Multiple Native Japanese recording projects

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We are looking for native Japanese speakers from Japan to help with a recording project for a voice recognition system improvement initiative. Project 1: Solo recording - Native Japanese speaker fluent in English Script Reading Project We are currently recruiting native Japanese speaker who fluent in English to participate in an AI audio training project. No professional recording experience or equipment is required. You only need to download our APP and record using your smartphone. --- Project Overview Task: Read provided English and Japanese scripts and record them naturally. Recording Method: Mobile phone only Recording completed through our APP --- Schedule & Work Quota Project period: Everyone record 300 sentence in 2 days After review and approve, we will share another 1200 sentence In total 1500 sentence which should take around 6-7 hours, each sentence average 10- 15 words --- Payment & Bonus Rate: 60-80USD in total for 1500 sentence, depending on your English level and first 300 sentence checking result We will send first milestone 15USD for 300 sentence to start Performance bonus: Additional bonus available. More valid recording hours qualify for higher extra rewards. --- Participant Requirements Native Japanese speaker who are fluent in English Clear pronunciation with minimal accent Quiet home recording environment with no obvious background noise Stable availability to finish recordings within the project schedule Valid audio definition: No background noise No mispronounced or missing words No hesitation or long pauses within a sentence --- Application Screening To verify accent, voice clarity, and recording quality, all applicants must complete a 1 minute audio screening. The screening is used only for candidate evaluation purposes. Project 2: Native Japanese speakers Conversation project We need native Japanese speakers to record various conversations for a total of 2.5 hours. We will offer 18 daily topics with each group needing to select 5-6 topics for an improvisational conversation lasting 25-30 minutes per topic. Requirements:

 1. Native Japanese speakers born and raised in Japan 2. Must record in a quiet room and be able to complete the task within 3-5 days

 3.Access to smartphone worthy more than 100USD 4.A quiet place with reliable WiFi Payment:
 1. $25 per person (total $50 per group)
 2. Paid after submission and review of usable audio

We will give 5 star feedback in Upwork! Project 3: Native Japanese (Kansai Dialect) Recording Project – Conversation We are looking for Japanese people who were born in the Kansai region of Japan and have always lived there, to participate in a two-person conversational recording project conducted entirely in the Kansai dialect. This project aims to improve speech recognition models for Kansai dialect. The recordings will be used strictly for research and model training to enhance dialect speech recognition systems. The audio will not be made public. Recording app: Funcrowd app Project Details: Participants will work in pairs (two people per group). Each group will: Select 5–6 topics from the list Discuss each selected topic for 25–30 minutes Total conversation time: approximately 150 minutes Total recording session time: approximately 3 hours (including setup and sound checks) Requirements: Native Japanese speaker born and raised in the Kansai region (able to speak authentic Kansai dialect) Able to hold a natural conversation in Kansai dialect Access to a smartphone worth more than 150 USD A quiet place with reliable WiFi Must be able to work with a partner (you may sign up with your own partner or be paired with another participant) Payment: $30 USD per person. If you bring a partner, we will pay $60 USD per group. Paid after submission and review of usable audio What you will get more: - 5 star feedback - Possibility to work in the future 


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Mandatory skills
Japanese
English
Voice Recording
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About the client
Member since May 7, 2025
  • Thailand
    Pathum Thani6:21 AM
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