Expert Audio Transcriber, Estonian

Perle is an AI infrastructure company building expert-driven training data, evaluation systems, and applied AI products for the world's leading labs and enterprises. They specialize in work requiring real human judgment, domain expertise, linguistic nuance, and cultural fidelity.

Location: Estonia

Responsibilities

• Transcribe audio recordings into accurate, time-aligned written text following Perle's project-specific style guide
• Apply correct conventions for speaker identification, overlapping speech, disfluencies, fillers, false starts, and non-speech events such as laughter, background noise, and music
• Make principled orthographic decisions for dialectal, colloquial, and code-switched speech
• Flag ambiguous segments, uncertain speakers, and audio quality issues using project conventions
• Self-review every submission against Perle's quality bar before delivery
• Engage with QA reviewers on edge cases, calibration sessions, and style guide updates

Requirements

• Native fluency in Estonian with lifelong residence or deep immersion in Estonia
• Mastery of current Estonian orthography including vowel-length distinctions
• Ability to distinguish Northern and Southern Estonian varieties
• Strong ear for the three-way length contrast in Estonian phonology
• At least two years of professional transcription, captioning, court reporting, broadcast, translation, or linguistic annotation experience
• Demonstrated accuracy at the word level under deadline pressure
• Comfortable with web-based annotation platforms and variable-speed audio playback
• Reliable high-speed internet, quality headphones, and a quiet workspace
• Ability to commit to defined volume per week during active project phases