micro1Voice & audio
Cantonese Transcription Expert
up to $35/hr
About this role, in micro1's words
micro1 is engaging Cantonese Transcription Experts to contribute to a customer’s project focused on professional-level transcription and AI advancement. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
What you'll do
Scope of Work
- Transcribe and annotate audio recordings in Cantonese and English with a high degree of accuracy and consistency.
- Review and refine automatic transcriptions, ensuring alignment with linguistic and project guidelines.
- Identify and correct language nuances, speaker accents, and contextual cues within audio samples.
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- Deliver clean, time-stamped transcripts that meet specified formatting and quality standards.
- Collaborate with project leads to resolve transcription ambiguities and clarify unclear content.
- Contribute linguistic insights to improve AI training data and model performance.
- Submit deliverables according to established project timelines and milestones.
Candidate background
Preferred Qualifications
- Native proficiency in Cantonese, with strong comprehension of regional dialectal variations.
- Demonstrated experience in professional audio transcription, particularly with Cantonese and English content.
- Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and linguistic sensitivity.
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- Proficiency with transcription tools, audio playback software, and typing in both traditional and simplified Chinese.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on clarity and completeness.
- Experience reviewing or annotating linguistic data for technology, media, or research projects (a plus).
- Ability to work independently, manage assignments, and deliver high-quality results remotely.
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in micro1's words
Posted by micro1, reproduced here so you can judge the role before clicking. Original posting ↗
Role Title: Cantonese Transcription Expert
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
micro1 is engaging Cantonese Transcription Experts to contribute to a customer’s project focused on professional-level transcription and AI advancement. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
Scope of Work
• Transcribe and annotate audio recordings in Cantonese and English with a high degree of accuracy and consistency.
• Review and refine automatic transcriptions, ensuring alignment with linguistic and project guidelines.
• Identify and correct language nuances, speaker accents, and contextual cues within audio samples.
• Deliver clean, time-stamped transcripts that meet specified formatting and quality standards.
• Collaborate with project leads to resolve transcription ambiguities and clarify unclear content.
• Contribute linguistic insights to improve AI training data and model performance.
• Submit deliverables according to established project timelines and milestones.
Preferred Qualifications
• Native proficiency in Cantonese, with strong comprehension of regional dialectal variations.
• Demonstrated experience in professional audio transcription, particularly with Cantonese and English content.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and linguistic sensitivity.
• Proficiency with transcription tools, audio playback software, and typing in both traditional and simplified Chinese.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on clarity and completeness.
• Experience reviewing or annotating linguistic data for technology, media, or research projects (a plus).
• Ability to work independently, manage assignments, and deliver high-quality results remotely.
Working with micro1Pay, getting started and work, from micro1's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Paid in US dollars twice a month through Deel, usually landing around the 5th and the 20th. Nothing is paid until Deel's identity check is done. library.micro1.ai/working/faqs, library.micro1.ai/working/payroll-policy
- Before your first paid task
- An AI interview with micro1's recruiter Zara, then your profile, ID verification, a KarmaCheck background check and the Deel contract. Some pipelines add a quiz or test task. micro1.ai/experts, micro1.ai/ai-interview-guide, library.micro1.ai/getting-started/next-steps-after-certif..., library.micro1.ai/working/faqs, library.micro1.ai/working/what-to-expect
- How much work
- Certification makes you eligible but does not guarantee placement. micro1's FAQ puts the usual commitment at about 15 to 20 hours a week, depending on the client. micro1.ai/experts, library.micro1.ai/working/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, with the contract issued through Deel. library.micro1.ai/policies/understanding-your-expert-agre..., library.micro1.ai/working/deel
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
Alex's experience on micro1A personal account, not a promise about your project
Alexruns this site and has worked on micro1 himself. Written 31 Aug 2026.
- Every interview I took used an AI interviewer, and some included a timed business exercise of around 25 minutes.
- On later applications, interview reuse on micro1 was often partial, and I still answered questions about one to three additional skills.
- I entered a requested rate for the job. One listing showed about $180 an hour. I requested about $160 and received the rate I entered. Those amounts are approximate, and this describes my application, not proof that a lower request caused acceptance.
- Onboarding and setup came to about 2 hours, with clear materials. Of the three platforms I worked on, it was the easiest transition into work. That is an estimate from my projects, not a platform average.
- On my micro1 project, Hubstaff showed time and mouse or keyboard activity, not screenshots, app names or website history. That describes what I saw, not every possible setup.
- I was paid for hours logged, once every 14 days, and I have not experienced late or incorrect payments. That was my arrangement.
One person's applications, not a promise about yours.
What happens after you apply, first-handHow does the pay compare?Across Voice & audio roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from micro1's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Voice & audio
Across 389 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, $35, is in the middle half. Of the 92 distinct rates we count, 56 are lower and 33 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 156 | $20 to $280 · median $50 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 51 | $20 to $65 · median $31 |
| AfterQuery | 49 | $30 to $135 · median $55 |
| Lionbridge | 39 | $10 to $45 · median $22 |
| micro1 (this platform) | 38 | $12 to $70 · median $28 |
Other open roles in Chinese
46 roles with a stated hourly rate in US dollars also ask for Chinese, on 13 platforms. Their top rates run from $14 to $200 an hour, with a median of $40.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Meridial (Invisible) | 12 | $65 |
| Alignerr | 8 | $30 to $45 |
| Mercor | 6 | $50 to $120 · median $65 |
| micro1 (this platform) | 5 | $30 to $200 |
| RWS TrainAI | 5 | $16.20 to $20.25 |
Sources and listing historyWhere this information comes from
This listing's history
- First seen here on 7 Sep 2026, and still on micro1's list when we last read it on 25 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by micro1
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 361f9b97-4179-4631-a026-514efee334bc
Pay as the source states it: “micro1 job record, ideal_hourly_rate: $20–$35/hr”.
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