Vacancy (Research Scholarship Scheme)

Project Title: Deep Pronunciation and Acoustic Modeling for Text-to-Speech on Unwritten Languages: A Case Study on Penang Hokkien
Location: UTAR Kampar Campus
Stipend:

RM2,000.00 (Full Tuition Fee Scholarship for candidate with CGPA: 3.5000 and above T&C)
Education Level:

Bachelor Degree in Computing or in the area of science and technology
Specific Skills / Knowledge Required: Good in programming.
Job Description

Task 1: To develop Penang Hokkien pronunciation dictionary
Task 2: To acquire speech synthesis corpus
Task 3: To synthesis Penang Hokkien speech from text using HMM/DNN-based speech synthesis system (HTS)

How to apply: If you are interested, please contact Dr. Jasmina Khaw Yen Min at khawym@utar.edu.my