Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for Phonetics & Linguistics expertise, gathered from 5 platforms. Part of Languages, Translation & Voice.
Pay figures cover the 31 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
Evaluate and improve Korean language AI systems by assessing AI-generated speech and text, as well as learner language across proficiency levels. This role combines linguistic expertise with educational knowledge to refine AI tutoring and language-learning models through detailed, structured feedback.
This role involves evaluating and improving AI systems trained on Portuguese by assessing AI-generated speech and text, as well as learner language across proficiency levels. Native Portuguese speakers with teaching or assessment experience will provide linguistic expertise and pedagogical insights to enhance AI language understanding and educational quality.
An audio transcription specialist corrects word-level transcripts and aligns timing boundaries to match spoken audio in a proprietary editor. The role suits professionals with experience in transcription, closed captioning, court reporting, or linguistics who excel at precision work with speech audio.
This role leads a team of labelers and reviewers on a Polish audio transcription project for AI training. The work centers on setting linguistic standards, answering guideline questions, and auditing output to keep transcription quality consistent. It suits native Polish speakers with strong language judgment and some experience guiding or coordinating other annotators.
This job asks native or heritage speakers of Peninsular Spanish to help train and check AI speech models. The work involves listening to generated audio, transcribing and labeling samples, and writing English feedback on accuracy and naturalness. It suits people with a trained ear for European Spanish who want flexible remote work and no prior AI experience.
A Bengali specialist evaluates and corrects AI-generated Bengali text, focusing on accurate pronoun usage, regional variations, and natural phrasing. The role involves reviewing translations, scoring model outputs, and providing native-speaker feedback to improve AI language understanding.
A Chinese language specialist who evaluates and corrects AI-generated Mandarin text for naturalness, cultural appropriateness, and native fluency. The role involves rating model outputs, identifying errors in measure words and idioms, and rewriting content to sound authentically Chinese rather than translated.
This role involves evaluating and correcting German language output from AI models to improve naturalness and accuracy. You will assess translations, rate model outputs, and rewrite text to sound native while teaching AI systems how German is actually spoken, including regional variations and proper formality levels.
This role involves evaluating and correcting AI-generated Japanese text to improve its linguistic accuracy and cultural appropriateness. As a Japanese specialist, you will assess translations, identify issues with politeness levels (keigo), grammar, and natural flow, then provide corrected versions that sound native to Japanese speakers.
As a Polish Specialist, you will evaluate and correct AI-generated Polish text, assessing translations for accuracy and naturalness while teaching models to produce native-sounding output. You'll work with a focus on Polish grammar complexities like cases, verb aspect, and formality registers, drawing on native speaker intuition to improve model behavior.
This role involves judging AI output on Slovak translation and localization, including whether the text reads naturally and fits its cultural context. Reviewers pinpoint errors, explain why a model went wrong, and draft stronger answers when needed. It suits professionals with Slovak linguistic expertise and clear written English, since their explanations shape how models learn.
This role involves evaluating and improving AI-generated Tagalog text, with focus on linguistic authenticity, natural verb forms, and respect markers. The position is designed for native or near-native Tagalog speakers who can identify and correct issues like unnatural formality, incorrect politeness markers, and awkward code-switching between Tagalog and English.
This role involves evaluating and correcting AI-generated Thai text to ensure proper grammar, tone, politeness particles, and register. You will review translations, score model outputs, and write improved versions to help AI systems produce natural, native-sounding Thai.
Review and correct AI-generated Vietnamese text for linguistic accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and proper use of tone diacritics and relational pronouns. This role involves evaluating translations and model outputs to teach AI systems to communicate naturally in Vietnamese, accounting for regional differences between Northern and Southern usage.
This role involves evaluating audio recordings in British English for an AI training project. You will use your native British English expertise to assess the naturalness, pronunciation and quality of recordings, then provide structured feedback. The ideal profile is a native British English speaker capable of finely analysing speech characteristics.
Posted October 6, 2026
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This job invites voice actors or voice coaches to contribute to the development of advanced AI systems for voice and speech. You will analyze short audio recordings and produce precise, structured written evaluations using professional voice terminology. No prior AI experience is required, only your expertise in voice and speech matters.
Posted October 5, 2026
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This role involves transcribing Finnish audio recordings with high precision and annotating linguistic data according to specific guidelines. You will also validate transcriptions from other contributors and contribute to improving transcription guidelines. This position is aimed at Finnish language experts with proven experience in transcription or linguistic projects.
Posted September 29, 2026
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You analyze textual, audio and video data to identify and categorize subtle behavioral indicators such as tone, gestures and speech patterns, in order to support the development of AI systems. This role is aimed at professionals from behavioral consulting, coaching or theater backgrounds who can interpret the nuances of human interactions.
Posted September 15, 2026
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You will listen to audiobooks generated by text-to-speech synthesis in Dutch and evaluate the natural quality and accuracy of the narration. By identifying pronunciation defects, reading errors and unnatural intonations, you will contribute to improving AI models. This part-time role is aimed at native Dutch speakers who are passionate about audiobooks.
Posted September 14, 2026
You will listen to audiobooks generated by text-to-speech synthesis and evaluate the quality of the narration, identifying pronunciation errors, inaccuracies, and lack of naturalness. This role suits a native English speaker passionate about audiobooks, capable of precisely identifying where narration deteriorates so that AI models can be improved.
Posted September 14, 2026
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43 Phonetics & Linguistics AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 2 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 31 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $10 to $100 per hour, with a median of $33. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
xAI (16), DataAnnotation (9), micro1 (9), Alignerr (5) and Mercor (4). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are Phonetics & Linguistics, Language Evaluation, Multilingual Expertise, Audio Quality Assessment, Content Annotation. Each listing states its own requirements.
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