Is this job worth applying to?

Pay

Above typicalTops out at $80/hr. The typical top rate across 238 priced audio listings is $40/hr.

Getting in

Hard to get in~1–2 hours of assessments. Valid government photo ID.

Steady work

Work is patchyFeast-or-famine project volume.

Payout record

Some delaysSchedule: weekly, by Friday for the prior Monday–Sunday. Paid via Stripe or PayPal (depends on country).

Freshness

RecentPosted 11d ago. Still listed on Alignerr on Nov 6, 2026.

Where you live

Named countries onlyOpen in India.

The job description

About the Role

What if your voice could directly shape how AI understands and communicates with hundreds of millions of Indian English speakers around the world? We're looking for professional voice actors and voice-over artists with authentic Indian English accents to participate in paid studio recording sessions for a leading AI speech research project.

This is a contract role involving a small number of professionally organised recording sessions. The work is straightforward, well-compensated, and genuinely impactful — your voice will help train AI systems to better understand real, natural human speech.

Important: This project does not involve voice cloning.

Organisation: Alignerr
Type: Contract
Session Format: In-person professional studio recording
Session Length: 4 hours per session (2–3 sessions total)

What You'll Do

Record natural Indian English conversational speech in a professional studio environment
Participate in single-speaker sessions and dual-speaker dialogue recordings
Deliver realistic, human-sounding dialogue that feels unscripted and natural
Follow light direction to vary tone, pacing, and delivery across different scenarios
Bring professionalism, reliability, and a willingness to take direction

Who You Are

A professional voice actor or voice-over artist with experience recording natural speech and dialogue
A native or near-native Indian English speaker with an authentic accent
Currently based in India
Comfortable performing conversational, unscripted-sounding dialogue in a studio setting
Reliable, professional, and receptive to light creative direction
Fluent in English at a working communication level

Nice to Have

Background in acting or performance
Experience in broadcast, podcast, or studio recording environments
Prior work on commercial, narrative, or character voice-over projects

Why Join Us

Competitive contract compensation for your time and talent
Work on meaningful AI research projects in partnership with leading research labs
Contribute to technology that improves how AI understands real Indian English speech
A focused, time-limited commitment — just 2 to 3 sessions in total
Be part of cutting-edge AI development that has a lasting, global impact

How do you apply to Alignerr?

Apply on Alignerr

The Apply button opens this post on Alignerr's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 1–2 hours of assessments.

Get through screening

What Alignerr asks for after you apply:

Take the TestGorilla skills assessment (usually one attempt per role)
Verify your identity with Persona
Join the Alignerr Slack community
Set up payouts once you are assigned to a project

Start work and get paid

Pay schedule: weekly, by Friday for the prior Monday–Sunday. Paid via Stripe or PayPal (depends on country). You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.

Alignerr also needs

Valid government photo ID
Degree or professional experience for expert roles
Webcam for proctored assessments on some roles

Red flags

Red flagLong gaps with no project after passing
Red flagWorker reports of delayed or withheld payments on Glassdoor

What is Alignerr like to work for?

Labelbox's contractor network, which hires generalists and domain experts to label data and write and grade AI training tasks.

Advertised pay	$15–150/hr
Getting in	Hard to get in
Application takes	~1–2 hours of assessments
How you get paid	Weekly, by Friday for the prior Monday–Sunday, via Stripe or PayPal (depends on country)
Payout record	Some delays
Countries	Accepts most countries but blocks signups from about two dozen; posts India-specific roles such as Hindi, Telugu and Indian-English language and cultural review work.

Generalist and bilingual work is around $15–20/hr, coding QA $30–40/hr, and senior software, advanced math, medical and law roles $70–150/hr; some projects pay per approved task.