Jobs: 5 offres

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1/ Computational Linguist, Syntax Classification
2/ Computational Linguist, Text Processing Classification
3/ Linguistic Testing Engineer Classification
4/ Phonetic Lexicographer Classification
5/ Speech Engineer, Prosody  Classification

Conversay
15375 NE 90th Street
Redmond WA 98052
http://www.conversa.com/
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CONVERSAY - Job Description
Title
Computational Linguist, Syntax
Classification

Date Updated
14, Dec. 2000
Department
Language Development\Core
Reports To (Title)
Director, Core Engineering

Job Description

The successful candidate will develop and extend current automatic syntactic
analyzers and taggers and be willing to work on text normalization
components as well. In addition, s\he should have a predisposition to work
with naturally-occurring text corpora and a strongly empirical orientation
to syntactic issues.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* PhD in Linguistics or degree in Computer Science and at least a M.A. in
Linguistics
* Computational Syntax, NLP, Statistics
* Experience with automatic learning and syntactic tagging systems
* Knowledge of existing NLP tools
* C/C++
* Previous experience with speech processing and applications a plus
* Near native knowledge of at least one of the following languages is a
strong plus: Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, German, Korean, Japanese,
Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
?         Maintain proprietary Taggers and Parsers.
?         Create new NLP tools as required for several diverse languages.
?         Help create and maintain text normalization component.

Supervision
* Able to work with limited supervision.
* Position does not involve supervision duties.

Decision Making
* Adaptable and Creative
* Self-motivated

Interaction
* Able to communicate effectively with scientists and developers.
*  Willing to work closely with staff syntactician and other linguists and
programmers.

Equipment
* No equipment specifications

Physical Requirements
* Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard work).
* Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral and
written communication, to express or exchange information by means of oral
and written.

Additional Information
* Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA) area.


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CONVERSAY - Job Description
Title
Computational Linguist, Text Processing
Classification

Date Updated

Department
Core Engineering - Language Development
Reports To (Title)
Manager of Core Technology, Language Development group

Job Description
The successful candidate will assist in the creation, maintenance and
extension of a text/language processing component for multiple languages
used by Conversay's proprietary text-to-speech and automatic speech
recognition engine.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (including education)
* Thorough understanding of phonology and morphology.
* Basic C programming skills and/or experience with scripting languages such
as Perl.
* Advanced degree in linguistics or computer science (Ph.D. a strong plus).
* Knowledge of other areas of linguistics and natural language processing a
strong plus.
* Familiarity with text normalization/tokenization issues a strong plus.
* Knowledge of multiple languages a strong plus (especially Portuguese,
Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, German, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese
Chinese).
* Previous experience with speech applications a plus.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Extend current text/language processing component to adapt it to different
languages, focusing on the following areas: character processing, written
word and sentence boundary detection, text normalization, tokenization,
text-to-pronunciation, phonology, morphology, lexical access.
* Create, extend and maintain new text/language processing modules in the
same areas listed above.
* Perform any other duties which may be assigned or necessary.

Supervision
* Position does not involve supervision duties.

Decision Making
* Must be able to work with limited supervision.
* Must be independent, self-motivated and responsible.

Interaction
* Must be able to interact with linguists, programmers and speech
scientists.

Equipment
* Position does not require knowledge of any specific equipment.

Physical Requirements
* Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard work).
* Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral and
written communication, to express or exchange information by means of oral
and written.

Additional Information
* Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA) area.


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CONVERSAY - Job Description
Title
Linguistic Testing Engineer
Classification

Date Updated

Department
Core Engineering - Language Development
Reports To (Title)
Mike Aibinder (Director, Core Engineering)


