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">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Thu 23 Oct 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 23 Oct 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:from LINGUIST</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Nuance Communications Job</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div>University or Organization: Nuance Communications<br>Department: TTS R&D<br>Job Location: Merelbeke, Belgium<br>Web Address: <a href="http://www.nuance.com/">http://www.nuance.com</a><br><br>Job Rank: Arabic Language Specialist<br><br>Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing<br><br>Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)<br><br>Description:<br><br>Nuance Communications, Inc., a world-wide leader in speech technology, is<br>seeking full-time temporary language specialist to develop our newest TTS<br>technology into various languages.<br><br>Positions are available for the following languages:<br><br>Arabic x 3 positions, starting in October 2008 and January 2009.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>- Helping in development of the linguistic processing components<br>- Design of text corpora for recording and testing<br>- Processing speech data<br>- Creating and tuning the TTS voice<br>- Testing and productization of the TTS voice<br><br>Requirements:<br>- Native or near native speaker of one of them above-mentioned languages<br>- Speak English fluently (working language)<br>- Have some experience working in speech/NLP/linguistics either in<br>academia or in industry<br>- Have some computational ability - no programming is required, but you<br>should be comfortable working with MS Windows<br>- If you know some AWK or Perl, it would be an advantage<br>- Willing to work in Merelbeke (near Ghent in Belgium) for the duration of<br>the contract<br><br><br>Offer:<br>- A 3-9 months contract<br>- Training in all aspects of the job, and you will be working with a<br>talented and committed team<br>- An exciting job with an innovative and performing international company<br>- The opportunity to work in an enthusiastic, supportive team<br>- Competitive remuneration package<br>- Relocation, travel and accommodation assistance<br><br>To apply, please submit your resume or CV and a brief statement describing<br>your experience and abilities to the application email listed below. We<br>will consider only electronic submissions.<br><br>We are looking forward to receiving your application!<br><br>The experience speaks for itself (TM)<br><br><br>Application Deadline: (Open until filled)<br><br>Email Address for Applications: <a href="mailto:deanna.roe@nuance.com">deanna.roe@nuance.com</a><br>Contact Information:<br> Deanna Roe<br> Email: <a href="mailto:deanna.roe@nuance.com">deanna.roe@nuance.com</a><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 23 Oct 2008</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>