LINGUIST List 17.2384

Thu Aug 24 2006

Jobs: South African English: Rank Open, Nuance Communications Int'l

Editor for this issue: Catherine Adams <catherinlinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Alan Kitaman, South African English: Rank Open, Nuance Communications International, Merelbeke, Belgium.

Message 1: South African English: Rank Open, Nuance Communications International, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Date: 21-Aug-2006
From: Alan Kitaman <alan.kitamannuance.com>
Subject: South African English: Rank Open, Nuance Communications International, Merelbeke, Belgium.


University or Organization: Nuance Communications International Department: HR Web Address: http://www.nuance.com Job Rank: Rank Open Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics
Required Language(s): South African English (eng) Description: Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance by calling directory assistance, requesting account information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched. With more than 1500 employees worldwide, we are committed to make the user experience more enjoyable by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Making each of those experiences productive and compelling is what Nuance is about.

To strengthen our young and enthusiastic R&D team in Europe, we are currently looking for a

Voice Developer, South African English

Who will assist in the creation of state-of-the-art voice for use with the market-leading RealSpeak text-to-speech (TTS) engine. You will join the team in Merelbeke, Belgium.

Role: - Design of text corpora for recording and testing - Selection of voice talents - Coaching the voice talent - Processing speech data - Creating and tuning the TTS voice - Testing and productization of the TTS voice - Helping creation of the linguistic processing component

Profile:We are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people who want to learn about, or increased their knowledge of, speech technology while making a real contribution to a successful product. In terms of skills, we are seeking people who can do most - but not necessarily all - of the following.

If you...

- Have a university-level degree in English language. - Have some experience working in speech/NLP/linguistics either in academia or in industry - Have some computational ability - no programming is required, but you should be comfortable working with MS Windows - If you know some AWK or Perl, it would be an advantage - Are willing to work in Merelbeke (near Ghent in Belgium) for the duration of the contract

...then we would love to hear from you.

Offer:

- A 3 months contract - Training in all aspects of the job, and you will be working with a talented and committed team - An exciting job with an innovative and performing international company - The opportunity to work in an enthusiastic, supportive team - Competitive remuneration package

Interested?

Please apply for this position to Alan Kitaman, Alan.Kitamannuance.com