28 December: fyi -- text to speech, Switzerland
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SVOX AG is a dynamic technology company specialized in text-to-speech. We are
seeking to add a TTS specialist to our development team, who will be responsible
for developing and maintaining the SVOX text analysis components in multiple
languages. You will develop grammars and lexica for use with our
state-of-the-art text-to-speech engine, lead the efforts of other language
specialists, and drive innovations in our language development process. SVOX
provides a varied, full-time position in an international, fast-paced,
results-oriented environment.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Hands-on technical leader for SVOX text analysis, with both development
skills/responsibilities and team mentoring roles
- Tracking and analysis of customer requirements
- Developing, testing, releasing, and maintaining new language-specific
components needed to analyze texts (including definite clause grammars,
lexica, finite state transducers)
- Version control of text analysis components
- Driving innovations, especially in automation of the development and testing
of text analysis components
- Testing and integrating new development tools
- Documentation and reporting of progress
- Interfacing within engineering and with sales
- Build-up of language knowledge
Qualifications and required Skills:
- Higher education degree in linguistics and 3+ years of experience with
programming, or alternatively a degree in computer science or electrical
engineering and 5+ years experience in linguistics
- Experience in text-to-speech technology is a definite plus
- Very strong interest in text normalization, morpho-syntactic analysis, phoneti
cs,
and building of working systems based on a solid theoretical principles
- Confident use of scripting languages (Tcl/Tk, Perl, others), and programming i
n C
- Experience in configuration management
- Native speaker of English, French, or Italian. High expertise in the other two
languages. Highly motivated to learn additional languages.
- Expertise in additional languages a plus
- Results-oriented, pragmatic approach to solving problems
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills
- Project management, especially the ability to create schedules and judge
schedule impacts
- Excellent organization and communication skills
- High comfort level interacting with linguists, software engineers, and sales
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a larger team
- Willingness to relocate to Zurich, Switzerland
Address for Applications
SVOX AG, HR
Baslerstrasse 30
Zurich CH-8048
Switzerland
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Contact Information
SVOX AG, HR
Email: hr@svox.com
Phone: +41 43 544 06 20
Website: http://www.svox.com
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