Hausa Discourse Transcriber Job at Appen Inc

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Job Title: Discourse Transcriber – Hausa

Employer: Appen ButlerHill (Appen, Inc.)

Position Summary: The Hausa Discourse Transcriber will be checking the consistency of spelling and non-speaker noises, using established guidelines, in an online tool.

Project Information:

•   Location: Remote, Global

•   Hours: Immediate Start. Approximately 6-10 hours total.

•   Length: 1 week

Qualifications:

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

•   Native or near native speaker of Hausa.

•   Experience with conversational transcription.

•   Must be able to follow spelling and tagging guidelines, as specified for project.

•   Must be able to distinguish between bound and non-bound morphemes.

•   Must be able to co-ordinate over Skype or similar for training, during standard Sydney, Australia work hours.

•   Good typing and computer skills essential.

•   Complete the AppenOnline Hausa spelling test, at least 90% pass.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

•   Academic background in linguistics.

•   Author of papers on spelling/orthography in Hausa.

•   Experience teaching Hausa.

•   Paypal account for easy payment.

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