Audiobook QA Expert - German

Mercor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; USD 21.000 - 39.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mercor is seeking a part-time remote reviewer to evaluate AI-narrated German audiobooks (Germany). You will listen to recordings, assess naturalness and accuracy, and log errors with precise timestamps.

The role requires native German fluency and good English, with regular feedback on how the narration sounds to listeners. We welcome candidates who regularly listen to audiobooks and can sustain careful attention across long sessions.

Qualifikationen

• Native or near-native fluency in German (Germany).
• Able to report in English clearly for the team.
• Experience with annotation, labeling, transcription, proofreading or linguistics is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Listen to AI-narrated audiobooks in German and assess naturalness, accuracy and enjoyment.
• Spot and log errors in synthesized speech (skipped words, mispronunciations, etc.).
• Categorize issues and mark exact spans using review tooling.
• Report on overall listener satisfaction and places where narration is natural or breaks.
• Work consistently and carefully across many hours of audio.

Kenntnisse

German native

English ability

Attention to detail

Audiobook listener

Annotation experience

Jobbeschreibung

Help make the next generation of AI-narrated audiobooks sound genuinely human.

1. Overview

We're building a team of native German speakers who love audiobooks to help evaluate AI-narrated (text-to-speech) audiobooks in German (Germany). You'll listen the way a real audiobook fan does — but with a careful, analytical ear — and flag the moments where the narration slips, so the underlying models can be made better.

This is remote, part-time work at roughly 20 hours per week (about 4 hours per day). You can be based anywhere, though we prefer people living in a region where German is natively spoken.

2. What You'll Do

• Listen to AI-narrated audiobooks in German and assess how natural, accurate, and enjoyable the narration is.
• Spot and log errors in the synthesized speech — skipped, added, or mispronounced words; numbers read incorrectly; abbreviations expanded wrongly; unnatural phrasing or intonation; audio glitches and artifacts.
• Categorize each issue and mark the exact span where it occurs, using our review tooling.
• Report on overall listener satisfaction and where the narration feels natural versus where it breaks the experience.
• Work consistently and carefully across many hours of audio without losing attention to detail.

3. Who We're Looking For

• Native or near-native fluency in German (Germany), and an active, genuine audiobook listener — someone who listens regularly and has real opinions about what makes a good listen.
• Enough working English to report clearly and communicate with the team (you do not need to be bilingual).
• Some experience with annotation, labeling, transcription, proofreading, linguistics, or other detail-oriented review work.
• A sharp, patient ear and the discipline to stay accurate over long listening sessions.
• Reliable availability of about 20 hours per week on a part-time basis.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience on AI training-data, model-evaluation, or audio/QA annotation projects.
• A background in language, editing, voice, or audio production.