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Voice Acting alignerr

Voice Over Artist - South African English

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Alignerr • Africa, South Africa

Education

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Type

Hourly

Pay Rate

$70–$130/hr

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About this role

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What You'll Do

  • Record natural, conversational South African English speech in a professional studio environment
  • Participate in solo single-speaker recording sessions
  • Participate in dual-speaker dialogue sessions with another voice artist
  • Vary tone, pacing, and delivery based on light direction from session leads
  • Deliver realistic, authentic dialogue that sounds natural and unscripted
  • Bring your full voice-acting craft to help AI sound more human

About the Role

What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with millions of people? We're looking for professional voice actors and voice-over artists with authentic South African English accents to participate in paid studio recording sessions for a leading AI speech research project. This is a contract role for experienced voice talent based in South Africa. Your recordings will help train AI systems to better understand real, natural human speech — the way South Africans actually talk. This project does not involve voice cloning.

  • Organisation: Alignerr
  • Type: Contract
  • Sessions: 2–3 sessions of 4 hours each

Who You Are

  • A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with real recording experience
  • A native or near-native South African English speaker with an authentic accent
  • Currently based in South Africa
  • Comfortable with natural conversational delivery — not just scripted read-throughs
  • Receptive to direction and able to adjust performance in the moment
  • Reliable, professional, and easy to work with in a studio setting

Nice to Have

  • Background in acting, theatre, or performance
  • Experience in broadcast, podcast, or commercial voice-over work
  • Prior studio recording experience in a professional environment

Why Join Us

  • Work on a genuinely cutting-edge AI project with a team partnered with leading research labs
  • Competitive contract pay for a focused, short-term commitment
  • A rare opportunity to contribute your voice to technology that shapes how AI hears the world
  • Work that celebrates and preserves the authenticity of South African English
  • Potential for additional sessions and ongoing project work

Why this role

What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with millions of people? We're looking for professional voice actors and voice-over artists with authentic South African English accents to participate in paid studio recording sessions for a leading AI speech research project. This is a contract role for experienced voice

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Common questions

How soon can I start earning on Alignerr after passing the assessment?

Not right away. After passing, you still complete identity verification through Persona and billing setup through Deel, then wait in a pool for weeks or months. You only start earning once a project matching your specific skills launches and assigns you. Don't count on Alignerr income until you're actively placed on a project.

Does Alignerr have a trainer community?

Yes, and it's a genuine strength. Once you're assigned to a project, you join Slack channels where you can get rubric clarifications from admins and talk to other trainers. That kind of support is rare in AI training and matters most when guidelines are ambiguous or shift mid-project.

What does the day-to-day workload look like for elite-expert AI training roles?

Slow and deep, not fast and repetitive. A single task can take 45-60 minutes of researching citations or verifying complex calculations. Quality is what's being measured here, not throughput.

Is AI training work the same as traditional consulting?

No. Instead of client deliverables, you're given complex scenarios to evaluate: grading the AI's logic, correcting its hallucinations, and supplying expert-level reasoning it doesn't have on its own. The job is closer to teaching than consulting.

What does Voice Acting work look like for a Voice Over Artist - South African English?

Tasks here are scoped to Voice Acting, not generic labeling. As a Voice Over Artist - South African English, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Voice Acting) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Voice Acting background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.

What specific skills does this listing call for?

English is named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with this, expect the screening process to test for it directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.

How much does this specific role pay?

This listing is posted at $70–$130/hr, an hourly rate. The range reflects experience level and negotiated terms, not a placeholder, so where you land in it depends on your background and the assessment. Pay can change between when we last checked the listing and when you apply, so confirm the current number on the platform's own application page before committing time.

What happens when I click Apply on this listing?

You'll be taken to Alignerr's external site to complete your application there. This listing links through a referral, but the process is identical to applying directly; the link just routes you correctly. Create an account on their site and follow their onboarding steps.

Can I apply from outside Africa or South Africa?

This specific role is open only to people based in Africa and South Africa. If you are somewhere else, applying is unlikely to lead to an offer even if you pass the assessment, because the restriction is usually about where the work can legally be contracted rather than your skills. Read the full description for any tax-residency or right-to-work caveats before you apply, since they can differ by country.

What is the barrier to entry for Alignerr?

A difficult, timed technical assessment in your specific domain, like Python, physics, or language. Passing it is required before you're eligible for any paid projects.