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Role Overview
- We’re seeking a Technical Consultant with hands-on experience in speech dataset collection—ideally someone who has contributed to projects such as NaijaVoices, Mozilla Common Voice, or Lanfrica.
- The consultant will help us design, audit, and validate a small-scale voice recording pipeline for AI model development.
Key Responsibilities
- Audit studio setup to ensure AI-grade voice recording quality (microphone placement, acoustic control, and data format).
- Develop a concise SOP for voice recording and metadata tagging (accent, language, emotion, speaker ID, etc.).
- Train the in-house production and A&R team on data collection discipline and file management.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Strong background in speech-to-text (ASR) or text-to-speech (TTS) dataset collection.
- Prior experience working with African languages, dialects, or accents.
- Familiarity or active involvement in communities like NaijaVoices, Lanfrica, Masakhane, or Common Voice Africa.
- Based in Lagos or able to travel for the engagement.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Preferred Networks / Communities
- We encourage candidates from:
- AI / Data Science communities (keywords: “NaijaVoices,” “Lanfrica,” “speech data,” “ASR Nigeria”).
- Local AI groups such as Data Scientists Network (AI+), Zindi Africa, or Masakhane.
- University departments in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, or Speech Technology.
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