probing, analysis & feature extraction
📅 Join us in Rotterdam!
🔗 interpretingdl.github.io/speech-inter...
🔍 "Interpretability Techniques for Speech Models"
🧠 Learn to peek inside black-box speech models
⚙️ Hands-on with probing, analysis & feature extraction
📅 Join us in Rotterdam!
🔗 interpretingdl.github.io/speech-inter...
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🎓 Tutorial at #Interspeech2025:
"Speech Tech Meets Early Language Acquisition"
By Maureen de Seyssel, Emmanuel Dupoux & Okko Räsänen
👶 Learn how speech models aid psycholinguistics
🤖 And how language learning challenges improve ML
🌐 interspeech2025.org
"Speech Tech Meets Early Language Acquisition"
By Maureen de Seyssel, Emmanuel Dupoux & Okko Räsänen
👶 Learn how speech models aid psycholinguistics
🤖 And how language learning challenges improve ML
🌐 interspeech2025.org
June 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🎓 Tutorial at #Interspeech2025:
"Speech Tech Meets Early Language Acquisition"
By Maureen de Seyssel, Emmanuel Dupoux & Okko Räsänen
👶 Learn how speech models aid psycholinguistics
🤖 And how language learning challenges improve ML
🌐 interspeech2025.org
"Speech Tech Meets Early Language Acquisition"
By Maureen de Seyssel, Emmanuel Dupoux & Okko Räsänen
👶 Learn how speech models aid psycholinguistics
🤖 And how language learning challenges improve ML
🌐 interspeech2025.org
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Wondering what to expect of Rotterdam, host to @interspeech.bsky.social 2025? Rotterdam is renowned for its amazing architecture 🤩
June 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Wondering what to expect of Rotterdam, host to @interspeech.bsky.social 2025? Rotterdam is renowned for its amazing architecture 🤩
1/ On May 8-9, we gathered in Delft for the Technical Program Committee meeting of @interspeech.bsky.social . It was a very intense but fruitful two days. We are very grateful to the PCO TU Delft Events for organizing this meeting.
May 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1/ On May 8-9, we gathered in Delft for the Technical Program Committee meeting of @interspeech.bsky.social . It was a very intense but fruitful two days. We are very grateful to the PCO TU Delft Events for organizing this meeting.
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The notifications are out and we have accepted a record-breaking number of papers! Of the 2332 papers sent for review, 1163 were accepted! Acceptance rate: 49.87%
⚠️ Camera-ready deadline: May 31!
🗓️ Registration opens soon
📨 Subscribe to our newsletter www.interspeech2025.org/newsletter
⚠️ Camera-ready deadline: May 31!
🗓️ Registration opens soon
📨 Subscribe to our newsletter www.interspeech2025.org/newsletter
May 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The notifications are out and we have accepted a record-breaking number of papers! Of the 2332 papers sent for review, 1163 were accepted! Acceptance rate: 49.87%
⚠️ Camera-ready deadline: May 31!
🗓️ Registration opens soon
📨 Subscribe to our newsletter www.interspeech2025.org/newsletter
⚠️ Camera-ready deadline: May 31!
🗓️ Registration opens soon
📨 Subscribe to our newsletter www.interspeech2025.org/newsletter
Registration for Interspeech 2025 is now open! See you in Rotterdam in August!
Yesss! I've just officially opened the registration of @interspeech.bsky.social
Now it's your turn! 🤩
Now it's your turn! 🤩
May 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Registration for Interspeech 2025 is now open! See you in Rotterdam in August!
TPC meeting for @interspeech.bsky.social in Delft. Getting it done!
Working hard on the technical program of @interspeech.bsky.social, discussing reviews and meta reviews in detail to make an amazing conference in Ahoy, Rotterdam
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
TPC meeting for @interspeech.bsky.social in Delft. Getting it done!
