AlignerrVoice & audio
Italian Audio Transcriptionist (AI Training): Remote
up to $35/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
What if your ability to catch every word, pause, and nuance in spoken Italian could directly shape how AI understands one of the world's most beautiful languages? We're looking for detail-oriented Italian transcriptionists — including London's large and thriving Italian-speaking community — to produce accurate, high-quality transcriptions of spoken audio, helping train the next generation of AI speech and language systems.
What you'll do
- Listen to audio recordings in Italian — including conversations, interviews, meetings, and other real-world speech — and produce precise, verbatim transcriptions
- Accurately capture crosstalk, overlapping speakers, filled pauses (e.g., "ehm", "cioè"), false starts, and other natural speech phenomena
- Identify and distinguish between multiple speakers throughout recordings
- Handle challenging audio conditions including background noise, low-quality recordings, and varying accents or dialects
- Follow detailed transcription style guides and formatting conventions with strict consistency
- Apply timestamps, speaker labels, and annotation tags as required by project guidelines
- Flag unclear or inaudible segments following established protocols
- Complete task-based assignments independently on your own schedule
Candidate background
Who You Are
- Native or near-native fluency in Italian — you understand spoken Italian across registers, speeds, and regional variations
- Exceptional listening skills with a genuine ear for nuance and detail
- Comfortable transcribing messy, real-world audio — not just clean studio recordings
- Highly detail-oriented with a consistent, methodical approach to your work
- Able to follow complex style and formatting guidelines precisely and apply them reliably across large volumes of work
- Strong written Italian skills with excellent spelling, grammar, and punctuation
- Self-motivated and reliable when working independently
- Comfortable using web-based tools and platforms
Nice to Have
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- Prior experience as a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer
- Background in subtitle creation, closed-captioning, or post-production editing
- Experience with linguistics, phonetics, or language documentation
- Familiarity with annotation or data labeling platforms
- Knowledge of Italian regional dialects and informal registers
- Background in translation, localization, or language services
- Experience working with detailed style guides in any professional context
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Italian Audio Transcriptionist (AI Training)
About the Role
What if your ability to catch every word, pause, and nuance in spoken Italian could directly shape how AI understands one of the world's most beautiful languages? We're looking for detail-oriented Italian transcriptionists — including London's large and thriving Italian-speaking community — to produce accurate, high-quality transcriptions of spoken audio, helping train the next generation of AI speech and language systems.
This is real, meaningful work that requires genuine listening skill. You'll encounter natural conversation with all its messiness — crosstalk, background noise, filled pauses, multiple speakers, and rapid-fire dialogue. If you can hear through the chaos and put it on the page with precision, this role is for you.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. No AI background needed — just native-level Italian, excellent listening skills, and the discipline to follow detailed style and formatting guidelines.
- Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
* Listen to audio recordings in Italian — including conversations, interviews, meetings, and other real-world speech — and produce precise, verbatim transcriptions * Accurately capture crosstalk, overlapping speakers, filled pauses (e.g., "ehm", "cioè"), false starts, and other natural speech phenomena * Identify and distinguish between multiple speakers throughout recordings * Handle challenging audio conditions including background noise, low-quality recordings, and varying accents or dialects * Follow detailed transcription style guides and formatting conventions with strict consistency * Apply timestamps, speaker labels, and annotation tags as required by project guidelines * Flag unclear or inaudible segments following established protocols * Complete task-based assignments independently on your own schedule
Who You Are
* Native or near-native fluency in Italian — you understand spoken Italian across registers, speeds, and regional variations * Exceptional listening skills with a genuine ear for nuance and detail * Comfortable transcribing messy, real-world audio — not just clean studio recordings * Highly detail-oriented with a consistent, methodical approach to your work * Able to follow complex style and formatting guidelines precisely and apply them reliably across large volumes of work * Strong written Italian skills with excellent spelling, grammar, and punctuation * Self-motivated and reliable when working independently * Comfortable using web-based tools and platforms
Nice to Have
* Prior experience as a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer * Background in subtitle creation, closed-captioning, or post-production editing * Experience with linguistics, phonetics, or language documentation * Familiarity with annotation or data labeling platforms * Knowledge of Italian regional dialects and informal registers * Background in translation, localization, or language services * Experience working with detailed style guides in any professional context
Why Join Us
* Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you across London and the UK * Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work * Contribute to AI development that directly shapes how technology understands spoken Italian * Put specialized listening and language skills to work on projects that genuinely matter * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
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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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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 93 distinct rates we count, 56 are lower and 33 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 155 | $20 to $280 · median $50 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 51 | $20 to $65 · median $31 |
| AfterQuery | 49 | $30 to $135 · median $55 |
| micro1 | 39 | $12 to $70 · median $28 |
| Lionbridge | 39 | $10 to $45 · median $22 |
Other open roles in Italian
33 roles with a stated hourly rate in US dollars also ask for Italian, on 10 platforms. Their top rates run from $11 to $200 an hour, with a median of $30.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 12 | $30 to $200 · median $40 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 9 | $65 |
| RWS TrainAI | 4 | $11 to $24.30 |
| Lionbridge | 2 | $12 to $30 |
| DataAnnotation | 1 | $40 |
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- First seen here on 1 Sep 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 25 Oct 2026.
- 1 recorded pay change is not shown.
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