Post-doctoral position in speech synthesis

A post-doctoral research position in the field of speech synthesis is open at Orange Labs in Lannion, France. This study will involve the design and implementation of a new hybrid speech synthesis system combining HMM-based synthesis and unit selection synthesis. The successful candidate will: first, develop a toolkit for training HMM models from the acoustic data available at Orange Labs; second, implement the acoustic parameters generation in the Orange Labs speech synthesizer; third, propose, design and implement an hybrid speech synthesis system combining selected and HMM-based units.
Required Skills:
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PhD in computer science or electrical engineering
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Strong knowledge in automatic learning (including HMM)
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Extensive experience with C/C++ programming
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Knowledge of HTK/HTS is a plus
Salary: around 2300 € per month depending on experience.
Closing date: April 30th 2010.
Contact:
Cedric BOIDIN
Tel: +33 2 96 05 33 53
cedric.boidin@orange-ftgroup.com