AlignerrVoice & audio
Voice Actor - 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 take part in paid in-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 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 as needed
- Bring your authentic South African English accent to every session
Candidate background
Who You Are
- A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with recording experience
- A native or near-native South African English speaker with an authentic regional accent
- Comfortable performing natural conversational speech — not just scripted reads
- Reliable, professional, and receptive to direction in a studio setting
- Currently based in South Africa
Nice to Have
- Acting or performance background
- Experience in broadcast, podcast, or commercial studio recording
- Comfort with dialogue-based and improvisational delivery styles
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Alignerr's words
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Voice Actor — 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 around the world? We're looking for professional voice actors and voice-over artists with authentic South African English accents to take part in paid in-studio recording sessions for a leading AI speech research project.
This is a short-term contract role involving a small number of sessions. Your voice won't be cloned — you'll simply be helping AI systems learn to understand natural, human South African English speech.
- Organisation: Alignerr - Type: Contract - Sessions: 2–3 sessions of 4 hours each - Location: Professional recording studio (locally assigned in South Africa)
What You'll Do
* Record natural, conversational South African English speech in a professional studio environment * Participate in solo 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 as needed * Bring your authentic South African English accent to every session
Who You Are
* A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with recording experience * A native or near-native South African English speaker with an authentic regional accent * Comfortable performing natural conversational speech — not just scripted reads * Reliable, professional, and receptive to direction in a studio setting * Currently based in South Africa
Nice to Have
* Acting or performance background * Experience in broadcast, podcast, or commercial studio recording * Comfort with dialogue-based and improvisational delivery styles
Why Join Us
* Competitive hourly pay for a short, well-defined commitment * Work on meaningful AI research with leading technology teams * Contribute directly to how AI understands South African voices and accents * A straightforward, professional recording experience with no long-term obligation * Potential for future session opportunities 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
Read on the pages linked above on 24 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How 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 Alignerr's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Voice & audio
Across 372 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) | 140 | $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 | 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
- 4c5d97a9-c8f7-408a-b80c-8810425522e9
Pay as the source states it: “$70-130/hr”.
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