23.1210, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Speech Scientist/Engineer, 24/7 Customer Inc.

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Subject: 23.1210, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Speech Scientist/Engineer, 24/7 Customer Inc.

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Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:41:56
From:  HR [jobs at voxify.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Speech Scientist/Engineer, 24/7 Customer Inc., California, USA

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University or Organization: 24/7 Customer Inc. 
Department: Application Design & Speech Analytics
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: http://247-inc.com/
Job Rank: Speech Scientist/Engineer  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Speech Technology Development

Description:

[24]7 is looking for a Speech Engineer or Scientist with a strong background 
in speech recognition. This person will provide technical leadership and be 
primarily responsible for enhancing the speech recognition capabilities of our 
applications and the platform.

Ideally, we are looking for a motivated leader with a passion for Speech 
Technology Development with experience in enterprise or academic speech 
recognition systems.  Using the mature platform and tools here at [24]7, this 
person will work with our Speech Science, Analytics, Platform Engineering 
and Application teams to ensure that the speech models built and delivered 
meet the needs of the partners and markets in which they are being 
delivered.

Responsibilities:
The Speech Engineer/Scientist should be familiar with and have had hands 
on experience with specification, development and tuning of:
-  Lexicons & Pronunciation Dictionaries
-  Language Models
-  Acoustic Models
-  Text Normalization 
-  Accuracy Tuning
-  Performance Tuning
-  Acceptance Testing

Requirements:
-  Ability to translate complex processes in to a repeatable model 
producing high quality results, excellence in thinking and execution. 
-  A passion for the new user experience paradigms incorporating speech 
technologies. 
-  The ability to drive end to end Speech Recognition system diagnosis 
and quality investigations. 
-  Desire for cost-effectiveness improvement.

Qualifications: 
-  MSc or PhD in CS/EE/Computational Linguistics (with focus in one or 
more of Acoustic Modeling, Language Modeling or Speech Applications) or 
equivalent experience. 
-  3+ years of Speech R&D in an Academic or in an Enterprise setting.
-  Software development skills, aptitude for process design.
-  Programming with scripting languages.

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: jobs at voxify.com 
Contact Information
	HR 
	Email: jobs at voxify.com 

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