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#speech people:
Another President's Message in the new ISCApad with great news: 8 newly elected #Fellows:
- Nancy Chen
- Alex Cristia
- Emmanuel Dupoux
- Sanjeev Khudanpur
- Hung-yi Lee
- Thomas Quatieri
- Jan van Santen
- Kay Yu
Why? Read the ISCApad:
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
Another President's Message in the new ISCApad with great news: 8 newly elected #Fellows:
- Nancy Chen
- Alex Cristia
- Emmanuel Dupoux
- Sanjeev Khudanpur
- Hung-yi Lee
- Thomas Quatieri
- Jan van Santen
- Kay Yu
Why? Read the ISCApad:
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
ISCA Services
services.isca-speech.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
#speech people:
Another President's Message in the new ISCApad with great news: 8 newly elected #Fellows:
- Nancy Chen
- Alex Cristia
- Emmanuel Dupoux
- Sanjeev Khudanpur
- Hung-yi Lee
- Thomas Quatieri
- Jan van Santen
- Kay Yu
Why? Read the ISCApad:
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
Another President's Message in the new ISCApad with great news: 8 newly elected #Fellows:
- Nancy Chen
- Alex Cristia
- Emmanuel Dupoux
- Sanjeev Khudanpur
- Hung-yi Lee
- Thomas Quatieri
- Jan van Santen
- Kay Yu
Why? Read the ISCApad:
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
Members of ISCA, if you haven’t done so yet, please vote for the election of new ISCA board members:
isca-speech.org/Sys/Poll/60972
isca-speech.org/Sys/Poll/60972
ISCA - Authorization required
isca-speech.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Members of ISCA, if you haven’t done so yet, please vote for the election of new ISCA board members:
isca-speech.org/Sys/Poll/60972
isca-speech.org/Sys/Poll/60972
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Speech people! The latest #ISCApad is out:
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
With great news: the ISCA medalist 2025 is @rogerkmoore.bsky.social 😍
Super happy for him! Roger was my first post-doc advisor. I'm very much looking forward to handing him the Medal at @interspeech.bsky.social 🥳
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
With great news: the ISCA medalist 2025 is @rogerkmoore.bsky.social 😍
Super happy for him! Roger was my first post-doc advisor. I'm very much looking forward to handing him the Medal at @interspeech.bsky.social 🥳
ISCA Services
services.isca-speech.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Speech people! The latest #ISCApad is out:
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
With great news: the ISCA medalist 2025 is @rogerkmoore.bsky.social 😍
Super happy for him! Roger was my first post-doc advisor. I'm very much looking forward to handing him the Medal at @interspeech.bsky.social 🥳
services.isca-speech.org/iscapad/isca...
With great news: the ISCA medalist 2025 is @rogerkmoore.bsky.social 😍
Super happy for him! Roger was my first post-doc advisor. I'm very much looking forward to handing him the Medal at @interspeech.bsky.social 🥳
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📢 DiSS 2025: Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech
📍 Lisbon | Sept 4-5, 2025
Join researchers across linguistics, psychology, AI, neurocognition, & more to explore disfluency in speech!
🎙️Keynotes
P. Wagner & S. Beltz | Bielefeld Uni
E. Shriberg | Ellipsis Health
🔗 diss2025.inesc-id.pt
#Interspeech2025
📍 Lisbon | Sept 4-5, 2025
Join researchers across linguistics, psychology, AI, neurocognition, & more to explore disfluency in speech!
🎙️Keynotes
P. Wagner & S. Beltz | Bielefeld Uni
E. Shriberg | Ellipsis Health
🔗 diss2025.inesc-id.pt
#Interspeech2025
March 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📢 DiSS 2025: Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech
📍 Lisbon | Sept 4-5, 2025
Join researchers across linguistics, psychology, AI, neurocognition, & more to explore disfluency in speech!
🎙️Keynotes
P. Wagner & S. Beltz | Bielefeld Uni
E. Shriberg | Ellipsis Health
🔗 diss2025.inesc-id.pt
#Interspeech2025
📍 Lisbon | Sept 4-5, 2025
Join researchers across linguistics, psychology, AI, neurocognition, & more to explore disfluency in speech!
🎙️Keynotes
P. Wagner & S. Beltz | Bielefeld Uni
E. Shriberg | Ellipsis Health
🔗 diss2025.inesc-id.pt
#Interspeech2025
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February 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Plz share:
The submission deadline for #Interspeech2025 has passed with a new record of submitted papers!
To maintain our high reviewing standards, ensuring 3 independent reviews per paper, we need another ~300 reviewers.
Please check your eligibility and sign up at:
isca-speech.org/Reviewing
The submission deadline for #Interspeech2025 has passed with a new record of submitted papers!
To maintain our high reviewing standards, ensuring 3 independent reviews per paper, we need another ~300 reviewers.
Please check your eligibility and sign up at:
isca-speech.org/Reviewing
ISCA - Reviewing
isca-speech.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Plz share:
The submission deadline for #Interspeech2025 has passed with a new record of submitted papers!
To maintain our high reviewing standards, ensuring 3 independent reviews per paper, we need another ~300 reviewers.
Please check your eligibility and sign up at:
isca-speech.org/Reviewing
The submission deadline for #Interspeech2025 has passed with a new record of submitted papers!
To maintain our high reviewing standards, ensuring 3 independent reviews per paper, we need another ~300 reviewers.
Please check your eligibility and sign up at:
isca-speech.org/Reviewing