Audio Annotation Language Expert

You will review conversational audio and correct first-pass automatic speech recognition transcripts. The work focuses on Nigerian English, regional speech patterns, and consistent use of detailed annotation guidelines.

• Listen to conversations with multiple speakers and label dialect, accent, audio quality, background noise, age, and speaking style.
• Review and correct automatic speech recognition transcripts using Nigerian English spelling, vocabulary, idioms, slang, and usage.
• Identify regional and dialectal features in Yoruba-influenced, Igbo-influenced, Hausa-influenced, Edo, Ijaw, Efik, Tiv, and Nigerian Pidgin-influenced English.
• Recognize English-Pidgin and English-Yoruba code-switching, where speakers move between languages or varieties.
• Follow detailed guidelines independently and make consistent judgments about audio, speakers, and transcripts.

This is a remote, part-time contractor project.

• Language: Fluent Nigerian English, with familiarity with regional accents, dialects, and Nigerian Pidgin.
• Distinguish subtle pronunciation and vocabulary differences, communicate clearly in writing and speech, and review transcripts carefully.
• Assign audio and speaker metadata accurately and work independently with detailed guidelines.