LINGUIST List 17.924
Mon Mar 27 2006
Jobs: Computational Ling: Lang Specialist, Switzerland
Editor for this issue: Vanessa Manion
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Computational Linguistics: Language Specialist, SVOX AG, Switzerland
Message 1: Computational Linguistics: Language Specialist, SVOX AG, Switzerland
Date: 27-Mar-2006
From: HR <hrsvox.com>
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Language Specialist, SVOX AG, Switzerland
University or Organization: SVOX AG Job Rank: Language Specialist Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology Required Language(s): Danish (dan) Korean (kor) Norwegian, Bokmål (nob)
Description:
SVOX AG is a dynamic technology company specialized in text-to-speech. We are seeking to temporarily (7 months) add to our language development team several language specialists for Korean, Danish, and Norwegian. 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 one or more of the above mentioned languages. SVOX provides a varied position in an international, fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
Tasks and Responsibilities: - Development of language-specific components needed to analyze texts (grammars, rule sets, lexicon evaluation and script-based adaption) - Quality assessment and improvement of phonemic transcriptions - Definition of accentuation and phrasing 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 Korean, Danish, or Norwegian - Masters degree in linguistics, computer science, or related field - 1+ years experience in text-to-speech technology - Interest in speech synthesis, prosody, and morpho-syntactic analysis of text - Working knowledge of English - Has a positive attitude and enjoys working in a team - Programming and scripting skills are desirable - Willingness to relocate to Zurich, Switzerland for 7 months
Start Dates are: - Korean: as soon as possible - Others: summer 2006 - Please check http://www.svox.com for latest status
To apply: Please send a cover letter and your resume to hrsvox.com Phone: +41 43 544 06 20 Website: http://www.svox.com
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