Perle
Freelance Transcriptionist — Sinhalese
2w ago
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Perle is an AI infrastructure company specializing in expert-driven training data and AI products. They are hiring a freelance transcriptionist fluent in Sinhalese for remote audio transcription with a paid contract position.
About the company
- Perle is an AI infrastructure company building expert-driven training data, evaluation systems, and applied AI products for the world's leading labs and enterprises.
- Headquartered in San Francisco with experts across more than forty markets, specializing in work requiring real human judgment: domain expertise, linguistic nuance, and cultural fidelity that generic data vendors cannot deliver.
Responsibilities
- Transcribe 2-speaker, channel-separated audio recordings in Sinhalese.
- Produce a clean, accurate, sequentially ordered transcript with speaker labels and timestamps.
- Listen to 2-speaker audio recordings in Sinhalese.
- Type out what each speaker says, accurately and in full.
- Label each speaker turn as Speaker 1 or Speaker 2, matching the audio channel.
- Add timestamps at the start of each speaker turn (format: HH:MM:SS).
- Ensure transcripts are sequential with no unexplained gaps.
Requirements
- Native or near-native fluency in Sinhalese (spoken and written).
- Strong written Sinhalese — accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
- Ability to work independently and meet daily output targets.
- Access to a computer with a stable internet connection.
- Availability for at least 4 hours per day.
- Prior transcription experience is a plus but not required — all contributors must pass a qualification test.
Conditions
- Word Error Rate (WER) of 5% or less on all delivered transcripts.
- Zero speaker label errors — Speaker 1 must always correspond to Channel 1.
- Transcripts reviewed on a rolling basis; feedback provided promptly.
- Files that do not meet the quality threshold will be returned for correction.
Other
- Project type: Audio transcription (manual).
- Commitment: ~at least 4 hours/day (remote, flexible schedule).
- Start date: As soon as qualified — rolling onboarding.
How to apply
- Submit your application through the Perle platform.
- Complete a short qualification task — a 5-minute audio transcription sample in Sinhalese.
- Applicants who pass the qualification test will be onboarded immediately and assigned to production tasks.
- Perle is an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from all backgrounds.
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