Audio Transcription & Alignment Specialist

About the Role

We are looking for Audio Transcription & Alignment Specialists to clean up word-level transcripts inside a proprietary editor. This role involves correcting text and precisely aligning timing boundaries to match spoken audio, frame by frame, word by word.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

Key Responsibilities

• Review and correct word-level transcripts for accuracy, spelling, grammar, and adherence to strict style and formatting conventions.
• Precisely align word and segment timing boundaries to match spoken audio at the millisecond level.
• Work inside a specialized web-based audio labeling tool to edit text and timing simultaneously.
• Follow detailed transcription style guides and rule-based conventions with absolute consistency.
• Identify and resolve edge cases, including overlapping speech, filler words, false starts, background noise, and unclear audio.
• Maintain high accuracy and quality standards across large volumes of audio tasks.
• Meet reliable turnaround times on tight per-task deadlines.
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Native or near-native English fluency with excellent listening comprehension.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable following strict style guides and applying rule-based conventions consistently.
• Experienced with or quick to learn specialized web-based editing tools and interfaces.
• Methodical, patient, and precise.
• Self-motivated and reliable when working independently.
• Strong ability to distinguish speech nuances, including accents, dialects, mumbled words, and overlapping speakers.

Qualifications

• Background in closed captioning, court reporting, or professional transcription.
• Experience in linguistics, phonetics, or audio data annotation.
• Familiarity with audio labeling tools, waveform editors, or subtitle/caption software (e.g., Praat, ELAN, Subtitle Edit).
• Prior work in speech-to-text quality assurance or audio post-production.
• Experience following detailed annotation guidelines in data labeling or AI training projects.
• Fast, accurate typing skills.