27.2495, Jobs: English; German; Phonetics; Phonology: TTS Voice Developer, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 27.2495, Jobs:  English; German; Phonetics; Phonology: TTS Voice Developer, Nuance Communications

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:04:55
From: Dong Hoon Van Uytsel [donghoon.vanuytsel at nuance.com]
Subject: English; German; Phonetics; Phonology: TTS Voice Developer, Nuance Communications, Merelbeke, Belgium

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Merelbeke, Belgium 
Job Title: TTS Voice Developer
Job Rank: Other; TTS Voice Developer

Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      German (deu) 

Description:

We are looking to strengthen our voices development team in Belgium with a
full-time German-native contributor. The position is limited in time to a
period of 6 to 12 months.

General responsibilities

Develop, test and improve voices for Nuance Text-to-Speech products, in
particular German voices. Support all voice-related R&D activities.

Tasks

- Processing speech data for text-to-speech speech databases
- Creating annotated speech databases
- Building text-to-speech (TTS) voices
- Testing and product development of TTS voices
- Testing and quality assessment of the integrated system 

Required skills

- Working in Windows environment
- Strong sense of precision and quality
- German native, fluent in English
- Understanding of phonological and phonetic concepts
- Ability to write high quality documentation
- Can work independently as well as in a team
- Good problem solving, analytic and troubleshooting skills

Preferred skills

- Experience with a scripting language, eg Python
- Experience with acoustic phonetics and prosodic analysis
- Experience in TTS voice development
- Speaking other languages



Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2016 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: donghoon.vanuytsel at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Dr.ir. Dong Hoon Van Uytsel 
	Email: donghoon.vanuytsel at nuance.com 


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