Job Description – Audio Transcription Specialist
Project: ASR Validation & Transcription (Hindi)
Employment Type: 3-Month Contract
Payroll: Third-Party Payroll
Work Mode: Remote / Work From Home
Experience: 0–2 Years
Location: Remote – India
About the Role
We are looking for detail-oriented STT Transcription Annotators to support an ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Validation and QC project. The role involves listening to audio, reviewing ASR-generated transcripts, identifying and correcting transcription errors, and ensuring the final output follows project-specific transcription and annotation guidelines.
Freshers with strong language and listening skills are also encouraged to apply. Prior transcription or annotation experience is preferred but not mandatory.
Key Responsibilities
- Listen to audio recordings and validate the corresponding ASR-generated transcripts.
- Correct transcription errors while maintaining verbatim speech and the natural flow of conversation.
- Accurately capture hesitations, repetitions, stutters, disfluencies, false starts and speech errors.
- Identify and appropriately handle speaker changes, overlapping speech and unclear audio.
- Follow project-specific segmentation, tagging, formatting and transcription guidelines.
- Handle code-switching between English and Indian languages as per project guidelines.
- Maintain high accuracy and consistency while meeting productivity targets.
- Participate in training, calibration, internal QC and feedback/remediation activities.
- Ensure all assigned work is completed within defined timelines and quality standards.
Required Skills
- 0–2 years of experience in audio transcription, annotation, data labeling, linguistic QA or related work.
- Freshers with excellent listening and language skills can apply.
- Strong command of the assigned language and good English comprehension.
- Excellent listening and reading skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify subtle transcription errors.
- Ability to follow detailed instructions and process guidelines consistently.
- Comfortable working with web-based transcription/annotation tools.
- Ability to work independently in a Work From Home setting.
- Good typing skills and accuracy are preferred.
Work From Home Requirements
- Candidate must have their own laptop/desktop system suitable for the project.
- Stable and reliable internet connection is required.
- Candidate should have a quiet working environment suitable for audio listening and transcription.
- Ability to work remotely and meet daily productivity and quality expectations.
If you are passionate about language, have strong listening skills, and are looking for a remote project opportunity, we encourage you to apply.
📌 ASR Validation Specialist - Hindi (India)
🏢 iMerit
📍 India