English Language Expert (India)

Role Title: English Language Expert (India)

Role Type: Contractor

Location: India, Remote

micro1 is engaging English Language Experts (India) to contribute linguistic and cultural expertise to a dynamic customer project. 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.

Scope of Work

• Listen to multi-speaker conversational audio recordings, identifying and tagging key speaker and audio metadata such as dialect, accent, audio quality, background noise, age, and speaking style.

• Annotate and correct first-pass ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) transcripts, ensuring precise application of Indian English spelling, usage, and conventions.

• Utilize your knowledge of Indian regional accents, shaped by the mother tongues and regional varieties across the country, including Hindi-influenced English, Tamil English, Telugu English, Malayalam English, Bengali English, Marathi English, Gujarati English, Punjabi English, and Kannada English, to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features.

• Apply your knowledge of Indian English vocabulary, idioms, slang, code-switching (such as Hinglish), and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Native or near-native proficiency in Indian English, with a keen understanding of regional dialects and cultural nuances.

• Background in linguistics, English teaching, language studies, or a related discipline.

• Prior experience in transcription, language annotation, or corpus development is highly valued.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills - clarity, accuracy, and attention to detail are essential.

• Ability to provide constructive feedback, explain linguistic decisions, and adapt to evolving project goals.

• Proficiency in using digital tools for language tasks, such as transcription software or annotation platforms.

• Passion for language innovation and an interest in contributing to advancements in AI-driven language technology.