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What it means

Writing down exactly what is said in an audio or video recording, following a style guide on punctuation, filler words, background noise and speaker changes. Speech projects need native speakers of each language.

Used in: Voice and audio roles, and language roles.

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In open roles right now

515 of the open roles we list mention “transcription” in the title or description, on 30 platforms (as of 23 October 2026). Of those that state an hourly rate (73 distinct postings), the median is $25/hr, and the middle half pay $15 to $35.

Most of them on: Sigma AI (95), TSMG (85), Alignerr (81), Perle (60), Lionbridge AI Data Training (27), Welo Data (26), and 24 more.

Ch Transcription Reviewer - Cantonese and Mandarin (Remote Job)Chemin·Malaysia, Hong Kong SAR China·Part-time $4.8/hrToday

Music ProfessionalsTuring·United States Pay set per project

Spanish EI Audio - Castilian Spanish SpeakerAlignerr·United States·Flexible hours $15–20/hr

Dutch - English Bilingual Speaker (Conversation Recording)JT AI Labs·15 countries €20–40/hr

Bengali (India), Hindi and English Linguistic Projects (Remote)Sigma AI·India Pay set per project

Video and Image Localization Quality EvaluatorOneForma·Norway Pay set per project

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What it means

In open roles right now

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