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From: research@netcom.com (Michaelle Fields)
Subject: Position Available: Speech Engineer
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Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 19:12:22 GMT
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Position Available



Speech Engineer



First Byte is soliciting applications for the position of
Speech Engineer. The successful candidate will have the
responsibility of steering the future technical direction
of First Byte's technology.  In addition to investigating
general directions for our product development plans, the
candidate will work with our staff of linguists and
engineers to develop tools in support of our principle
mission of creating the finest speech technology
available.

The successful candidate should have a strong digital
signal processing background with skills in the
application of DSP to speech synthisis, speech
recognition or speech coding; speech production or
perception; acoustic phonetics; language modelling;
speech compression; statistical pattern classification;
robust speech processing in the presence of noise. Strong
software engineering skills are a must as is familiarity
with Windows, Macintosh and/or Unix programming. We
expect the candidate to have a Ph.D. degree with
extensive lab experience or a technical MS degree with
2-4 years relevant work experience.

First Byte was founded in 1982 specifically for the
purpose of developing and marketing text-to-speech
synthesis products to the then emerging micro-computer
market. At this point we are the largest vendor of
text-to-speech synthesizers in the world, with an
installed base exceeding 8 million units.  We currently
offer competitively priced solutions for systems ranging
from multi-CPU, multi-DSP telephony systems to all
popular desktop systems to handheld dictionary
products. First Byte is located in Torrance, California,
a community just south of Los Angeles.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and
experience. First Byte offers an attractive benefits and
compensation package.

Address Inquiries, Resumes/Supporting Materials to:  

First Byte
Attn: David Seifert
19840 Pioneer Ave.
Torrance, CA 90503 

email: dseifert@firstbyte.ccmail.compuserve.com





