EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AT TELLME/MICROSOFT

Tellme (since May 2007 a subsidiary of Microsoft) is a company which has developed a platform which creates a bridge between the phone and the Internet, allowing people to find, use and share information via the phone. A number of alumni of our programs have worked there, at a variety of levels. Tellme has written to us, seeking to hire someone as soon as possible into a Contract Transcriber position. Here is the job description:

Contract Orthographic Transcriber

Responsibilities

As a transcriber, you’ll be responsible for transcribing spoken utterances into text for analysis by speech engineers and other teams
at Tellme. You’ll be:

• Analyzing utterances to determine whether the speaker is a native or non-native English speaker, etc.
• Determining correct pronunciation of words and names
• Finding correct spelling of obscure words and names
• Generating data that helps improve the performance of some of the most advanced phone applications in the world

Requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of the English language
• Strong typing, spelling, and basic computing skills
• Familiarity with phonetics, experience with arpabet, CPA, or other textual representation of phonetic symbols a plus
• A degree in Linguistics a plus

If interested, please send your resume to Todd Caplener: todcap@microsoft.com