Portuguese Language Transcription Expert

Location: Any; fully remote

Payment: $35.00 per transcribed audio hour

Company

hirify.global offers project-based audio transcription work through its independent contractor community.

What you will do

• Listen to real audio recordings and produce precise, verbatim transcripts.
• Capture fillers, repetitions, stutters, trailing sentences, informal speech, and regional accents.
• Timestamp transcript segments with less than 500 ms deviation.
• Label speakers in conversations involving 2 to 8 participants.
• Annotate non-speech events such as laughter, background noise, and unintelligible audio.

Requirements

• Native-level Portuguese fluency, including familiarity with regional accents and informal speech.
• Strong listening comprehension and attention to detail.
• