micro1Voice & audio
English Audio Recording Expert (US)
up to $30/hr
About this role, in micro1's words
Job Summary: 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
Key Responsibilities
- Record your own voice while ensuring clarity, natural delivery, and accurate pitch/tone.
- Maintain strict audio quality standards and manage post-recording cleanup as needed.
- Collaborate with the customer’s team to understand project requirements and deliver recordings on time.
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- Provide feedback and suggestions for enhancing script delivery and audio quality.
- Adjust delivery style to suit different project contexts and language nuances.
- Organize and manage recordings, ensuring proper labeling and documentation.
- Communicate effectively through written and verbal channels to align with team goals.
Candidate background
What this role asks for
- audio recording
- audio editing software
- voice-over
- audio engineering
Read from the posting's own words: show the exact sentences
- audio recording: “listed by the platform under required skills: audio recording”
- audio editing software: “listed by the platform under required skills: audio editing software”
- voice-over: “listed by the platform under required skills: voice-over”
- audio engineering: “listed by the platform under required skills: audio engineering”
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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 ↗
Job Title: English Audio Recording Expert (US)
Job Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
Job Summary: 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.
Join our customer's team as an Audio Recording Expert, where your expertise in voice and audio production will drive the creation of high-quality voice samples on your language. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your passion for audio and linguistic diversity while working remotely with a dynamic, global team. If you excel at both the technical and creative aspects of voice recording, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
• Record your own voice while ensuring clarity, natural delivery, and accurate pitch/tone.
• Maintain strict audio quality standards and manage post-recording cleanup as needed.
• Collaborate with the customer’s team to understand project requirements and deliver recordings on time.
• Provide feedback and suggestions for enhancing script delivery and audio quality.
• Adjust delivery style to suit different project contexts and language nuances.
• Organize and manage recordings, ensuring proper labeling and documentation.
• Communicate effectively through written and verbal channels to align with team goals.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Proven experience in audio recording, engineering, voice-over, or a related field.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail with a keen ear for pitch, tone, and clarity.
• Ability to deliver natural, engaging audio performances in at least one language, and willingness to try multiple languages.
• Familiarity with audio editing software and recording equipment.
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple recordings independently.
• Passion for linguistic diversity and language learning.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Professional experience as a voice-over artist, audio engineer, or linguist.
• Proficiency in more than one language.
• Background in audio production for global or multicultural projects.
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 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, $30, is in the middle half. Of the 93 distinct rates we count, 43 are lower and 42 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 132 | $20 to $280 · median $50 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 51 | $20 to $65 · median $31 |
| AfterQuery | 49 | $30 to $135 · median $55 |
| micro1 (this platform) | 42 | $12 to $100 · median $30 |
| Lionbridge | 40 | $10 to $45 · median $22 |
Sources and listing historyWhere this information comes from
This listing's history
- First seen here on 24 Aug 2026, and still on micro1's list when we last read it on 12 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by micro1
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- f81aa0c1-98d1-4ceb-b0f7-993d6992c496
Pay as the source states it: “micro1 job record, ideal_hourly_rate: $10–$30/hr”.
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