Zaatar Speech Collection - Gulf Arabic Speakers (Adults)

What is the project about?

The purpose of this project is to improve the functionality of Arabic voice recognition technologies used in educational platforms. We are looking for a wide variety of Arabic speakers with various accents, both adults and children.

Each participant, adult or minor, will need to record a series of sentences in Arabic, using our mobile application, DataForce Contribute. The selected candidates will be provided with the project guidelines, the scripts that need to be read, and instructions on how to download and use our app.

Who is eligible?

To participate you should meet the following qualifying criteria:  

Adults:  

- Be over 18 years old.  

- Have a smartphone device to download our app and use it for recording.  

- Native speaker of Arabic with Gulf accent, located in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Oman.    

Note that we are running this project for all Arabic accents, if your accent is not Gulf, kindly check our website for the rest of the accents needed. You can also write to DataForce.Sourcing@transperfect.com if you want to get the registration link(s) for other Arabic accents.

Children (to be registered separately):

- Be 7 to 17 years old

- Native speakers of Gulf Arabic.  

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 is the project taking place?

This is a fully remote project. You can participate from the comfort of your home.

How long does it take?

The project tasks are estimated to take up to 1.5 hours in total.

How much is the compensation for the participation in this project?

Adults: $27 USD  

Children aged 7 to 17 years: $45 USD  

As payment methods we offer gift cards, Western Union, PayPal or wire transfer, depending on your location. For more information about the gift card possibilities please visit Tremendous Online Catalog Please note that wire transfers are available only for payments that exceed $50 USD and are not available for contributors located in Iraq.  For Iraq, we only have Western Union as a payment option.

Please note that our Quality Assurance team will review all submissions to ensure they meet the project specific requirements. Compensation will be provided for the recordings that pass the quality checks. 

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.