AI Trainer (Contractor), Voice and Speech Evaluation - USA
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 2d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 6d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-10-27). Last seen at its source 2h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 27 Oct 2026 (5 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 2 hours ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
United States
The description agrees: it names United States.
What the ad says
…Remote within the United States…
…work Location: Remote within the United States…
Pay
$20–55/hr
Read out of the job description by us, not from a structured field. Shown in the posting's own currency and period; we never convert.
Skills named in the ad
Recognised terms only, from a fixed vocabulary — this is what CV matching compares against.
Carried by 1 source
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Ashby employer's own board first seen 5d ago · last seen 2h ago
The listing
About Inworld
Inworld is a research lab and inference provider focused on realtime AI for consumer-facing applications. We build first-party speech models, serve LLMs, and run the inference behind modular APIs designed for high-volume, realtime workloads.
Hundreds of millions of users interact with Inworld powered apps every day and we serve over 10 trillion LLM tokens per month. Our models and infrastructure support consumer applications across companions, healthcare, fitness, education, media, and more. Our work spans model research, realtime inference, large-scale serving infrastructure, and the APIs developers use to bring these capabilities into production.
We’ve raised more than $125M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta, Stanford, and others. Our technology has powered experiences from companies including NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Niantic, Logitech Streamlabs, Wishroll, Little Umbrella, and Bible Chat. Inworld has also been recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies globally and named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Startups in the USA.
What you'll do
Listen to paired or grouped speech samples and judge which sounds more natural, expressive, or faithful to instructions
Score voices against rubrics for naturalness, clarity, emotion, pacing, and delivery style
Label voice attributes such as perceived gender, age, accent or dialect, and tone, and flag mismatches with existing metadata
Judge how closely cloned voices match their source speaker
Review batches of new voices for audio quality and suitability before public release
Test new speech features in pre-release environments and report bugs, edge cases, and usability issues
Write clear, structured findings that engineers can act on
For multilingual roles: evaluate pronunciation, dialect accuracy, and naturalness in your native language
What we're looking for
A trained ear. Background in audio production, broadcast, voice acting, music, linguistics, phonetics, or similar
Ability to hear and describe subtle differences in prosody, timing, pronunciation, and audio quality
Consistent, careful judgment across large batches of similar samples
Comfort with beta web tools, VPN access, and spreadsheets, and willingness to troubleshoot minor access issues
Strong written English for reporting findings
Ability to turn tasks around within a day when needed, including occasional weekend availability
Nice to have
Native or near-native fluency in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Brazilian Portuguese, or a regional Spanish dialect
Experience with TTS, voice AI, dubbing, or localization QA
Familiarity with A/B evaluation or annotation work
Location: Remote within the United States.
Compensation: $20-$55 per hour. Rate depends on region and language specialty.