11.2358, Jobs: Dialog Designer at Nuance, CA, USA

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Subject: 11.2358, Jobs: Dialog Designer at Nuance, CA, USA

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Date:  19 Oct 2000 21:59:27 -0000
From:  Patricia Nguyen <pnguyen at nuance.com>
Subject:  Latin Spanish/Portugese: Dialog Designer at Nuance Communications, CA USA

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Date:  19 Oct 2000 21:59:27 -0000
From:  Patricia Nguyen <pnguyen at nuance.com>
Subject:  Latin Spanish/Portugese: Dialog Designer at Nuance Communications, CA USA


Rank of Job:
Areas Required: Dialog Designer
Other Desired Areas:
University or Organization: Nuance Communications
Department:
State or Province: CA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: Open
Contact: Patricia Nguyen pnguyen at nuance.com

Address for Applications:
1380 Willow Road
Menlo Park
CA 94025
USA

As a Dialog Design expert (focused on Latin Portuguese and Spanish
Language applications), you will be part of a dynamic team that
envisions, creates and optimizes dialogs for Nuance's next-generation
interactive speech recognition systems.

Responsibilities:

- Consult with internal and external customers
- Refine customer requirements
- Design and refine challenging interactive dialogs for easy-to-use
applications
- Collect data and perform analysis
- Perform system tuning

Required:

- Interest in speech recognition technology
- Computer-Human Interface skills
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Analytical problem solving ability
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Native speaker of Portuguese/Spanish as spoken in Latin America
- Fluent in spoken and written English

Ideal:

- Familiarity with software industrial design cycle
- Speech recognition, speech coding, pattern recognition, DSP
- Software coding experience (Java, Unix, C, C++, NT)
- Experience with Dialog Design
- Experience in data analysis and/or usability studies
- Ability to lead a project or team

Education:

BS, MS or PhD combining Computer Sciences and/or Engineering with
Linguistics, Cognitive Sciences, and/or Psychology

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to pnguyen at nuance.com or fax in the USA to +(650) 847-7090

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