ASR Validation Specialist - Odia

Job Description – Audio Transcription Specialist

Project: ASR Validation & Transcription ( Odia)

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 environment.
• 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.