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Contract role for a British English language expert, remotely based in Great Britain. Work includes annotating conversational audio, tagging speaker and audio metadata, correcting ASR transcripts, and identifying regional dialect and accent features. The listing provides a salary range of $41,600–$93,600.
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Explore the remote job marketEnglish Language Expert (Great Britain) at micro1
Role Title: English Language Expert (Great Britain)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Great Britain, Remote
micro1 is engaging English Language Experts (Great Britain) to contribute to a customer's innovative audio annotation initiative focused on British English. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. This opportunity emphasizes the importance of written and verbal communication, aiming for those with a passion for language and a keen ear for the diversity of British dialects and accents. Whether you have experience in teaching, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism, your insights into the nuances of British English will directly influence linguistic technology advancements.
Scope of Work
Listen to multi-speaker conversational audio recordings, identifying and tagging key speaker and audio metadata such as dialect, accent, audio quality, background noise, age, and speaking style.
Annotate and correct first-pass ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) transcripts, ensuring precise application of British English spelling, usage, and conventions.
Utilize your knowledge of British regional accents—from Received Pronunciation and Estuary English to Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Mancunian, West Country, Welsh English, and Scottish English—to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features.
Apply your knowledge of British vocabulary, idioms, slang, and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.
Maintain detailed and consistent annotation standards throughout all assigned project tasks.
Preferred qualifications
Fluent proficiency in British English, with demonstrated familiarity across multiple dialects and regional accents.
Background in language teaching, linguistics, transcription, editing, translation, journalism, or a related discipline.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a meticulous approach to language variation and usage.
Ability to distinguish subtle differences in British English pronunciation and vocabulary.
Experience working with audio data, metadata tagging, or transcription practices is beneficial.
Adaptable, detail-oriented, and able to manage complex annotation guidelines independently.
Interest in linguistic technology, AI training, or language data projects is a plus.
Working remotely at micro1
micro1 builds human-expertise data and evaluation infrastructure for AI models and agents. It recruits core-team employees and domain experts for AI training projects.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Founded
- 2022
Expert opportunities are remote and can be flexible. International applicants are considered, subject to country exclusions and each project's requirements. Core-team work arrangements vary by opening; check the individual posting.
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