LINGUIST List 22.2925 Mon Jul 18 2011 Jobs: Korean; Phonetics; Comp Ling: Consultant, Acapela Group Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Dr. Vincent Pagel, R&D and Linguistic Manager , Korean; Phonetics; Computational Linguistics: Consultant, Acapela Group, Hainaut, Belgium Message 1: Korean; Phonetics; Computational Linguistics: Consultant, Acapela Group, Hainaut, Belgium Date: 18-Jul-2011 From: Dr. Vincent Pagel, R&D and Linguistic Manager <vincent.pagelacapela-group.com> Subject: Korean; Phonetics; Computational Linguistics: Consultant, Acapela Group, Hainaut, Belgium E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Acapela Group Department: R&D and Linguistic Job Location: Hainaut, Belgium Web Address: http://www.acapela-group.com Job Rank: Consultant Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics Required Language(s): Korean (kor) Description: Korean Linguist Job Type: Full time - 9 months Start Date: As soon as possible Location: Mons, Belgium Candidate will team up with Acapela software engineer and provide linguistic knowledge to develop a Korean speech synthesis system. Linguistic Expertise: - Advising phoneme set - Correction of lexicons - Pronunciation guidelines for the pronunciation of times, dates, currencies etc. - Speaker coaching during recording sessions - Correction of automatic segmentation of the recordings Requirements: - Linguist or similar educational background - Good knowledge in phonetics - Native speaker of Korean - Programming skills or knowledge of regular expressions are an asset, but are not necessary - The work will be done in our office, so the candidates must be willing and able to come to Mons Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2011 Email Address for Applications: vincent.pagelacapela-group.com Contact Information: Dr. Vincent Pagel, R&D and Linguistic Manager Email: vincent.pagelacapela-group.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 18-Jul-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.