LINGUIST List 11.1457

Mon Jul 3 2000

Jobs: Comp Linguist, Speech Technology Laboratory

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

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1. Personnel Department, Computational Linguist at Speech Technology Laboratory, California USA

Rank of Job: 
Areas Required: Computational Linguist
Other Desired Areas: Phonetics, Phonology
University or Organization: Speech Technology Laboratory
Department: 
State or Province: CA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: August 31 2000
Contact: Personnel Department personnelSTL.Research.Panasonic.Com

Address for Applications:
3888 State Street
Santa Barbara
CA 93105
USA

 R&D Position in Text-to-speech Synthesis

Panasonic Technologies Inc. / Speech Technology Laboratory is seeking
for a computational linguist, or a computer scientist/software engineer
with a strong background in linguistics. Applicants must have an
advanced degree in CS/EE with emphasis in computational linguistics.
Experience in developing TTS systems and background in phonetics,
phonology and prosody would be a plus. The successful candidate will
contribute to our R&D efforts in multilingual text-to-speech synthesis
and investigate corpus-based methods for designing TTS system components
with the ultimate goal of integrating these developments into new
Panasonic products. 

Speech Technology Laboratory, located in Santa Barbara, California, is
the speech processing research and development branch of Panasonic
Technologies Inc. Founded in 1982, STL is a leading innovator in speech
recognition and text-to-speech synthesis. 

Panasonic, one of the most respected and trusted names for electronic
and computer products, is focused on making life a little easiercat
home, in business and in the industrial world. In our quest for the best
talent available, we offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits
and an environment that fosters professional enrichment and growth.

If you wish to apply, please contact us at:
 email: personnelSTL.Research.Panasonic.COM