Voice Recording ( UK Accent, Manchester)
Mercor • Remote, Canada, UK, USA
Education
Any
Type
hourly
Pay Rate (by country)
$25–$35/hr
Listed
209d ago
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About this Role
From the Mercor listing
We are collecting audio accents for a multi-lingual AI platform. We’re collecting ~3 hours of phone audio where speakers spell out names, emails, and phone numbers naturally — like talking to customer support. There will be different variations, environments you will need to work with (quietly, muffled voice, Phone on speaker-mode etc.) How it works:
- You’ll call a demo line and record short sessions (caller side only).
- Each call should sound natural — vary tone, pace, and include small pauses or filler words (“umm,” “let’s see,” etc.).
- Must be real phone calls (no VoIP). Include some background noise for realism.
- Must be based in USA, Canada or UK (the phone numbers you will call will be for these geos, we will not reimburse for international calling)
- Must have a UK Manchester accent
- Upto 30 phone calls in 6 variations (~180 calls)
- The code provided by the agent during the call
- Enter call data on a sheet shared with you (meta data, phone call code etc.)
- Speaker ID or name
- Gender
- Age group
- Primary language
- Geographic ethnicity
- Your turnaround time will be 3 hours of conversation that needs to be filled before 12/28 (28th December)
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in one of: Remote, Canada, UK, etc.
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
Why This Role
No office, no fixed hours, no relocation. This Voice Recording ( UK Accent, Manchester) role pays $30/hr fully remote, giving you access to Languages work that would otherwise be limited to a handful of major cities.
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