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Low-resource Language QA & Transcription Specialist

Native speakers check AI data quality, transcribe audio, validate text and annotate safety content in their language.

At a glance

  • $15 – $35 / hourPaid in USD, weekly. Rate set after a short paid assessment.
  • Remote, any timezoneWork from anywhere with a stable connection.
  • Hourly contract · paid weekly in USD · remoteChoose your own hours.
  • Ongoing, project-based Starts when a matching project opens · Rolling applications
  • Contract · SpecialistMultiple openings · Client: AI labs and data vendors
  • Multiple (low-resource languages)

About the work

Each language is staffed separately. List all your native languages in your profile.

Some projects need in-country residence (for example Hebrew and Finnish). Each project states its residence requirement.

What you will do

  • Quality-check AI training and evaluation data in your language.
  • Transcribe audio and validate AI-generated text.
  • Safety annotation: label scam and phishing content (Japanese, French and Spanish tracks).
  • Multilingual transcription, subtitling and dubbing review.

What we are looking for

  • Native speaker of one or more of: Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Khmer, Nepali, Turkish, Hebrew, Cantonese, Burmese, Lao, Serbian, Finnish, Amharic, Farsi, Somali, Malayalam or Punjabi.
  • Safety track: native Japanese, French or Spanish.
  • Good written English.
  • Attention to detail.

Nice to have

  • Previous transcription, QC or annotation work.
  • Linguistics or translation degree.
  • Subtitling or dubbing experience.

Hiring process

  1. Step 1Profile and CV review
  2. Step 2AI interview in English, proctored (about 20 minutes)
  3. Step 3Identity check: government ID and liveness
  4. Step 4Language test in your language
  5. Step 5Short paid assessment and Expert Score

Free to apply. Vettedlance never charges candidates, and will never ask you to pay for training, tests or equipment.

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