27.2889, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics: Speech Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 27.2889, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics: Speech Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:22:44
From: Lea Mencner [EMEAjobs at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics: Speech Scientist, Nuance Communications, Aachen, Germany

University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Aachen, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com/
Job Title: Speech Scientist - 8 months contract
Job Rank: Scientist; Speech Scientist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics 

Description:

At Nuance, we are hard at work creating a world where technology thinks and
acts the way people do. As a leading provider of voice and natural language
understanding solutions, we design the most human, natural, and intuitive ways
of interacting with technology.  We partner with the best and largest
companies around the world – including car manufacturers, mobile carriers,
banks, hospitals, and airlines – to improve service, make their businesses and
products run more smoothly, and create a better experience for their
customers.  Built into contemporary systems, our nimble technology uses
analytics and advanced algorithms to transform the inanimate into animate,
reduce complicated processes into simple ones, and, above all, empower people
with the ability to seamlessly interact with their connected devices and the
digital world around them.

Our solutions make people’s lives easier at home, in the office, and
on-the-go, so that they can spend their time on the things that matter most to
them. 

Job summary:

The candidate will work as Speech Scientist on customizing the spoken output
of speech applications in customer projects. Customization is done by means of
recording and tuning prompts for Nuance’s Text-to-Speech software.

The candidate should have computational linguistics and phonetic skills as
background knowledge and an interest in working with a broad range of
languages. These are needed to support and validate the work of language
experts creating tuned speech prompts and post processing recorded prompts.

Responsibilities:

- Analysis of customer specifications and requirements for spoken prompts and
creation of suitable prompt definitions for recording or text-to-speech (TTS)
tuning
- Preparation of prompt sheets for professional speakers
- Analysis of customer requests, feedback or error reports
- Direct customer contact for technical and linguistic support
- Coaching and supervision of language experts for a variety of languages
using Nuance’s TTS tools to create prompt tunings and phonetic transcriptions.
- Minor audio editing tasks
- Creation of prompt databases, rule sets and dictionaries for the TTS system
using Nuance’s tool set.
- QA and validation of results
- Functional testing of tuned and recorded prompts
- Preparation of delivery packages for customers

Qualifications:

Required Skills:

- Excellent English language skills (written and spoken)
- Skills in at least one more language
- Logistics and organizational skills
- Must be willing to travel occasionally

Preferred Skills:

- Scripting skills (Python or Perl)
- Familiarity with regular expressions
- Experience with text-to-speech or speech technology in general
- Experience with MOS tests, statistics

Education: Studies of computational linguistics, phonetics or related subjects

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2016 (Open until filled)

Contact Information:
	Lea Mencner 
	Email: EMEAjobs at nuance.com 

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