AlignerrVoice & audio
Voice Over Artist - 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? 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 solo single-speaker recording sessions
- Participate in dual-speaker dialogue sessions with another voice artist
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- Vary tone, pacing, and delivery based on light direction from session leads
- Deliver realistic, authentic dialogue that sounds natural and unscripted
- Bring your full voice-acting craft to help AI sound more human
Candidate background
Who You Are
- A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with real recording experience
- A native or near-native South African English speaker with an authentic accent
- Currently based in South Africa
- Comfortable with natural conversational delivery — not just scripted read-throughs
- Receptive to direction and able to adjust performance in the moment
- Reliable, professional, and easy to work with in a studio setting
Nice to Have
- Background in acting, theatre, or performance
- Experience in broadcast, podcast, or commercial voice-over work
- Prior studio recording experience in a professional environment
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Voice Over Artist — South African English (AI Speech Recording)
About the Role
What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with millions of people? 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 experienced voice talent based in South Africa. Your recordings will help train AI systems to better understand real, natural human speech — the way South Africans actually talk.
This project does not involve voice cloning.
- Organisation: Alignerr - Type: Contract - Sessions: 2–3 sessions of 4 hours each
What You'll Do
* Record natural, conversational South African English speech in a professional studio environment * Participate in solo single-speaker recording sessions * Participate in dual-speaker dialogue sessions with another voice artist * Vary tone, pacing, and delivery based on light direction from session leads * Deliver realistic, authentic dialogue that sounds natural and unscripted * Bring your full voice-acting craft to help AI sound more human
Who You Are
* A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with real recording experience * A native or near-native South African English speaker with an authentic accent * Currently based in South Africa * Comfortable with natural conversational delivery — not just scripted read-throughs * Receptive to direction and able to adjust performance in the moment * Reliable, professional, and easy to work with in a studio setting
Nice to Have
* Background in acting, theatre, or performance * Experience in broadcast, podcast, or commercial voice-over work * Prior studio recording experience in a professional environment
Why Join Us
* Work on a genuinely cutting-edge AI project with a team partnered with leading research labs * Competitive contract pay for a focused, short-term commitment * A rare opportunity to contribute your voice to technology that shapes how AI hears the world * Work that celebrates and preserves the authenticity of South African English * Potential for additional sessions and ongoing project work
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 367 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 92 distinct rates we count, 86 are lower and 5 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 137 | $20 to $280 · median $50 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 51 | $20 to $65 · median $31 |
| AfterQuery | 49 | $30 to $135 · median $55 |
| micro1 | 41 | $12 to $100 · median $30 |
| Lionbridge | 39 | $10 to $45 · median $22 |
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- First seen here on 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Alignerr
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 50aa4101-3f14-461d-bcae-b4f3ee300127
Pay as the source states it: “$70-130/hr”.
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