22.2487, Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguist, Sensory, Inc.

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Subject: 22.2487, Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguist, Sensory, Inc.

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Date: 13-Jun-2011
From:  Human Resources [jobs at sensoryinc.com]
Subject: General Linguistics: Linguist, Sensory, Inc., Oregon, USA
 

	
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:23:33
From:  Human Resources [jobs at sensoryinc.com]
Subject: General Linguistics: Linguist, Sensory, Inc., Oregon, USA

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University or Organization: Sensory, Inc. 
Job Location: Oregon, USA 
Web Address: http://www.sensoryinc.com
Job Rank: Linguist  

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 


Description:

Sensory, Inc. is seeking a linguist with an interest in speech technology.
Must be able to juggle multiple projects and priorities, and be very
organized with strong attention to detail. Must be a fast learner with a
keen interest in phonetics, phonology and technical concepts.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
-  Develop and test speaker-independent recognition sets and speech prompts
for customer projects
-  Recruit and record internal participants for tuning and testing of
speech recognition sets for customer and internal projects
-  Recruit participants for QA testing of tuned recognition sets for
customer and internal projects
-  Review recognition vocabularies for optimal customer product performance
-  Work with Sensory engineers to deliver internal project deliverables on
schedule
-  Assist with QA testing of Sensory's QT2SI (Quick
Text-to-Speaker-Independent) recognition set building tool and other
Linguistics tools and provide feedback and bug reports to Engineering
-  Assist with phonetic/phonological analysis for ASR (automatic speech
recognition) & TTS (text to speech) engines such as identifying language
specific phonological rules and inventories
-  Research and acquire resources (lexicons, training data, etc) needed to
develop TTS voices, and prepare TTS data for use in development

Requirements & Preferences:
-  1-5 years total job experience with demonstrated focus in linguistics
-  Fluency in at least one foreign language
-  Excellent understanding of phonological and phonetic concepts
-  Ability to interpret spectrograms and transcribe in IPA
-  Computer literate (Windows, DOS) and experience with Microsoft applications
-  Experience using tools such as Audition, Peak, Sound Forge, or Praat
preferred 
-  Knowledge of WorldBet or SAMPA preferred
-  B.A./B.S. in Linguistics required; M.A in Linguistics preferred


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: jobs at sensoryinc.com 
Contact Information
	Human Resources 
	Email: jobs at sensoryinc.com 






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