Job: American English Language Technician, Voxygen SAS

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:34:57 +0200
From: Elixabete Murguia <elixabete.murguia at voxygen.fr>
Message-ID: <523FFD31.8070606 at voxygen.fr>


Voxygen SAS, a young and innovative company, is looking for an American
English language technician to work in one of its Text-to-Speech
projects.

Voxygen develops speech synthesis products and services for World-wide
markets, with a particular focus on the creation of expressive voices
for industrial and entertainement purposes. For more information on the
company, please visit: www.voxygen.fr

Job description:
   - Validation of sentences correctness for script creation:
     verification of orthography, grammar, readability and phonetic
     transcription.
   - Participate in the voice-talent casting.
   - Assist company experts with native language expertise during script
     recording sessions.
   - Revision of automatic phonetization and segmentation of recorded
     script sentences.

Job Requirements:
   - Fluent in spoken American English.
   - Thorough knowledge of the language grammar and orthography.
   - Keen ear for phonetic nuances.
   - A degree in any language-related field such as linguistics,
     translation, language teaching, will be helpful.
   - Knowledge of the target language phonetics or previous experience
     with TTS will be a definite plus.
   - Attention to detail.
   - Keen interest for language and technology.

This is a temporary position for 6 months. The job will be located in
Brittany, France (near Rennes or Lannion).

This is a great opportunity to participate in an exciting
state-of-the-art project and to colaborate with world-class experts in
the field of TTS.

If this sounds interesting to you, please send us your CV to:
jobs at voxygen.fr

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