Remote Phonetic Linguist for AI Singing Voices

Your Personal AI AS; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Your Personal AI AS in the United States is seeking a Phonetic Linguist to annotate professional singing recordings for AI voice synthesis, with millisecond-precision phoneme segmentation using spectrogram analysis.

You will work across multiple languages, label vocal techniques, and collaborate with an international team under NDA, using proprietary annotation platforms for confidential research.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Linguistics, Phonetics, or related field.
• Expert knowledge of the IPA.
• Proven experience with acoustic analysis software (Praat, ELAN).
• Strong background in phonetic transcription and spectrogram interpretation.
• Experience with time-aligned annotation workflows.
• Native or near-native English proficiency.
• Additional language skills (Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Spanish preferred).

Responsibilities

• Segmenting singing recordings into 5-30 second phrases with precise timing.
• Correcting automated phoneme predictions using visual and auditory analysis.
• Labeling special vocal elements (breathing, silences, glottal stops).
• Handling cross-linguistic pronunciation variations in musical contexts.
• Maintaining consistent quality standards across large datasets.
• Working with proprietary web-based annotation platforms.

Skills

IPA

Phonetic transcription

Spectrogram interpretation

Time-aligned annotation

English proficiency

Cross-language annotation

Education

Master's or PhD in Linguistics/Phonetics

Tools

Praat

ELAN

Job description

Your Personal AI AS in the United States is seeking a Phonetic Linguist to annotate professional singing recordings for AI voice synthesis, with millisecond-precision phoneme segmentation using spectrogram analysis.

You will work across multiple languages, label vocal techniques, and collaborate with an international team under NDA, using proprietary annotation platforms for confidential research.