Expert Audio Transcriber, Slovak

Perle; United States; Vor Ort; USD 21.000 - 34.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Paid pilot task

Flexible scheduling

Per-task or per-minute pay

Direct liaison with linguistic leads

Zusammenfassung

Perle is seeking expert Slovak transcribers in the United States to convert audio into precise, time-aligned transcripts following our style guide. The work requires linguistic judgment on orthography, speaker attribution, and handling disfluencies and non-speech events.

Projects cover everyday Slovak speech across Western, Central, and Eastern dialects with attention to Czech intelligibility. You will review your work, collaborate with QA, and may receive per-task or per-minute compensation

Qualifikationen

• Native fluency in Slovak with residence in Slovakia.
• Mastery of current Slovak orthography.
• Ability to distinguish Slovak from Czech in mixed-language audio.
• Strong ear for Western, Central, and Eastern Slovak accents.
• At least two years of professional transcription or linguistics experience.
• Comfortable with web-based annotation platforms and high-speed internet.

Aufgaben

• Transcribe audio recordings into accurate, time-aligned text.
• Apply conventions for speaker IDs and disfluencies.
• Make orthographic decisions for dialectal and code-switched speech.
• Flag ambiguous segments and audio quality issues.
• Self-review submissions against Perle's quality bar.
• Collaborate with QA on edge cases and style updates.

Kenntnisse

Slovak fluency

Orthography mastery

Dialect awareness

Attention to detail

Transcription experience

Tools

Annotation platforms

Jobbeschreibung

THE ROLE

We are hiring expert Slovak 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

Standard Slovak and its regional dialect groups (Western, Central, Eastern). Project audio reflects everyday speech with awareness of close intelligibility with Czech.

Primary speaker regions: Bratislava, Kosice, Presov, Zilina, Nitra, Banska Bystrica.

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 Slovak with lifelong residence or deep immersion in Slovakia
• Mastery of current Slovak orthography
• Ability to distinguish Slovak from Czech in mixed-language audio
• Strong ear for Western, Central, and Eastern Slovak regional 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 Slavic linguistics, translation, journalism, or education
• Prior experience annotating Slovak or Czech speech data
• Working knowledge of Czech, Polish, or Hungarian for cross-lingual audio
• 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.