Oferta de trabajo: Linguist,Voice Signal Technologies, Inc, MA, USA

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Oferta de trabajo:
English; French; German, Standard; Italian; Portuguese; SPANISH & 
Germanic; Romance & Computational Linguist: Linguist
Voice Signal Technologies, Inc, MA, USA

Información de Barbara Winer <jobs at voicesignal.com>
distribuida por The Linguist List: http://linguistlist.org/
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University or Organization: Voice Signal Technologies, Inc
Department: International Product Management
Web Address: http://www.voicesignal.com
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; European Languages
Required Language(s): English (eng), French (fra), German, Standard 
(deu), Italian (ita), Portuguese (por), Spanish (spa), Germanic Romance

Description:

VoiceSignal, the leading developer of speech solutions for mobile 
devices, is seeking an experienced Linguist to help us develop our 
multi-lingual embedded speech recognition technologies and applications.

We are looking for a seasoned linguist with, preferably, prior 
experience in speech recognition applications. Candidates must have 
structural knowledge of two or more western European languages and the 
ability to develop analyses and resources for unfamiliar languages with 
the help of published resources and native-speaker informants. Must also 
have some knowledge of Perl and its use for linguistic purposes, be 
highly attentive to detail, and be able to prioritize work based on 
project and language priorities.
Candidates must have good project management skills and experience 
managing multiple simultaneous projects.
This is a full-time position based at our headquarters in Woburn, MA.

Job Activities:
- Manage development of pronunciation lexica for a variety of languages 
(mainly western European).
- Develop phonological analyses for a variety of languages.
- Handle wordlists and tokenization for a variety of languages.
- Coordinate and manage transfer of linguistic resources to acoustic 
modelers.
- Collaborate in analysis of speech recognition errors.
- Prioritize and manage linguistic work for multiple simultaneous projects.

Skills/Experience:
- Minimum masters degree in Linguistics, with solid training in phonetics.
- Experience working with corpora, both written and spoken.
- Experience developing pronunciation lexica.
- Fluency in scripting languages, especially Perl.
- At least structural knowledge of two or more of the following 
languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian and/or Portuguese a plus.
- Prior experience applying linguistic expertise in the speech 
recognition industry for multiple languages a plus.
- Ability to develop phonological analyses and linguistic resources for 
unfamiliar languages, especially western European languages.
- Proven ability to take a pragmatic approach to solving linguistic 
problems and manage workflow.

We offer a competitive salary, complete benefits package, stock options, 
and a very comfortable work environment.

For consideration, please email your resume to: <jobs at voicesignal.com>
JOB CODE: Linguist

Address for Applications:
    Director, Human Resources Barbara Winer
    150 Presidential Way
    Woburn, MA 01801
    USA
    Email: <jobs at voicesignal.com>
    Fax: 781-970-5300

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2006

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Demo fallida de Microsoft, grabada en directo por la televisión norteameticana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV1kqthZf2g
Se trata de un programa de reconocimiento de voz, que transcribe automáticamente el texto que se le dicta: speech recognition convertido en speech wreck-ognition...
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