About the Role
What if your native Simplified Chinese and meticulous listening skills could directly shape how AI understands spoken language for over a billion people? We're looking for Audio Transcript Editors in Sydney to clean up, correct, and polish audio transcripts — ensuring every word, character, and timestamp is accurate.
Sydney's vibrant and highly skilled Mandarin-speaking community is a perfect fit for this kind of precision language work. You'll listen to audio recordings, compare them against existing transcripts, and make the word-level corrections that teach AI systems to truly understand spoken Chinese — meaningful, flexible work that you can do entirely on your own schedule.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. No prior AI experience required — just native-level Simplified Chinese, exceptional listening skills, and a commitment to accuracy.
- Organization: Alignerr
- Type: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote
- Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
- Listen to audio recordings and compare them against existing transcripts in Simplified Chinese
- Correct errors in transcription — including wrong characters, missing words, misheard phrases, and punctuation issues
- Ensure word-level accuracy and verify exact timing and alignment of transcript segments
- Follow detailed style and formatting guidelines consistently across all tasks
- Flag audio quality issues, ambiguous speech, or segments that require further review
- Maintain high accuracy and consistency across large volumes of transcript data
- Work independently on task-based assignments at your own pace and on your own schedule
Who You Are
- Native or near-native proficiency in Simplified Chinese — reading, writing, and listening
- Exceptional listening skills with the ability to parse speech clearly, even in challenging audio conditions
- Extremely detail-oriented with a methodical, patient approach to repetitive precision work
- Comfortable working with word-level accuracy and exact timing or timestamps
- Able to follow structured, detailed style and formatting guidelines with consistency
- Self-motivated and reliable when working independently
- No prior AI or tech experience required
Nice to Have
- Experience as a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer
- Background in subtitle editing, closed-captioning, or dubbing
- Linguistics, phonetics, or language studies education
- Prior work with annotation platforms, data labeling tools, or speech-to-text systems
- Familiarity with audio editing software or transcript alignment tools
- Experience working with multiple Chinese dialects or regional accents
Why Join Us
- Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs
- Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
- Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work
- Contribute to AI development that directly improves how technology understands spoken Chinese
- Develop and sharpen highly marketable transcription and annotation skills
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch