Linguistic Review - English (South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya) at TELUS

Task description:

• A linguist will be invited to listen to audio samples (each approx. 30 s long) to assess the regional accent and native language of the participant and then verify if the transcription provided is correct, fix it if required and evaluate if the task is completed in line with the instructions, report issues regarding background noise, etc.

The task is about performing quality checks and revision on audio files for: 

• native language, 
• accent, 
• Noises 
• Speech naturalness
• If the task was completed in line with the instructions
• Check transcription for accuracy and making edits to the text of the transcription if applicable
• Transcription annotation - inserting emotions (happy, sad etc.), non-verbal cues (e.g. laugh, cough, lip smack etc.
• Transcription time-stamping - set correctly start and end time for speech segments