26.4328, Jobs: Farsi; Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology: Language Engineer, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 26.4328, Jobs: Farsi; Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology: Language Engineer, Nuance Communications

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 11:39:52
From:  Nicki Myddleton-Jones [Nicki.mj at nuance.com]
Subject: Farsi; Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology: Language Engineer, Nuance Communications

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Turin, Italy 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com/index.htm
Job Title: Language Engineer, Farsi - Contract 6 months +
Job Rank: Language Engineer; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Farsi


Description:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated person who wants to learn about, or increase his/her knowledge of, speech technology while making a real contribution to a successful product. In terms of skills, we are seeking people who have the most – but not necessarily all – of the following qualifications listed below.
 
We are looking for a language specialist for Farsi who will assist under a temporary contract in the development of a state-of-the-art text-to-speech system. You will be a member of the TTS language development team distributed across several locations.

We welcome applications preferably for the following locations Torino (Italy), Zürich (Switzerland), Merelbeke (Belgium) and Lucknow (India).
 
Principal responsibilities:

- Design, annotation and processing of text corpora and lexica
- Design, annotation and processing of test corpora for Farsi TTS evaluation and testing
- Development of linguistic components for:
- Tokenization and text normalization
- Letter-to-sound conversion
- Phonological modelling
- Morphological analysis
- Prosody prediction
 
Required Skills:

- Work experience a strong plus, but promising new graduates also encouraged to apply) 
- Native speaker of Farsi
- Linguistic expertise of Farsi phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and prosody
- Excellent communication skills in English (working language)
- Basic scripting skills (Python, Perl, command line scripting or similar)

Preferred Skills:

- Experience in working in speech/NLP/linguistics either in academia or in industry
- Self-starter, fast learner and independent
- Attention to detail and strong quality focus
- Willing to work within an international team for the duration of the contract
- Education: Master’s or PhD in computational linguistics / computer science or equivalent


Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2015 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: emeajobs at nuance.com 
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs-nuance.icims.com/jobs/16651/job 
Contact Information
	Nicki Myddleton-Jones 
	Email: Nicki.mj at nuance.com 


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