30.3764, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Phonology: Phonologist, Appen

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Subject: 30.3764, Jobs: English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Phonology: Phonologist, Appen

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Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:23:50
From: Jon Carlo Frayna [jcfrayna at appen.com]
Subject: English; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Phonology: Phonologist, Appen

 
University or Organization: Appen 
Department: Recruitment
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: https://appen.com
Job Title: Work from home Phonologist
Job Rank: Other; Phonologist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Phonology 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

You will provide language-specific linguistic support to help improve TTS
voice quality.

This may include:
- Listening to and evaluating audio (live or recorded) for quality,
consistency, and correspondence between phonetic transcription and spoken or
generated utterances 
- Helping production team with most appropriate pronunciation/transcription of
common, difficult, or foreign words
- Suggesting vocal techniques to alter phonation
- Conduct quality assurance of recorded prompts (misalignment, punctuation
fixes, etc) 

Required:
- Native speaker of target language
- Fluent in English
- Master's degree or higher in linguistics, with focus on phonetics,
phonology, or other speech science 
- Proficiency with narrow phonetic transcription using either IPA or X-SAMPA

To apply, please visit the application link provided below.

Once you have registerd via Appen Connect, please look for Project Ivindo-LC.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do
not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin,
gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability
status.



Application Deadline: 04-Nov-2019 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://connect.appen.com/qrp/public/jobs?sref=bffa7301267b8b23eab461e8ae155abd 
Contact Information:
	Mr Jon Carlo Frayna 
	Email: jcfrayna at appen.com 


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