20.4028, Jobs: English, General Ling: Contractor, Nuance Communications Inc.

Tue Nov 24 18:12:53 UTC 2009

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Subject: 20.4028, Jobs: English, General Ling: Contractor, Nuance Communications Inc.

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Date: 23-Nov-2009
From: Alex Hurst < Alexander.Hurst at nuance.com >
Subject: English & General Linguistics: Contractor, Nuance Communications Inc.

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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:10:53
From: Alex Hurst [Alexander.Hurst at nuance.com]
Subject: English & General Linguistics: Contractor, Nuance Communications Inc.

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University or Organization: Nuance Communications Inc. 
Department: Dragon R&D Language Modeling
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com

Job Rank: Contractor  

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Nuance Communications, Inc., a world-wide leader in speech technology, is
seeking a part-time English language consultant to enhance our language
dictionaries. 

All work will be done off-site.

Responsibilities: 
- Evaluating design and quality of pronunciation dictionaries
- Merging pronunciation dictionaries
- Evaluating and correcting dictionary entries
- Identifying new entries for general and specialized dictionaries 
- Writing phonetic transcriptions for new and existing entries 
- Serving as language expert resource for engineers and researchers

Requirements: 
- Native or near-native fluency in English
- Completion or near-completion of undergraduate degree in linguistics
- Knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet 
- Ability to work independently
- Up-to-date computer running Windows
- High-speed home internet connection 

Helpful Skills: 
- Expertise in medicine, law, or technology 
- Knowledge of UNIX 
- Familiarity with a text editor such as emacs or vi
- Ability to program in a scripting language (e.g. Perl)

30 hours of work per week for a duration of 3 months is required.  Pay is
$22-30 per hour, depending on experience.  Equivalent payment in other
currencies, e.g. euros, is also possible.

To apply, please submit your resume or CV and a brief statement describing
your experience and abilities to the email address below. We will consider
only electronic submissions. No phone calls, please. 

Application Deadline: 31 December 2009

(The position may be filled before that date if a qualified applicant is
found.)

Application Deadline: 31-Dec-2009 

Email Address for Applications: lm.linguistics at nuance.com 
Contact Information
	LM Linguistics 
	Email: lm.linguistics at nuance.com 

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