English Language Expert (Philippines)

Pay: $20 - $45/hour

Role Title: English Language Expert (Philippines)

Role Type: Contractor

Remote

micro1 is engaging English Language Experts (Philippines) to contribute to an impactful customer project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

• Listen to multi-speaker conversational audio recordings, identifying and tagging key speaker and audio metadata such as dialect, accent, audio quality, background noise, age, and speaking style.
• Annotate and correct first-pass ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) transcripts, ensuring precise application of Filipino English spelling, usage, and conventions.
• Utilize your knowledge of Filipino accents, shaped by the mother tongues and regional varieties across the country, including Tagalog-influenced English, Cebuano-influenced English, Ilocano-influenced English, Hiligaynon-influenced English, Waray-influenced English, Kapampangan-influenced English, Bikol-influenced English, and Taglish-influenced English, to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features.
• Apply your knowledge of Filipino English vocabulary, idioms, slang, code-switching (such as Taglish and Bisaya-English mixing), and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluent proficiency in Filipino English, with demonstrated familiarity across multiple dialects and regional accents.
• Background in language teaching, linguistics, transcription, editing, translation, journalism, or a related discipline.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a meticulous approach to language variation and usage.
• Ability to distinguish subtle differences in Filipino English pronunciation and vocabulary across regions and language groups.
• Experience working with audio data, metadata tagging, or transcription practices is beneficial.
• Adaptable, detail-oriented, and able to manage complex annotation guidelines independently.
• Interest in linguistic technology, AI training, or language data projects is a plus.