Audio Transcription & Alignment Specialist

About this task

Audio Transcription & Alignment Specialist (AI Training)

Fully remote, flexible hourly contract role for candidates in the New York area. Commitment: 10–40 hours per week. Compensation: 10–35 USD per hour. No prior AI experience is required.

Responsibilities:
- Review and correct word-level transcripts for accuracy, spelling, grammar, and adherence to strict style and formatting conventions.
- Precisely align word and segment timing boundaries to spoken audio at the millisecond level.
- Use a specialized web-based audio labeling tool to edit text and timing simultaneously.
- Follow detailed transcription style guides and rule-based conventions consistently.
- Resolve overlapping speech, filler words, false starts, background noise, and unclear audio.
- Maintain high accuracy and quality across large volumes of audio tasks.
- Meet tight per-task deadlines while working independently and asynchronously.

Requirements:
- Native or near-native English fluency with excellent listening comprehension.
- Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to distinguish accents, dialects, mumbled words, and overlapping speakers.
- Ability to follow strict style guides and apply rules consistently.
- Experience with, or ability to quickly learn, specialized web-based editing tools.
- A methodical, patient, precise, self-motivated, and reliable approach.

Preferred qualifications:
- Background in closed captioning, court reporting, or professional transcription.
- Experience in linguistics, phonetics, or audio data annotation.