Audio Quality Analyst | $8/hr Remote

Crossing Hurdles; India; On-site; INR 17,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a part-time audio captioner for a 6-week project. You will listen to audio clips, describe voices and scenes in clear English, and produce accurate transcripts with speaker identification and timing.

Applicants should have 3+ years in audio captioning or transcription, native-level English, and keen listening skills to detect overlaps, accents, and background sounds. Attention to detail and consistency across batches are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional audio captioning, transcription, or annotation.
• Native-level written English; describe voices precisely.
• Identify speakers, overlaps, and group speech.
• Distinguish English accents and recognize other languages.
• Strong attention to detail; maintain consistency across batches.
• Review machine drafts for inaccuracies.

Responsibilities

• Listen to audio clips and describe voices and scenes in clear English.
• Transcribe English speech accurately, including repetitions and names.
• Identify speakers and track conversations, including overlaps.
• Describe voice characteristics: pitch, quality, pace, emotion.
• Identify non-speech sounds like laughter, coughs, sobs, etc.
• Describe background sounds and ambience.
• Identify sound transitions and speaker changes.
• Review machine-generated drafts for errors.
• Maintain consistent annotation quality across batches.

Skills

Audio transcription

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Listening skills

Quality review

Education

Linguistics background

Audio production background

Job description

Commitment:

Part-time (20-40 hours/week), for 6 weeks

Role Responsibilities

• Listen critically to audio clips and write clear, concise English descriptions of voices, sounds, and scene changes.


• Transcribe English speech accurately, including repetitions, fillers, and names, and flag speech in other languages.


• Identify different speakers and track conversations, including overlaps, interruptions, and group speech.


• Describe voice characteristics such as pitch, voice quality, loudness, pace, emotion, and intonation.


• Identify, count, and time non-speech vocal sounds such as laughter, coughs, sneezes, sobs, gasps, and breathing.


• Identify and describe background sounds, music, ambience, and other audio events.


• Accurately identify sound beginnings, endings, speaker changes, overlaps, and transitions.


• Review machine-generated drafts and identify invented, missing, mistimed, or incorrectly attributed content.


• Maintain consistent judgment and annotation quality across audio clips and batches.

Requirements

• 3+ years of direct professional experience in audio captioning, transcription, or audio annotation.


• Background in linguistics, voice analysis/coaching, or audio production is preferred.


• Native-level written English proficiency with the ability to describe voices and sounds precisely and concisely.


• Ability to distinguish English accents and recognize other languages.


• Strong listening skills, including the ability to identify quiet, brief, overlapping, and changing audio details.


• Ability to distinguish individual sound sources and describe their characteristics, relative loudness, and timing.


• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain focus and consistency across long batches.