Oferta de trabajo: Spanish & Portuguese Scientist, Nuance Communications International, Belgium

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Oferta de trabajo:
Spanish & Portuguese: Scientist
Nuance Communications International, Merelbeke, Belgium

Información de Alan Kitaman <alan.kitaman at nuance.com>
distribuida por The Linguist List: http://linguistlist.org/
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Organization: Nuance Communications International
Department: HR
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Rank: Scientist
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics
Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)
Spanish (spa)

Description:
To strengthen our enthusiastic R&D team in Europe, we are 
currently looking for a Language Specialist - Spanish/Portuguese 
who will assist in the development of a state-of-the-art 
text-to-speech system.
You will join the team in Merelbeke, Belgium.

Role:
-Helping in development of the linguistic processing components
-Design of text corpora for recording and testing
-Processing speech data
-Creating and tuning the TTS voice
-Testing and productization of the TTS voice

Profile:
We are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people who want to 
learn about, or increase 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 native or near native speaker of Spanish and/or Portuguese
-Speak English fluently (working language)
-Have some experience working in speech/NLP/linguistics 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
-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 6 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 Alan Kitaman at 
<alan.kitaman at nuance.com>
If you have any questions, please contact me at
+32 (0) 9 239 8090
We are looking forward to receiving your application!

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)

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 1500 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.

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