33.3840, Jobs: General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: French Linguist, Appen

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-3840. Tue Dec 13 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.3840, Jobs: General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: French Linguist, Appen

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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:06:06
From: Lance Marvin Coching [lcoching at appen.com]
Subject: General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: French Linguist, Appen, Remote

 
University or Organization: Appen 
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Job Title: French Linguist
Job Rank: Consultant

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; SAMPA TX


Description:

We would like to inform you that we are currently looking for native speakers
of French (Belgium), Flemish (Belgium) and English (Ireland) for Project
Ivory-LC. The aim of this project is to help provide language-specific
linguistic support to help improve TTS voice quality.

You will listen to and evaluate audio (live or recorded) for quality,
consistency, and correspondence between phonetic transcription and spoken or
generated utterances. You will help production team with most appropriate
pronunciation/transcription of common, difficult, or foreign words, suggest
vocal techniques to alter phonation and conduct quality assurance of recorded
prompts (misalignment, punctuation fixes, etc).

Requirements:
 - A native speaker of French (Belgium), Flemish (Belgium) and English
(Ireland).
 - BA/Masters in Linguistics. Experience in Phonology/Phonetics with
familiarity on IPA/X-SAMPA.
 - Available to work for roughly 20hrs per week.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	, WA  
Web Address for Applications: https://connect.appen.com/qrp/public/project?type=linguistics&utm_source=LINGUISTICS&utm_medium=Job%20Post&utm_campaign=ST_LinkedIn_LP_Acarino_Linguist_Ivory-LC__-_ 
Contact Information:
	Sr. Recruiting Specialist Irish Rose Manalaysay 
	Email: imanalaysay at appen.com 


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