AI Speech and Voice Quality Expert

Nicoll Curtin; Singapore; Remote; SGD 28,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin seeks specialists to remotely evaluate speech recordings and improve the quality of speech datasets from Singapore. The role is a remote contract, commencing soon and running until 31 March 2027. You will assess tone, emotion, and fidelity, create guidelines, and collaborate with other experts to ensure consistency.

Applicants with experience in voice acting, audio engineering, or related fields are encouraged, and fluency in Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, or Bahasa Malay is required.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Mandarin Chinese or Tamil or Bahasa Malay required.
• Professionally trained ear to evaluate speech and audio quality.
• Experience in voice acting, audio engineering, or related field is a plus.
• Strong written communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech recordings for tone, pitch, emotion, and naturalness.
• Compare samples to determine compliance with quality standards.
• Create and maintain guidelines for evaluation and annotation.
• Review annotations and provide feedback on quality issues.
• Annotate speech data and assess outputs when required.
• Identify subtle differences like background noise and delivery style.
• Participate in testing to improve evaluation standards.
• Record voice samples as part of the project.
• Collaborate with experts to maintain consistency.

Skills

Mandarin Chinese

Tamil

Bahasa Malay

Job description

An established global technology company is looking for specialists with a professionally trained ear to evaluate speech recordings and improve the quality of speech datasets.

This is a remote contract role based in Singapore, commencing as soon as possible and running until 31 March 2027.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech recordings for differences in tone, pitch, emotion, intention, naturalness and overall audio quality.
• Compare audio samples and determine which better meets the required quality standards.
• Create and maintain clear guidelines for speech evaluation and annotation.
• Review completed annotations, identify quality issues and provide practical feedback.
• Annotate speech data and assess written or recorded outputs when required.
• Identify subtle differences such as background noise, sibilance, audio clarity and scripted versus spontaneous delivery.
• Participate in repeated testing and comparisons to improve evaluation standards.
• Record voice samples as part of the project.
• Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to maintain consistent quality.

Requirements

• Must have Fluency in either 1 local language (Mandarin Chinese, Tamil or Bahasa Malay)
• A professionally trained ear with the ability to identify subtle differences in speech and audio quality.
• Open to people from areas such as voice acting, audio engineering, mastering, music production, speech therapy, broadcasting, radio, presenting or another voice-focused field.
• Strong understanding of speech delivery, conversational dynamics, emotional cues and audio fidelity.
• Be comfortable using professional-grade monitoring headphones, studio monitors or equivalent listening equipment.
• Strong written communication and the ability to explain detailed quality assessments clearly.
• Good analytical skills, attention to detail and consistency when reviewing large amounts of audio.
• Able to work independently in a remote environment and collaborate with other specialists.
• Previous data-annotation or speech-evaluation experience would be advantageous.