27.943, Jobs: Chinese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: TTS Voice Developer, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 27.943, Jobs: Chinese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: TTS Voice Developer, Nuance Communications

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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:11:44
From: Eva Li [Eva.Li at nuance.com]
Subject: Chinese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: TTS Voice Developer, Nuance Communications, Shanghai, China

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Shanghai, China 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Title: TTS Voice Developer
Job Rank: Other; TTS Voice Developer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
                      Chinese, Yue (yue) 

Description:

Leading and handling all kind of processing of Chinese languages related text,
corpus, speech data etc.

Responsibilities:  

- Casting and coaching of Voice Talents; recording monitoring.
- Designing text corpora for recording and testing
- Processing speech data for text-to-speech speech data bases
- Building and testing text-to-speech voices
- Managing all technical aspects of a TTS voice development
- Supporting our professional services teams and contributing to customer
project success.
- Assisting senior team members in research tasks.
- Contributing to the improvement, design, implementation, evaluation and
optimization of voice development tools and processes

Required Skills: 

- Experience with acoustic phonetics is recommended.
- Experience in text-to-speech voice development is a strong asset.
- Working in a Windows environment comes naturally to you.
- Programming skills are a plus. Basic experience with scripting languages
like Perl or Python is a requirement

Preferred Skills: 

- A creative project leader and a team player, you are willing to take
initiative and goal oriented.
- A strong sense of precision and quality in your daily job.
- Fluent in English and you can write high quality documentation.

Education: MSc or PhD degree in philology, phonetics, computational
linguistics or another relevant field.



Application Deadline: 31-May-2016 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: Eva.Li at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Eva Li 
	Email: Eva.Li at nuance.com 


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