Voice Actor - Indian English
Alignerr • Remote • Posted 0 days ago
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$60/task
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About this Role
What You'll Do
- Record natural Indian English conversational speech in a professional studio environment
- Participate in single-speaker sessions and dual-speaker dialogue recordings
- Deliver realistic, human-sounding dialogue that feels unscripted and natural
- Follow light direction to vary tone, pacing, and delivery across different scenarios
- Bring professionalism, reliability, and a willingness to take direction
About the Role
What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with hundreds of millions of Indian English speakers around the world? We're looking for professional voice actors and voice-over artists with authentic Indian English accents to participate in paid studio recording sessions for a leading AI speech research project. This is a contract role involving a small number of professionally organised recording sessions. The work is straightforward, well-compensated, and genuinely impactful — your voice will help train AI systems to better understand real, natural human speech. Important: This project does not involve voice cloning.
- Organisation: Alignerr
- Type: Contract
- Session Format: In-person professional studio recording
- Session Length: 4 hours per session (2–3 sessions total)
Who You Are
- A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with experience recording natural speech and dialogue
- A native or near-native Indian English speaker with an authentic accent
- Currently based in India
- Comfortable performing conversational, unscripted-sounding dialogue in a studio setting
- Reliable, professional, and receptive to light creative direction
- Fluent in English at a working communication level
Nice to Have
- Background in acting or performance
- Experience in broadcast, podcast, or studio recording environments
- Prior work on commercial, narrative, or character voice-over projects
Why Join Us
- Competitive contract compensation for your time and talent
- Work on meaningful AI research projects in partnership with leading research labs
- Contribute to technology that improves how AI understands real Indian English speech
- A focused, time-limited commitment — just 2 to 3 sessions in total
- Be part of cutting-edge AI development that has a lasting, global impact
Requirements
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Voice Acting
Eligible Languages
Fluent proficiency in English or Indian English
Compensation Analysis
What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with hundreds of millions of Indian English speakers around the world? We're looking for professional voice actors and voice-over artists with authentic Indian English accents to participate in paid studio recording sessions for a leading AI speech research project. This is
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What equipment do I need?
For voice or audio roles at this pay level, you typically need a professional home studio setup (XLR microphone, treated room). Phone recordings or laptop mics are usually rejected by quality control.
How is my work used?
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Is creative freedom allowed?
Yes and no. While you are hired for your talent, you must often follow strict style guides (e.g., "Speak in a neutral tone" or "Write in the style of a technical manual"). The goal is consistency for the dataset.
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