Remote | Audio Engineer (French Speech & TTS) — Up to $45/hour

Description du poste :

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced audio engineers with strong expertise in speech editing, voice-recording quality assurance, and text-to-speech (TTS) audio workflows, specifically for French-language content.

This role focuses on preparing and evaluating high-quality French speech audio for machine-learning and voice-AI applications. Selected professionals will edit, clean, and quality-check large volumes of voice recordings while ensuring consistency, naturalness, pronunciation accuracy, and compliance with technical audio specifications.

• ✓Key Responsibilities
• ✓Speech Audio Editing & Restoration
• ✓Edit and process French voice recordings for speech and TTS applications
• ✓Perform silence trimming, breath reduction or removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction
• ✓Identify and correct clipping, distortion, background noise, and unwanted audio artifacts
• ✓Balance loudness and recording levels across large batches of speech audio
• ✓Maintain consistent audio quality across structured production workflows
• ✓French Speech Quality Evaluation
• ✓Evaluate French recordings for pronunciation accuracy, fluency, and naturalness
• ✓Identify unnatural delivery, articulation issues, or inconsistencies in spoken French
• ✓Assess speech quality using native or near-native listening judgement
• ✓Distinguish between acceptable human speech variation and issues that may affect synthetic-voice training
• ✓Provide precise quality feedback on recordings that require correction or rework
• ✓TTS & Voice AI Audio Quality
• ✓Prepare audio that meets technical requirements for TTS and speech-AI training pipelines
• ✓Review recordings for consistency with dataset and model-training specifications
• ✓Assess audio quality across voice-talent recordings and structured speech datasets
• ✓Support quality-control workflows designed for large-scale machine-learning datasets
• ✓Identify technical or performance issues that could reduce the usefulness of training audio
• ✓Audio QA & Dataset Workflows
• ✓Conduct systematic quality-assurance reviews across high-volume audio batches
• ✓Apply consistent evaluation standards throughout repetitive production workflows
• ✓Flag technical defects, inconsistencies, and recording-quality issues
• ✓Maintain accuracy and throughput while working across large datasets
• ✓Contribute to reliable audio QA, labelling, and evaluation processes
• ✓Ideal Profile
• ✓Native or near-native French fluency with strong listening intuition for pronunciation, rhythm, and natural speech
• ✓Professional experience editing speech, dialogue, voice-over, or other voice recordings
• ✓Strong understanding of speech-audio quality standards and common recording defects
• ✓Hands-on experience with tools such as iZotope RX, Pro Tools, or comparable audio-editing and restoration software
• ✓Ability to identify and correct artifacts, inconsistencies, noise, clipping, and other technical audio issues
• ✓Strong critical-listening skills and attention to fine audio detail
• ✓Experience working with high-volume audio datasets or structured production workflows
• ✓Experience with TTS, speech ML, voice AI, dataset creation, or audio annotation is highly valued
• ✓Familiarity with audio QA pipelines, labelling, or evaluation processes is advantageous
• ✓Experience editing or directing French voice-talent recordings is particularly relevant
• ✓Ability to balance production speed with consistent quality across repetitive, high-precision work
• ✓Engagement Details
• ✓Fully remote independent contractor engagement
• ✓Flexible scheduling based on project requirements
• ✓Compensation: $40–$45/hour
• ✓Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project needs and performance

Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party

• ✓H1-B and STEM OPT support is unavailable for this engagement
• ✓Strong contributors may be considered for additional speech-audio and voice-AI projects
• ✓About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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• ✓Remote

Skills :

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio Editing, Audio Engineering, Audio Testing, Consulting, Data Sets, Detail Oriented, Editing, French Language, Machine Learning, Noise Reduction, Pro Tools, Project Evaluation, Project Schedule, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Quality Management, Quality Metrics, Technical Consulting, Training Data Sets, Voice Applications, Voice-Over

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