12.45, Jobs: Comp Ling, Prosody/Syntax at Conversay, WA, USA
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Subject: 12.45, Jobs: Comp Ling, Prosody/Syntax at Conversay, WA, USA
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Date: 9 Jan 2001 01:33:50 -0000
From: Paul Bunda <pbunda at conversay.com>
Subject: Comp Ling/Prosody at Conversay, WA, USA
2)
Date: 9 Jan 2001 01:46:09 -0000
From: Paul Bunda <pbunda at conversay.com>
Subject: Comp Ling/Syntax at Conversay, WA, USA
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: 9 Jan 2001 01:33:50 -0000
From: Paul Bunda <pbunda at conversay.com>
Subject: Comp Ling/Prosody at Conversay, WA, USA
Rank of Job:
Areas Required: Prosody
Other Desired Areas:
University or Organization: Conversay
Department: Core Engineering
State or Province: Washington
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: ongoing
Contact: Paul Bunda pbunda at conversay.com
Address for Applications:
15375 NE 90th Street
Redmond
WA 98052
USA
Conversay
Speech for a World in Motion
Conversay is fundamentally changing the way people worldwide access
their online data. We help them talk to it. No mouse. No keyboard.
We're a Redmond-based company dedicated to enabling interactive voice
access to Internet-based information, using natural spoken language:
anywhere, anytime, on any device, from any network. Today. It's a
tech revolution waiting to happen. Come be a part of it.
We are team-oriented, resourceful, reliable, and believe in taking
risks. We offer excellent benefits, including pre-IPO stock options,
fully paid health insurance for entire family, and a casual work
environment where successes both great and small are celebrated.
Computational Linguist - Prosody
Job Description:
The successful candidate will assist in the creation and extension of
prosodic components for multiple languages used by Conversay's
proprietary text-to-speech and automatic speech recognition engine.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (including education):
- Thorough understanding of prosody and phonology.
- C programming.
- Advanced degree in linguistics or computer science (Ph.D. a strong
plus).
- Knowledge of other areas of linguistics and natural language
processing a strong plus.
- Knowledge of multiple languages a strong plus (especially
Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, German, Korean, Japanese,
Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese).
- Previous experience with speech applications a plus.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Extend existing prosody module of engine in order to adapt it to
different languages.
- Create, extend and maintain new prosody module(s).
- Perform any other duties which may be assigned or necessary.
Supervision:
- Position does not involve supervision duties.
Decision Making:
- Must be able to work with limited supervision.
- Must be independent, self-motivated and responsible.
Interaction:
- Must be able to interact with linguists, programmers and speech
scientists.
Equipment:
- Position does not require knowledge of any specific equipment.
Physical Requirements:
- Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard
work).
- Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral and
written communication, to express or exchange information by means of
oral and written.
Additional Information:
- Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA)
area.
Help the world kick its keyboard dependence habit!
Email us at: SpeechTechnologistsCareers at conversay.com
Please be sure to specify the job title of interest.
Visit us on the web at: http://www.conversay.com/careers
-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------
Date: 9 Jan 2001 01:46:09 -0000
From: Paul Bunda <pbunda at conversay.com>
Subject: Comp Ling/Syntax at Conversay, WA, USA
Rank of Job:
Areas Required: Syntax
Other Desired Areas: Computational Linguistics
University or Organization: Conversay
Department: Core Engineering
State or Province: WA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: ongoing
Contact: Paul Bunda pbunda at conversay.com
Address for Applications:
15375 NE 90th Street
Redmond
WA 98052
USA
Conversay
Speech for a World in Motion
Conversay is fundamentally changing the way people worldwide access
their online data. We help them talk to it. No mouse. No keyboard.
We're a Redmond-based company dedicated to enabling interactive voice
access to Internet-based information, using natural spoken language:
anywhere, anytime, on any device, from any network. Today. It's a
tech revolution waiting to happen. Come be a part of it.
We are team-oriented, resourceful, reliable, and believe in taking
risks. We offer excellent benefits, including pre-IPO stock options,
fully paid health insurance for all employees, and a casual work
environment where successes both great and small are celebrated.
Computational Linguist - Syntax
Job Description:
The successful candidate will develop and extend current automatic
syntactic analyzers and taggers and be willing to work on text
normalization components as well. In addition, s\he should have a
predisposition to work with naturally-occurring text corpora and a
strongly empirical orientation towards syntactic issues.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- PhD in Linguistics or degree in Computer Science and at least a M.A.
in Linguistics
- Computational Syntax, NLP, Statistics
- Experience with automatic learning and syntactic tagging systems
- Knowledge of existing NLP tools
- C/C++
- Previous experience with speech processing and applications a plus
- Near native knowledge of at least one of the following languages is
a strong plus: Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, German, Korean,
Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain proprietary Taggers and Parsers
- Create new NLP tools as required for several diverse languages
- Help create and maintain text normalization component
Supervision:
- Able to work with limited supervision
- Position does not involve supervision duties
Decision Making:
- Adaptable and Creative
- Self-motivated
Interaction:
- Able to communicate effectively with scientists, linguists, and
developers
Equipment:
- No equipment specifications
Physical Requirements:
- Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard
work)
- Must have the ability to receive, express, and exchange detailed
information through oral and written communication
Additional Information:
- Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA)
area
Help the world kick its keyboard dependence habit!
Email us at: SpeechTechnologistsCareers at conversay.com
Please be sure to specify the job title of interest.
Visit us on the web at: http://www.conversay.com/careers
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