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Subject: 23.3736, Jobs: Hindi; Comp Ling; Lexicography; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Ling; Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP): Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google Inc.

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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:17:41
From: Linne Ha [DataOpsMan at gmail.com]
Subject: Hindi; Computational Linguistics; Lexicography; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP): Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google Inc., Bangalore, India

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University or Organization: Google Inc. 
Department: Speech
Job Location: Bangalore, India 
Web Address: http://www.google.com
Job Rank: Speech Linguistic Project Manager  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Lexicography; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP)

Required Language(s): Hindi (hin)

Description:

Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Hindi, Bangalore

Job Description:
As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Hindi, you will 
oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data quality for speech 
projects in your own language.

You will be based in the Bangalore office managing a team of Data 
Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards Speech research: 
ASR, TTS, and NLP

This Includes:
-  Managing and overseeing the work of your team
-  Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses, 
numbers
-  Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
-  Building and maintaining a database of speech recognition patterns
-  Creating pronunciations for new lexicon entries, maintaining the lexicon
-  Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house 
tools

Job Requirements:
-  Native-level speaker of one of the target languages (with good command of 
the standard dialect) and fluent in English
-  Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the 
language's phonology
-  Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is 
spoken
-  Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts
-  Excellent oral and written communication skills
-  Good organizational skills, previous experience in managing external 
resources
-  Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
-  Advanced degree in Linguistics; Computational Linguistics preferred
-  Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming 
language; previous experience working in a Linux environment

Project duration: 11 months

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in 
English (PDF format preferred) with 'Speech Linguistic Project Manager, 
Hindi' in the subject line to the application email address below.


Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2013 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Linne Ha 
	Email: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 





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