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Perle AI lists this Expert Audio Transcriber, UAE Arabic (Emirati) opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
ABOUT PERLE
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. Our partners include xAI, Samsung, ELM, and Unisys. Headquartered in San Francisco with experts across more than forty markets, we specialize in the work that requires real human judgment: domain expertise, linguistic nuance, and cultural fidelity that generic data vendors cannot deliver.
DIALECT AND SCOPE
Emirati Arabic (Khaleeji), spoken across the seven emirates with distinctive Gulf vocabulary, phonology, and intonation. Project audio reflects authentic Emirati speech patterns including older generational forms, Bedouin influences, and code-switching with English and Modern Standard Arabic.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
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
MUST HAVE
Native fluency in Emirati Arabic with residence or extensive immersion in the UAE
Strong command of Modern Standard Arabic for orthographic representation of dialectal speech
Familiarity with regional variation across the seven emirates and adjacent Gulf dialects
Comfortable transcribing the natural Arabic-English code-switching common in Emirati daily speech
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
NICE TO HAVE
Background in Gulf Arabic linguistics, media, education, or government translation
Prior experience annotating Khaleeji or pan-Gulf speech data
Familiarity with Arabic NLP conventions and dialectal orthography standards
Familiarity with IPA or other phonetic transcription systems
Experience with verbatim versus clean-verbatim transcription conventions
HOW WE WORK WITH YOU
Paid pilot task before full onboarding so both sides can calibrate
Per-task or per-minute compensation, with rates tied to audio complexity and turnaround
Flexible scheduling, with volume scaling up and down based on active client projects
Direct working relationship with Perle's linguistic leads and QA team
Eligible for invitation to additional Perle expert projects across related domains
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Worksite address
san francisco, CA, 94199, US
Who can apply
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