AlignerrVoice & audio
Voice Talent - South African English
up to $130/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with millions of people around the world? 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.
What you'll do
- Record natural, conversational South African English 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
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- Follow light direction to vary tone, pacing, and delivery across different scenarios
- Bring your performance experience to make conversations sound authentic and engaging
Candidate background
Who You Are
- A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with a genuine South African English accent
- Native or near-native South African English speaker currently based in South Africa
- Comfortable performing natural, conversational dialogue in a studio setting
- Receptive to direction and able to adapt your delivery on the fly
- Reliable, professional, and easy to work with
- Fluent in English at a working level for communication and direction
Nice to Have
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- Acting or performance background beyond voice work
- Experience in broadcast, podcast production, or commercial studio recording
- Comfort with both scripted and semi-improvised dialogue styles
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Alignerr's words
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Voice Talent — South African English (AI Speech Training)
About the Role
What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with millions of people around the world? 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 a limited number of sessions. No AI background needed — just your voice, your craft, and your authentic South African accent.
- Organization: Alignerr - Type: Contract - Sessions: 2–3 sessions of 4 hours each - Important: This project does not involve voice cloning
What You'll Do
* Record natural, conversational South African English 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 your performance experience to make conversations sound authentic and engaging
Who You Are
* A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with a genuine South African English accent * Native or near-native South African English speaker currently based in South Africa * Comfortable performing natural, conversational dialogue in a studio setting * Receptive to direction and able to adapt your delivery on the fly * Reliable, professional, and easy to work with * Fluent in English at a working level for communication and direction
Nice to Have
* Acting or performance background beyond voice work * Experience in broadcast, podcast production, or commercial studio recording * Comfort with both scripted and semi-improvised dialogue styles
Why Join Us
* Competitive hourly pay for skilled voice talent * Work with leading AI research teams on meaningful, real-world speech projects * A clearly scoped commitment — just 2 to 3 sessions, with a defined end point * Be part of cutting-edge AI development that shapes how technology understands human speech * Potential for additional session invitations as new projects launch
Working with AlignerrPay, getting started and work, from Alignerr's own pages
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- Getting paid
- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
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How does the pay compare?Across Voice & audio roles, not this role alone
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Pay across the field: Voice & audio
Across 364 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 11 platforms, the middle half pays $20 to $50 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $30. This role's top rate, $130, is in the top quarter. Of the 93 distinct rates we count, 87 are lower and 5 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 131 | $20 to $280 · median $50 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 51 | $20 to $65 · median $31 |
| AfterQuery | 49 | $30 to $135 · median $55 |
| micro1 | 43 | $12 to $100 · median $30 |
| Lionbridge | 40 | $10 to $45 · median $22 |
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This listing's history
- First seen here on 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 12 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Alignerr
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 31bb1820-1293-4500-a186-f34ea8dd09ae
Pay as the source states it: “$70-130/hr”.
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