We are seeking experienced Word Alignment Specialists - Annotators for a current remote audio annotation project. Freelancers will review Spanish speech audio and machine-generated transcriptions, accurately align individual words with the corresponding audio, and ensure annotations meet detailed project quality guidelines.

What You’ll Do

- Adjust word timestamps: Review audio waveforms and accurately adjust word boundaries to the millisecond using our annotation tool.
- Correct transcriptions: Edit automated transcriptions so the text accurately reflects the spoken audio, following project formatting requirements such as lowercase text and no punctuation.
- Tokenize speech: Split incorrectly merged words, combine words that have been incorrectly fragmented, and remove annotation segments containing only silence.
- Tag vocal sounds: Identify and segment distinct vocal activities such as laughter, sighs, pauses, and other relevant non-speech vocalizations.
- Perform quality checks: Review completed annotations for accuracy, consistency, and compliance with detailed project guidelines.

Required Qualifications

- Previous experience with audio annotation, transcription, speech data, linguistic annotation, or audio quality assurance is required.




- Full professional proficiency in Spanish.
- C1-level English with excellent listening comprehension. Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify very small differences in speech timing and transcription.
- Ability to follow detailed annotation and quality guidelines consistently.
- Comfortable reviewing audio waveforms and working with visual annotation software.
- Strong analytical and quality-control skills.
- A reliable computer, high-quality headphones, and stable internet connection.
- Ability to learn new annotation tools and project-specific standards.

Qualification Applicants who progress will be required to complete a project qualification assessment before receiving access to live project tasks.

The assessment will be used to confirm your ability to accurately transcribe and annotate audio according to the project's guidelines and quality requirements.

Successful completion of the qualification is required before project work can begin.

Task availability may fluctuate based on project requirements, and weekly hours are not guaranteed.

Compensation for approved project work is $19 USD per hour.

Job Type: Part-time

Work Location: Remote

📌 Spanish Audio Transcription & Alignment Specialist (España)
🏢 Argos Multilingual
📍 España