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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-2250.html

Nuance Communications, Inc., a worldwide leader in speech technology, is seeking full-time temporary language specialist to develop our newest TTS technology into various languages.

Positions are available for the following languages:
- Finnish
- Australian English
- Cantonese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian (Bokmaal)
- Egyptian Arabic
- Greek
- Hindi
- Indian English
- Russian
- Swedish
- Polish
- Hungarian
- Catalan

Responsibilities:
- Helping in development of the linguistic processing components
- Design of text corpora for recording and testing
- Processing speech data
- Creating and tuning the TTS voice
- Testing and productization of the TTS voice

Requirements:
- Native or near native speaker of one of them above-mentioned languages
- Speak English fluently (working language)
- Have some experience working in speech/NLP/linguistics either in academia or in industry
- Have some computational ability - no programming is required, but you should be comfortable working with MS Windows
- If you know some AWK or Perl, it would be an advantage
- Willing to work in Merelbeke (near Ghent in Belgium) for the duration of the contract

Offer:
-A 3-5 months contract
-Training in all aspects of the job, and you will be working with a talented and committed team
-An exciting job with an innovative and performing international company
-The opportunity to work in an enthusiastic, supportive team
-Competitive remuneration package
-Relocation, travel and accommodation assistance

For application information, go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-2250.html .

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