Audio Transcription Adjudicator

Welocalize India Llp; United States; Remote; USD 8,300 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

Welocalize India Llp is seeking experienced Adjudicators to review and resolve discrepancies in transcription and timestamp annotations for an English (US) data project. This role requires sound judgment to finalize disputed segments, ensuring quality across the annotation pipeline.

Contract/freelance engagement with remote work from the Philippines/India, offering USD7.00/hour. Prior transcription or linguistic QA experience is preferred, with strong attention to detail and reliability

Qualifications

• Fluent in English with excellent listening comprehension.
• Experience in transcription/annotation QA, adjudication, or linguistic review preferred.
• Strong ability to apply detailed guidelines consistently and make sound judgments.
• High attention to detail and comfort working with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Review annotations flagged by first-pass annotators for agreement or ambiguity.
• Listen to audio clips and make final determinations on word-level boundaries.
• Apply project style guide consistently to resolve edge cases.
• Provide rationale for adjudication decisions.
• Identify patterns in annotator errors and quality observations where needed.

Skills

Fluent English

Excellent listening

Attention to detail

Strong judgment

Reliable internet

Quiet working environment

Job description

About the Role:

We are looking for experienced Adjudicators to review and resolve discrepancies in word level transcription and timestamp annotations for an English (US) speech data project. This role requires strong judgment to make final calls on flagged or disputed segments, ensuring quality and consistency across the annotation pipeline.

Project Details:

• Job Titel: Andromeda Delta - Audio Transcription Adjudicator (India/Philippines)
• Location:Philippines&India(Remote)
• EngagementType:Contract/Freelance
• Rate:USD7.00/hour
• EstimatedHours:1520hours/week

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewannotationsflaggedbyfirst-passAnnotatorsfordisagreementorambiguity
• Listen to audio clipsandmakefinaldeterminationsonword-levelsegmentboundariesandtranscriptions
• Applytheprojectstyleguideconsistentlytoresolveedgecases
• Provideclearrationaleforadjudicationdecisions
• Identifypatternsinannotatorerrorsandfeedbackqualityobservationswhereneeded

Requirements

• Fluent in English;excellentlisteningcomprehension
• Priorexperienceintranscription/annotationQA,adjudication,orlinguisticreviewpreferred
• Strongabilitytoapplydetailedguidelinesconsistentlyandmakesoundjudgmentcalls
• Highattentiontodetailandcomfortworkingwithambiguity
• Reliableinternetconnectionandquietworkingenvironmentwithgoodheadphones