Gardenia Speech Collection - United States

Welcome and thank you for your interest in working with us!

We are currently looking for native English (United States) speakers, to participate in our Gardenia Speech Collection project.

 

About

What is the project about?

The purpose of this project is to collect recordings of native English speech to improve voice assistant technologies.

Task Description:

For this project, we are looking for a wide variety of English (United States) speakers with various regional accents. Participants will record short wake-up phrases and scripted utterances typically used when interacting with a voice assistant, following the guidelines provided.

Eligible

Who is eligible?

To participate you should meet the following qualifying criteria:  

  • Be 18 years or older.
  • Be born and live in the United States.
  • Be native speaker of English (US) from any region in the United States.
  • Be able to use a mobile phone for this project.
  • Be able to use a wired headset or the device microphone for recording phrases.
  • Have access to a quiet indoor environment to do the recordings.
  • Pass initial accent screening.

    For this project, we are looking for participants in specific demographic groups to help develop bias free technology that would represent everyone. To assess your accent, we will ask you to upload a short sample voice recording at the end of this application form.    
Where

Where is the project taking place?

This is a fully remote project. You can participate from anywhere within the United States.

Time How Long

How long does it take?

We estimate it will take approximately 30 minutes to complete this project.

Compensation

How much is the compensation?

You will receive $25 USD for your fully completed and accepted assets.

As payment method, we offer PayPal, Gift Card, and Check, according to your preference. 

Please note that all submissions will be checked by our Quality Assurance team and compensation will be provided for fully completed and accepted assets. The project team will provide you with feedback once the Quality Check process is completed.

 

Questions

Questions or doubts?

If you have any doubts or questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at: DataForce.Sourcing@transperfect.com 

If you're interested in participating and meet the above qualifying criteria, please click Apply Here, and complete the registration form. 

 

Important: All your data will be kept confidential and WILL NOT be used for advertisement or distribution.

 

- If your selected payment method is PayPal or Check, the payment will be received within 10-15 business days after acceptance of your delivery. Please ensure you accept payments from TransPerfect to avoid PayPal returning the funds.

- If your selected payment method is Gift Card, the electronic gift card will be sent to you via email within 5-10 business days after acceptance of your delivery. Please keep an eye on your inbox and spam folder. For more information about the gift card we offer please visit the Tremendous Online Catalogue.

If you don’t have an account with us yet, do not worry, you will be guided to create one in three easy steps. If you already registered with us, please sign in to apply to this project. 

DataForce is part of the TransPerfect family of companies, the world’s largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business with offices in more than 100 cities worldwide.

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