[Hiring] Native Speaker Recording Quality Assurance @Lifted, an Upwork Company™

Role Description

Our enterprise client, a leading provider of high-quality, diverse datasets for AI model development, is seeking skilled native speakers to support a Recording Quality Assurance (RecQA) initiative. In this role, you will:

• Listen carefully to each audio recording and compare it against the corresponding prompt text.
• Identify subtle differences between the spoken audio and written text.
• Correct minor text errors, including missing or added words.
• Identify and correct mispronunciations where applicable.
• Adjust punctuation to accurately reflect pauses, questions, and other aspects of the spoken delivery.
• Apply the appropriate issue tag when the recording contains a significant mismatch or quality problem.
• Distinguish between minor text corrections and issues that require a defined quality tag.
• Follow project guidelines and apply judgment consistently across production units.
• Maintain careful, reliable, and consistent review quality throughout the project.

Qualifications

• Native Basque speaker
• Prior experience with QA, audio review, speech data, transcription, or similar quality-review work is preferred
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify subtle audio-text mismatches
• Excellent listening comprehension in the assigned locale
• Ability to recognize issues such as missing words, added words, mispronunciations, unclear speech, and recording noise
• Ability to apply defined issue categories accurately and consistently
• Comfortable making careful judgment calls when reviewing audio recordings
• Reliable availability for approximately 7 hours per week

Requirements

• Work anytime, provided you meet project deadlines and quality standards
• The work is judgment-heavy, so contributors are expected to prioritize accuracy and consistency rather than simply maximizing speed
• Tasks and overall workload may shift based on project needs and locale-specific audio volume
• Consistent availability and high quality are required throughout the assignment
• Payment is output-based, calculated according to the total number of correctly reviewed utterances