Senior Tunisian Arabic Transcriber - Expert, Flexible Scheduling

Perle; United States; Remote; USD 25,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid pilot task

Per-task compensation

Job summary

Perle is seeking expert Tunisian Arabic transcribers to convert audio recordings into precise, time-aligned transcripts following our project-specific style guide. You will handle speaker identification, code-switching, disfluencies, and non-speech events, delivering high-quality output for AI lab applications.

Ideal candidates are native in Tunisian Arabic with strong Modern Standard Arabic, French familiarity for loanwords, and at least two years of transcription or related experience.

Qualifications

• Native fluency in Tunisian Arabic.
• Strong Modern Standard Arabic for orthography decisions.
• French knowledge for loanwords and code-switching.
• Minimum two years in transcription, captioning, or linguistic annotation.
• Reliable high-speed internet and quiet workspace.
• Ability to meet defined weekly volume during active projects.

Responsibilities

• Transcribe audio with Perle’s style guide and produce time-aligned text.
• Apply conventions for speaker IDs, overlaps, 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

Native Tunisian Arabic

MSA for orthography

French loanwords handling

Attention to detail

Time-stamped transcription

Tools

Annotation platforms

Job description

Perle is seeking expert Tunisian Arabic transcribers to convert audio recordings into precise, time-aligned transcripts following our project-specific style guide. You will handle speaker identification, code-switching, disfluencies, and non-speech events, delivering high-quality output for AI lab applications.

Ideal candidates are native in Tunisian Arabic with strong Modern Standard Arabic, French familiarity for loanwords, and at least two years of transcription or related experience.