Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – French
**Overview** We're looking for audio engineers with strong experience editing and quality-checking **voice recordings for speech and text-to-speech (TTS) applications**, specifically for **French-language audio**. This role focuses on preparing high-quality audio datasets for machine learning systems, ensuring clarity, consistency, and technical compliance across large volumes of French speech data. **Native or near-native French fluency is required** to accurately assess speech quality, pronunciation, and naturalness.
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## **What You'll Do**
- Edit and process **French voice recordings** for use in TTS and speech AI systems
- Perform **audio cleanup** including silence trimming, breath reduction/removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction
- Conduct detailed **quality assurance checks** for:
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What we look for
- Edit and process French voice recordings for use in TTS and speech AI systems
- Perform audio cleanup including silence trimming, breath reduction/removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction
- Conduct detailed quality assurance checks for: Clipping and distortion
- Background noise and artifacts
- Loudness consistency and level balancing
- Ensure audio meets strict technical specifications for ML training pipelines
- Evaluate recordings for French pronunciation accuracy, naturalness, and fluency
- Work with large batches of recordings, maintaining consistency and throughput
- Collaborate with teams working on French speech datasets, voice talent recordings, and model training workflows
- Native or near-native French speaker with strong listening intuition for French speech nuances
- Experience editing speech or voice recordings (not just music production)
- Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards and common issues in recorded dialogue
How it works
Apply once and complete a short skills assessment. Once approved you are matched to projects that fit your background, set your own weekly hours, and are paid on a regular cycle for the work you complete.