Job Description
The successful candidate will design, implement, and run suites of automated
linguistic tests for Conversay's proprietary text-to-speech and speech
recognition system for multiple languages.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (including education)
* Previous industry experience in speech technology / language processing,
OR advanced degree in linguistics or a closely related field.
* Experience in using scripting or programming languages, especially C, C++,
Perl, Visual Basic or Visual Test.
* Experience with design & use of automated test tools a plus.
* Previous experience with speech applications a strong plus.
* Native or near-native knowledge of one of the following languages a strong
plus: Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, German, Korean, Japanese,
Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Design and implement automated tools and scripts to evaluate the accuracy
and functionality of core language components of Conversay software.  For
example, write tools, scripts, and expected-behavior frames for testing the
text-normalization component.
* Work with the Quality Assurance team to design regression tests for core
language components. Evaluate bugs reported by QA and direct those bugs to
the appropriate members of the Core Engineering team.
* Work with the Usability and Quality Assurance team to evaluate user
interactions with the language engines, e.g. intelligibility of speech
synthesis.
* Perform any other duties which may be assigned or necessary.

Supervision
* Position does not involve supervision duties.

Decision Making
* Must be able to work with limited supervision.
* Must be independent, self-motivated and responsible.

Interaction
* Must be able to interact with linguists, programmers and speech
scientists.
* See Principal Duties and Responsibilities above for work with QA and
Usability teams.

Equipment
* Position does not require knowledge of any specific equipment.

Physical Requirements
* Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard work).
* Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral and
written communication, to express or exchange information by means of oral
and written.

Additional Information
* Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA) area.


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CONVERSAY - Job Description
Title
Phonetic Lexicographer
Classification

Date Updated

Department
Core Engineering - Language Development
Reports To (Title)
Director of Core Engineering

Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for phonetic transcription work
in several languages. Duties include: research and analysis to determine
specifications for phonetic processing modules, research and purchase of
lexical resources, creation and maintenance of lexicons, and analysis of
speech and text corpora. The ongoing results of this work will be used in
the development of Conversay's proprietary speech recognition and synthesis
engines.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (including education)
* Ph.D. in Linguistics with focus on empirical phonetic study
* Experience with data and corpus analysis
* Native (or near-native) speaker of Japanese or Korean a strong plus
* Familiarity with Perl or other scripting/programming languages a strong
plus
* Familiarity with use of relational databases a strong plus

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Determine phone sets and transcription standards for lexicons in several
languages
* Determine lexical entries for various application-specific lexicons
* Maintain and update existing lexicons
* Identify issues and requirements for evaluating phonetic output
* Other areas of speech/text collection, analysis, and evaluation as needed

Supervision
* Position does not involve supervision duties

Decision Making
* Must be able to work with limited supervision
* Must be independent, self-motivated, and responsible

Interaction
* Must be able to interact with linguists, programmers, speech scientists,
and native speakers

Equipment
* No special knowledge required

Physical Requirements
* Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard work)
* Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral and
written communication, to express or exchange information by means of oral
and written

Additional Information
* Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA) area


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CONVERSAY - Job Description
Title
Speech Engineer, Prosody
Classification

Date Updated

Department
Core Engineering - Language Development
Reports To (Title)
Director, Core Engineering



Job Description
The successful candidate will assist in the creation and extension of
prosodic components for multiple languages used by Conversay's proprietary
text-to-speech and automatic speech recognition engine.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (including education)
* Thorough understanding of prosody and phonology.
* C programming.
* Advanced degree in linguistics or computer science (Ph.D. a strong plus).
* Knowledge of other areas of linguistics and natural language processing a
strong plus.
* Knowledge of multiple languages a strong plus (especially Portuguese,
Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, German, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese
Chinese).
* Previous experience with speech applications a plus.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Extend existing prosody module of engine in order to adapt it to different
languages.
* Create, extend and maintain new prosody module(s).
* Perform any other duties which may be assigned or necessary.

Supervision
* Position does not involve supervision duties.

Decision Making
* Must be able to work with limited supervision.
* Must be independent, self-motivated and responsible.

Interaction
* Must be able to interact with linguists, programmers and speech
scientists.

Equipment
* Position does not require knowledge of any specific equipment.

Physical Requirements
* Sustain movements of the fingers, wrists, hands or arms (keyboard work).
* Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral and
written communication, to express or exchange information by means of oral
and written.

Additional Information
* Must be willing to relocate to the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond (WA) area.

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