We are currently recruiting for a French speaking Text- to-Speech Specialist / Computational Linguist (French) for a large Social Media company. The BPO you would be working for is Covalen, an industry pioneer collaborating with organisations worldwide for over 25 years. The client is a social media platform and networking company that operates on a worldwide level. As a Computational Linguist for Text to Speech project, your role will be to work on improving TTS quality in the language of your expertise. These experts are needed to: Make informed judgements of qualityImprove aspects of the pipeline (text normalisation, pronunciation prediction)Know what we don't know: (1) preemptively identify problems specific to a new language; (2) design test sets to illustrate these problems, (3) potentially help design solutions to those problems.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Prior to Launch Create a regression test for each locale within their languageCreate and maintain a text normalisation test set for their languageSource and vet datasets used in training of DD TN systems, and/or craft guidelines for external annotation programs used to generate those datasetsDevelop a set of text normalisation rules for their language that guarantees certain accuracy against the test set (the TN rules are written in JavaScript)Create and maintain a pronunciation golden set for G2P evaluation'Identify/evaluate/solve language-specific pain-points, such as grammatical gender, word stress, segmentation, tone prediction, word case / declensionPerform targeted data quality checksAudio evaluationAfter Launch Fix all frontend bugs reported for the language via the methods in the Linguist Runbook, maintaining the regression test with each bugContinue improving text normalisationEnsure each deployment of the voice passes Capability Testing referenced in the Launch Review ProcessPerform ongoing Audio EvaluationCANDIDATE PROFILE Ideal candidate is a native or near-native speaker who majored/minored in linguistics, with some computational experience (or deep interest and willingness to learn). Essential competencies needed for this role are: C1/C2 speaker of the market language - FrenchAdvanced/fluent level of EnglishUndergraduate degree in linguistics or similarDemonstrated knowledge of International Phonetic AlphabetSome command line (Linux/Ubuntu) experienceOther competencies desirable for the role are:Some Python experience preferredSome JavaScript experience preferredCOMPENSATION PACKAGE & BENEFITS Performance bonusPrivate healthcarePension contributionTax Saver and Bike-to-Work SchemeFull training provided with career development opportunitiesBe part of a great, friendly, diverse teamWe can consider only applicants eligible to work full-time in Ireland. Location :Dublin - Remote after training (8 weeks of training onsite in Dublin 18) Apply today on the link or email to****** with your latest CV.
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