Ascendion is a full service digital engineering solutions company that specializes in creating and managing software platforms for enterprise clients. They are seeking detail-oriented Native Language Data Annotators to support audio transcription and quality assurance projects, focusing on reviewing audio files and ensuring transcription accuracy.
Responsibilities:
- Review and transcribe audio files in your native language with high accuracy
- Perform quality assurance on existing transcriptions to ensure linguistic accuracy and completeness
- Evaluate speaker fluency and confirm native-level pronunciation, grammar, and usage
- Flag inconsistencies, unclear segments, or non-native speech patterns
- Maintain productivity and quality targets while working independently
- Use client annotation tools, including SageMaker Ground Truth (SMGT), after training
- Track progress and manage tasks using spreadsheets and internal systems
Requirements:
- Native-level fluency in the target language (must specify language when applying)
- Strong English proficiency for instructions, communication, and documentation
- Proven experience in transcription, translation, annotation, or linguistic QA preferred
- Exceptional listening skills and attention to linguistic detail
- Ability to identify dialects, accents, and fluency nuances
- Comfortable working independently in a remote environment
- Strong computer literacy and ability to quickly navigate new software platforms
- Proficiency with Excel or Sheets
- Reliable laptop and stable internet connection
- Experience with audio annotation projects
- Familiarity with SageMaker Ground Truth (SMGT) or similar annotation tools
- Experience with multimodal annotation including text, image, or video labeling
- Background in linguistics, language studies, translation, or related fields