Consultant - Annotator

Company : Madhi Foundation

Job Description - Consultant - Annotator

1. Objective :-

To perform high-precision, exact human transcription of selected audio recordings in Tamil and English. These transcriptions will serve as the "Ground Truth" for training an Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) model for Oral Reading Fluency (ORF).

2. Scope of Work & Volumes

The consultant will be responsible for approximately 475 hours of audio annotation across four task types.

Annotation Volume Breakdown

Task Type	Tamil (360 Hours Total)	English (115 Hours Total)
Letters	40,000 utterances (8k children)	10,000 utterances (2k children)
Words	20,000 utterances (4k children)	5,000 utterances (1k children)
Non-Words	20,000 utterances (4k children)	5,000 utterances (1k children)
Paragraphs	12,000 recordings (12k children)	4,000 recordings (4k children)

3. Technical Requirements

A. Transcription Fidelity

Exact Audio Match: Transcribe exactly what is heard, not what is written on the prompt.
Tamil Nuances: Must include all reading miscues, mispronunciations, partially read words, fillers, and pauses.
English Protocol: * Reference 10-15 "ideal readings" per district to account for dialectical diversity.

Standard English for correct pronunciations.
Phonetic Scripting: Mispronounced words must be transcribed using a specific phonetic system (selected by the Organisation).

B. Timestamping & Formatting

Paragraphs: Precise timestamps for every individual word. If a word is read sub-lexically (sound-by-sound), timestamps must be provided for those sub-lexical portions.
Short Tasks (Letters/Words): Use JSON formats with pre-provided timestamps to transcribe each specific portion.

C. Labeling & Metadata

Annotators must apply specific tags/labels for:

Fillers, Noise, and Long Silences.
Mumbling or Multiple Speakers.
Accent-influenced pronunciations.
Special Label: Intra-word pauses (where a word is broken by silence between sounds).

4. Consultant Qualifications

Linguistic Expertise: Native-level fluency in Tamil and high proficiency in English.
Phonetic Awareness: Ability to understand and apply phonetic notations for English mispronunciations.
Technical Literacy: Experience working with JSON files and timestamping software/tools.
Quality Assurance: Proven track record of maintaining high Inter-Annotator Agreement (IAA) in large-scale speech projects.

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