Expert Audio Transcriber, Greek

Perle; United States; On-site; USD 27,552,000 - 61,992,000; Full time

Job summary

Perle is hiring expert Greek transcribers to convert audio recordings of native speakers into precise, conventionally formatted transcripts for AI labs. You will work at expert linguistic judgment level, not data entry, determining orthography, speaker attribution, disfluencies, and non-speech events to shape model quality.

Experience with Modern Greek, dialects, and Cypriot Greek is essential, with primary speaker regions in major Greek-speaking locales.

Qualifications

• Native fluency in Greek with deep immersion in Greece or Cyprus.
• Mastery of Modern Greek orthography.
• Ability to distinguish Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek in transcription.
• Strong ear for regional Greek accents.
• At least two years of professional transcription, captioning, or linguistic annotation experience.
• Demonstrated accuracy at the word level under deadline pressure.
• Comfortable with web-based annotation platforms and variable-speed audio playback.
• Reliable high-speed internet, quality headphones, and a quiet workspace.
• Ability to commit to defined volume per week during active project phases.

Responsibilities

• Transcribe audio recordings into accurate, time-aligned written text following Perle's style guide.
• Apply conventions for speaker identification, overlapping speech, disfluencies, and non-speech events.
• Make principled orthographic decisions for dialectal and code-switched speech.
• Flag ambiguous segments and audio quality issues per project conventions.
• Self-review submissions against Perle's quality bar before delivery.
• Engage with QA reviewers on edge cases and style updates.

Skills

Greek fluency

Orthography mastery

Dialect recognition

Accent discernment

Transcription experience

Deadline-driven accuracy

Web annotation platforms

Reliable internet

Quiet workspace

Volume commitment

Tools

Annotation tools

Job description

THE ROLE

We are hiring expert Greek transcribers to convert audio recordings of native speakers into precise, conventionally formatted written transcripts. The work powers speech recognition, dialogue, and evaluation systems for major AI labs. Audio ranges from clean studio recordings to natural conversational speech in real-world acoustic conditions.

You will be working at the level of expert linguistic judgment. This is not data entry. Decisions about orthography, code-switching, speaker attribution, disfluencies, and non-speech events shape the quality of every model trained on your output.

DIALECT AND SCOPE

Modern Greek (Standard Modern Greek) and its regional varieties, with awareness of Cypriot Greek as a distinct variety. Project audio includes both formal and conversational registers in Greek script.

Primary speaker regions: Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Larissa, Nicosia.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Transcribe audio recordings into accurate, time-aligned written text following Perle's project-specific style guide
• Apply correct conventions for speaker identification, overlapping speech, disfluencies, fillers, false starts, and non-speech events such as laughter, background noise, and music
• Make principled orthographic decisions for dialectal, colloquial, and code-switched speech
• Flag ambiguous segments, uncertain speakers, and audio quality issues using project conventions
• Self-review every submission against Perle's quality bar before delivery
• Engage with QA reviewers on edge cases, calibration sessions, and style guide updates

MUST HAVE

• Native fluency in Greek with lifelong residence or deep immersion in Greece or Cyprus
• Mastery of current Modern Greek orthography
• Ability to distinguish Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek in transcription
• Strong ear for regional Greek accents
• At least two years of professional transcription, captioning, court reporting, broadcast, translation, or linguistic annotation experience
• Demonstrated accuracy at the word level under deadline pressure
• Comfortable with web-based annotation platforms and variable-speed audio playback
• Reliable high-speed internet, quality headphones, and a quiet workspace
• Ability to commit to defined volume per week during active project phases

NICE TO HAVE

• Background in Greek linguistics, translation, journalism, or media
• Prior experience annotating Greek speech data
• Working knowledge of Cypriot Greek or classical Greek for specialized projects
• Familiarity with IPA or other phonetic transcription systems
• Experience with verbatim versus clean-verbatim transcription conventions

HOW WE WORK WITH YOU

• Paid pilot task before full onboarding so both sides can calibrate
• Per-task or per-minute compensation, with rates tied to audio complexity and turnaround
• Flexible scheduling, with volume scaling up and down based on active client projects
• Direct working relationship with Perle's linguistic leads and QA team
• Eligible for invitation to additional Perle expert projects across related domains

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Perle hires experts on the basis of skill, language proficiency, and demonstrated quality. We welcome applicants from every background and every region where our target languages are spoken.

About Perle

ABOUT PERLE

Perle is an AI infrastructure company building expert-driven training data, evaluation systems, and applied AI products for the world's leading labs and enterprises. Our partners include xAI, Samsung, ELM, and Unisys. Headquartered in San Francisco with experts across more than forty markets, we specialize in the work that requires real human judgment: domain expertise, linguistic nuance, and cultural fidelity that generic data vendors cannot deliver.