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Internship "Speech and Language Technology"
digital publishing AG is one of Europe's leading producers of
interactive software for foreign language training. The
e-learning courses of digital publishing place an emphasis on
speaking and spoken language understanding.
Internships are usually organized as 4 – 6 month projects. Candidates
are expected to work on site at the digital publishing R&D Lab in Munich,
Germany. People
in the lab speak English and German.
Projects will be in the fields of:
- computer-aided language learning (CALL)
- computer-aided pronunciation teaching (CAPT)
- training, configuration or evaluation of speech recognizers
for CALL and CAPT systems
- grammar writing for syntactic and semantic parsers
- programming projects in C or C++ involving speech recognition
We offer ...
- a creative working atmosphere in an international team
of software engineers, linguists and editors working on
speech recognition, speech dialogue systems
- a workplace in the center of Munich
- flexible working times, fair compensation, and arguably
the best espresso in town
We expect ...
- good knowledge of C or C++ (for projects that involve programming)
- knowledge of scripting languages
- knowledge of HTK or other speech recognition toolkits
- a background in speech technology, (computational) linguistics,
computer science or machine learning
- knowledge about grammar writing
- good knowledge of English or German
- unfortunately we can only consider applicants that have a
work permit for Germany
Interested? We look forward to your application:
(preferably by e-mail, please indicate a preferred project area)
digital publishing AG
Karl Weilhammer
Tumblinger Straße 32
D-80337 München
Germany
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