English Language Expert (United States)

Pay: $20 - $45/hour

Required Skills
American English
Dialect
Linguistics
Transcription
English Teaching
About micro1
micro1 is a data lab that helps AI labs & Enterprises train foundational models and agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings.

Our AI recruiting agent sources and vets domain experts for our data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data. Our research spans high-value, specialized domains (legal, medical, finance, coding, etc.), where expert-level data is the hardest to produce and most valuable for advanced model performance. Our pipeline performance system ensures both quality and velocity.

Role Title: English Language Expert (United States)

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging English Language Experts (United States) to contribute to a specialized audio annotation project focused on American English. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Contributors will work with diverse conversational audio, focusing on the rich variety of American English dialects and accents. Backgrounds in teaching, transcription, editing, translation, journalism, or other language-focused domains are especially valued. A passion for both written and verbal communication is essential as you'll be working to ensure accuracy, clarity, and authenticity in all audio and transcript data.

Scope of Work

Listen to multi-speaker conversational audio and assess linguistic content for annotation purposes.
Tag audio samples and speakers with relevant metadata, including dialect, accent, speaking style, age, quality, and background noise.
Review and correct automated speech recognition (ASR) transcripts, ensuring alignment with American English spelling and usage.
Identify and annotate regional and cultural language variants, such as Southern English, AAVE, New York City English, Midwestern English and others.
Leverage your familiarity with American idioms, slang, and vocabulary to validate and enrich transcript data.

Preferred Qualifications

Fluency in American English, with a strong grasp of US dialects and pronunciation subtleties.
Experience in linguistics, language teaching, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism.
Keen ear for differentiating and describing regional American accents and cultural language variations.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
Comfort working remotely and independently on digital platforms.
Familiarity with American English spelling conventions, idioms, and informal expressions.
Previous experience with audio annotation or transcription projects is a plus.
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