26.325, Jobs: Dutch; Portuguese; General Linguistics; Computational Linguistics: Linguist, Voxygen

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Subject: 26.325, Jobs: Dutch; Portuguese; General Linguistics; Computational Linguistics: Linguist, Voxygen

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:40:48
From: Brigitte O'Rorke [brigitte.ororke at voxygen.fr]
Subject: Dutch; Portuguese; General Linguistics; Computational Linguistics: Linguist, Voxygen, Rennes, France

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University or Organization: Voxygen 
Department: R&D
Job Location: Rennes, France 
Web Address: http://www.voxygen.fr
Job Title: Linguist for Dutch or Portuguese language
Job Rank: Linguist; Researcher

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                      Portuguese (por) 

Description:

Voxygen is a young and innovative company, created in September 2011, and
located in the Lannion and Rennes areas, France.

Experts in the field of speech synthesis and linguistics work together to
develop speech synthesis products and services for European, Arabic, African,
and American markets, with a particular focus on the creation of expressive
voices for industrial and entertainment purposes.

The speech synthesis solution is widely deployed in voice servers and mobile
applications and operates in a large range of environments: PCs and servers
(Windows, Linux, MacOS) and mobile devices (Android, Windows Mobile, iPhone
OS, Symbian).

Voxygen is currently working on adding Portuguese/Dutch to its catalogue of
offers.

Task description

The candidate will be in charge of the development of the Portuguese/Dutch
linguistic (phonological, phonetic, morphological and syntactic) rules by
using or adapting existing language processing tools.

He or she should bring innovative ideas to the technical team and may interact
with marketing and sales teams on needs concerning Portuguese/Dutch.

Speech synthesis is a cross-disciplinary area requiring linguistic, computer
science and speech processing skills. The linguistic processing is a central
component that analyzes text to determine its part-of-speech tags,
pronunciation and intonation. This requires the candidate to have some
experience in Natural Language Processing.

Profile of the candidate

- Native-spoken Portuguese/Dutch;
- MSc or PhD in Linguistics or related fields;
- Experience in Natural Language Processing will be a plus;
- Must be able to work with spoken English or French;
- Skills in computer programming will be a plus;
- Appreciates working in a team spirit.

Contract duration: 12 months with a possible extension of 6 months, starting
as soon as possible.

Apply to:  Brigitte O’Rorke or Olivier Rosec at the application email below.

Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2015 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: jobs at voxygen.fr 
Contact Information:
	Brigitte O'Rorke 
	Email: brigitte.ororke at voxygen.fr 
	Phone: 0972399097 

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