Job description

Would you like to become part of the future of speech technology?

We’re looking for speakers of the following UK English accents for a speech data collection project:

• Cockney

• Greater London

• Scouse

• Brummie

• Northern Irish

• Scottish

• Yorkshire

• Queen's English

• Welsh

Requirements:

• Language skills required: English language level C1/C2

• Must be based in the UK

• Nice to have: headphones

• Must have stable internet connection

Please follow the steps below to apply for the project:

1. Register on our website https://app-hlp.taus.net/register

2. Once your account has been created, fill out this questionnaire https://app-hlp.taus.net/forms/speech-data-collection/UK

If you are successful, you will receive an email with further details.

Project Description:

You will be asked to record your voice while reading short sentences and answering two open-ended questions. The content is neutral, in no way offensive or controversial.

About TAUS

TAUS has been active since 2005 in the localization industry as a think-tank first, and more recently as a provider of language data for AI applications. We are particularly active in the niche area of language data for languages that are not yet well represented online, including local dialects.

For this purpose, in 2019 we started the TAUS Human Language Project, a dedicated online platform to perform different types of language data services like translation, data evaluation, annotation and speech data collection.