Barbet
A compact 1B hybrid language model that provides a shared foundation for Taiwan-focused language and speech research.
Explore the modelResearcher. Open-source builder. App maker.
Eric Lam.
Publishing as Ho-Lam Chung
Speech, language, and things you can use.
I study how AI listens, speaks, and understands language. I lead OpenFormosa, an open AI initiative rooted in Taiwan, and build apps that bring ideas into everyday use.
Ph.D. student, National Taiwan UniversityPreviously a research intern at Microsoft Research.
01 / Research
Listening. Speaking. Understanding.
My work connects speech, language models, and evaluation. These are selected papers, published under Ho-Lam Chung.
All papers on Google Scholar-
BlueMagpie-TTS: A Token-Efficient Tokenizer, Language Model, and TTS for Taiwanese-Accent Code-Switching Speech
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Listen, Think, Transcribe: Continuous Latent Test-Time Scaling for ASR
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LLM-Codec: Neural Audio Codec Meets Language Model Objectives
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TAU: A Benchmark for Cultural Sound Understanding Beyond Semantics
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Researchy Questions: A Dataset of Multi-Perspective, Decompositional Questions for Deep Research
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A Self-Refining Framework for Enhancing ASR Using TTS-Synthesized Data
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BreezyVoice: Adapting TTS for Taiwanese Mandarin with Enhanced Polyphone Disambiguation: Challenges and Insights
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Codec-SUPERB: An In-Depth Analysis of Sound Codec Models
02 / OpenFormosa
AI that understands where we come from.
I lead OpenFormosa. We build open models for Taiwan’s language, voices, and culture, from tokenization and language modeling to speech synthesis.
Visit OpenFormosaBlueMagpie-TTS
Taiwanese-accent speech synthesis for local names, everyday language, and mixed Chinese and English text.
Listen to the demoPangolinTokenizer
A byte-level BPE tokenizer built for Taiwan-context text, shared by the OpenFormosa model family.
Get the tokenizer03 / Independent apps
Small apps. Everyday possibilities.
Music, creative tools, and quieter digital spaces. 10 apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
See all apps on the App Store10 apps
iPhone · iPad
SingSpark
Make room for your voice. Practice songs with karaoke tools and live pitch feedback.
MusicApp Store
Mac
ASRxSTUDIO
Turn recordings into transcripts and subtitles. Transcribe offline, right on your Mac.
ProductivityApp Store
iPhone · iPad
Swaylia
Give your ideas a layout. Turn photos and words into posts, stories, and motion designs.
Photo & VideoApp Store
iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch
DreamCue
Build a lucid-dream practice with gentle reminders, bedtime exercises, and a private dream journal.
Health & FitnessApp Store
iPhone · iPad
Daysgone
Quietly hide photos of someone when you need a little distance from your memories.
Photo & VideoApp Store
iPhone · iPad
InPiano
Play piano melodies in a four-key rhythm game, or explore the keyboard in free play.
MusicApp Store
iPhone · iPad
CodeIME
A developer keyboard with terminal keys, code symbols, and command shortcuts.
Developer ToolsApp Store
iPhone · iPad
PhotoSpaceGuard
Review redundant photos and videos, decide what stays, and reclaim storage space.
UtilitiesApp Store
Apple Watch
MagWatch
Observe nearby magnetic-field changes from your wrist, with live readings and haptic alerts.
UtilitiesApp Store
Mac
PDFX
Sign, fill, and annotate PDFs on your Mac. Finish your documents without uploading them.
ProductivityApp Store
04 / Open source
Ideas are better when they’re shared.
Language models, voice AI, research skills, Taiwan data, and developer tools. Explore the projects I build and share on GitHub.
Follow @voidful on GitHubLLMs, RLHF & Agent Training
Speech, Audio Codecs & Voice AI
Research & AI Skills
Taiwan Data & Analytics
Developer Tools & Local-First Apps
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