Appen Butler Hill IncAI

Canadian French Language Transcriber

At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We're truth tellers. We take accountability for our actions, and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback.

Appen Butler Hill Inc

Employee count: 1001-5000

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Position Summary Transcribe audio to help build state of the art AI-powered speech recognition models! At Appen we imagine a world in which AI augments human communication. We believe that the AI of the future needs to be inclusive and empowering of everyone – regardless of language, dialect, accent or mode of communication. When you work on our projects, you are helping develop responsible, unbiased AI. As a Canadian French Language Transcriber your task will be to produce highly accurate transcriptions of call-center speech combined with annotation mark-up. We will provide you with Guidelines for how to transcribe and annotate the audio. The data will be used to develop better AI-powered speech recognition for Canadian French. This is a fix term contract(FTC)up to 6 months duration. Responsibilities 
Ability to accurately transcribe audios in Canadian French language in accordance with the project’s set guidelines.
Requirements Available approximately 20-30 hours per week Stable internet connection Strong attention to detail Ability to review examples and apply rules to data Familiarity with spelling conventions in French language Native/bilingual/near-native knowledge of Canadian French language Comfortable/familiar with accented varieties of French spoken in Canada is a plus Good reading comprehension skills in English Prior experience with transcription beneficial but not compulsory Successful completion of our qualification process: Assess the accuracy of your spelling: You will need to pass the French language certification quiz with a score of at least 85%. You have 2 attempts to pass the Quiz.
Typing Speed Assessment: You will need to complete a typing speed assessment and complete a survey with your results. We are looking for transcribers with a typing speed of approximately 40 words per minute or higher with 85% accuracy.
Background Checks
Please note that a Canadian background check will be required as part of this role, for security clearance and access to client data. As part of this you will be asked to complete the following checks: Credit Report  Education Verification  Employment Verification  Federal Criminal Records  Motor Vehicle Records Search  Nationwide Wants and Warrants  Social Security Trace  Statewide Criminal Records  Super Criminal Database Search  Vigilant Global Scan Terrorist Watchlist Search
About Appen 
Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally. 
At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We are truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we do not give up. 
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

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Aug 12, 2024

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Jun 13, 2024

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Full Time

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Mid-level

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Canada +/- 0 hours

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Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

We are seeking individuals who are looking for an exciting work-from-home opportunity. Our mission is to deliver the best data solutions and expertise to developers of AI for communication, driven by our passion for innovation and our love of languages.

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