LINGUIST List 19.79
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Wed Jan 09 2008
Jobs: Arabic & Comp Linguistics: Computer Linguist Arabic, SVOX AG
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1. Barbara
Steiner,
Arabic, Standard & Computational Linguistics: Computer Linguist Arabic, SVOX AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Message 1: Arabic, Standard & Computational Linguistics: Computer Linguist Arabic, SVOX AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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Date: 09-Jan-2008
From: Barbara Steiner <steinersvox.com>
Subject: Arabic, Standard & Computational Linguistics: Computer Linguist Arabic, SVOX AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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University or Organization: SVOX AG
Job Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Web Address: http://www.svox.com
Job Rank: Computer Linguist Arabic
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
Description:
Position: Computer Linguist Arabic (Egyptian)
SVOX AG is a dynamic technology company specialized in text-to-speech. We
are seeking to temporarily (12 months) add to our language development team
a computational linguist for Arabic. You will create new language
components for use with our state-of-the-art text-to-speech engine.
We invite applications from language specialists that natively speak
Egyptian Arabic. SVOX provides a varied position in an international,
fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
Tasks:
- Development of language-specific components needed to analyse texts
(grammars, rule sets, lexicon evaluation and script-based adaptation)
- Quality assessment and improvement of phonetic transcriptions
- Definition of accentuation and phrasing rules
- Definition of grapheme-to-phoneme rules
- Preparation of text material for recordings
- Supervising the recordings
- Annotating the recordings and creating a speech database
- Testing and quality assessment of the integrated system
Qualifications and Required Skills
- Native speaker of Egyptian Arabic
- Masters degree in linguistics, computer science, or related field
- 1+ years experience in text-to-speech technology is a strong plus
- Interest in speech synthesis, prosody, and morpho-syntactic analysis of text
- Programming and scripting skills are desirable
Personal Requirements:
- Working knowledge of English
- Excellent organization and communication skills
- Has a positive attitude and enjoys working in a team
- High quality standards
- Willingness to relocate to Zurich, Switzerland, for 12 months
Start Date: At earliest availability.
Contact: Please send your application to Ms. Barbara Steiner.
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Email Address for Applications: hrsvox.com
Contact Information:
Barbara Steiner
Email: steinersvox.com
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