English Language Expert (United States)

$20–45/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Languages

Review multi-speaker audio, correct ASR transcripts, and annotate dialect, accent, speaking style, audio quality, and background noise. The project focuses on authentic American English usage, including regional varieties, idioms, slang, and informal speech.

The work

Contributors listen to multi-speaker conversational audio and review it for linguistic accuracy. Day-to-day tasks include correcting ASR transcripts, applying American English spelling and usage, separating speakers, and tagging metadata such as dialect, accent, speaking style, approximate age, recording quality, and background noise.

The project covers regional and cultural variation, including Southern English, AAVE, New York City English, Midwestern English and others. Reviewers are expected to preserve what was actually said while recognizing American idioms, slang, vocabulary, pronunciation differences, and conversational features that automated systems may miss.

Screening focus

The platform is likely to test whether candidates can cite specific language-focused experience, distinguish evidence from assumptions when labeling speech, and explain transcript decisions under follow-up. Fluency in American English is preferred, as is experience in linguistics, language teaching, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism. Previous audio annotation or transcription experience is a plus.

Logistics

This is a remote contractor role completed independently on a digital platform. The listing does not specify whether all work is asynchronous or disclose typical weekly hours, so candidates should confirm scheduling and workload during onboarding. Compensation is observed, not guaranteed.

Pay band: $20–45/hr

What they look for

American English
Dialect
Linguistics
Transcription
English Teaching

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your background includes verifiable responsibility for speech, transcripts, or language quality rather than a general interest in English.
A strong answer: Name the role or project, the kind of audio or text involved, your specific responsibilities, and how quality was checked. Include concrete details such as multi-speaker content, style guidance, review stages, or recurring error types.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by listing teaching, editing, or journalism experience without explaining how it required close decisions about spoken language or transcript accuracy.

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