Fwd: 17.228, Jobs: Phonetics & Irish English: Voice Developer, Nuance

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

A Phonetics job for Hiberno-English has been posted.

>LINGUIST List: Vol-17-228. Tue Jan 24 2006. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.
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>Subject: 17.228, Jobs: Phonetics & Irish English: Voice Developer, Nuance
>
>
>Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:59:43
>From: Nathalie Vandemoortele < nathalie.vandemoortele at nuance.com >
>Subject: Phonetics & Irish English: Voice Developer, Nuance, Belgium
>
>
>University or Organization: Nuance
>Job Rank: Voice Developer 
>Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Irish English
>Required Language(s): English (eng)
>
>
>Description:
>
>Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses
>and consumers around the world.  Every day, millions of users and thousands of
>businesses experience Nuance by calling 
>directory assistance, requesting account
>information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their
>destination, or digitally reproducing documents 
>that can be shared and searched.
>  With more than 1200 employees worldwide, we are committed to make the user
>experience more enjoyable by transforming the way people interact with
>information and how they create, share and use documents. Making each of those
>experiences productive and compelling is what Nuance is about.
>
>To strengthen our young and enthusiastic R&D team in Europe, we are currently
>looking for a Junior Voice Developer - Irish English
>
>Who will assist in the creation of state-of-the-art voice for use with the
>market-leading RealSpeak text-to-speech (TTS) 
>engine. You will join the team in
>Merelbeke, Belgium.
>
>Role:
>- Design of text corpora for recording and testing
>- Selection of voice talents
>- Coaching the voice talent
>- Processing speech data
>- Creating and tuning the TTS voice
>- Testing and productization of the TTS voice
>- Testing and tuning the linguistic processing component
>
>Profile:
>We are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people who want to learn about, or
>increased their knowledge of, speech technology 
>while making a real contribution
>to a successful product. In terms of skills, we are seeking people who can do
>most - but not necessarily all - of the following.
>
>If you...
>- Are an Irish English native speaker
>- Have some experience working in speech and/or linguistics or related fields
>(we're especially interested if you've studied 
>phonetics) either in academia or
>in industry
>- Have some computational ability - no programming is required, but you should
>be comfortable working with MS Windows
>- If you know some awk or Perl, it would be an advantage, but is not required.
>- Are willing to work in Merelbeke (near Ghent in Belgium) for the duration of
>the contract
>...then we would love to hear from you.
>
>Offer:
>- A 4 months contract
>- Training in all aspects of the job, and you will be working with a talented
>and  committed team
>- An exciting job with an innovative and performing international company
>- The opportunity to work in an enthusiastic, supportive team
>- Competitive remuneration package
>- Relocation, travel and accommodation assistance.
>
>Interested?
>
>Please apply for this position to Nathalie Vandemoortele at
>Nathalie.vandemoortele at nuance.com. If you have any questions, please
>contact me at +32 (0)9 239 8095.
>
>We are looking forward to receiving your application!
>
>
>The experience speaks for itself!
>
>
>Address for Applications:
>
>	International Recruiter Nathalie Vandemoortele
>	Guldensporenpark 32
>	Merelbeke 9820
>	Belgium 
>
>Application Deadline: Open until filled.
>
>Contact Information:
>
>	International Recruiter Nathalie Vandemoortele
>	Email: nathalie.vandemoortele at nuance.com
>	Phone: +32 9 239 80 95
>	Website: http://www.nuance.com
>
>
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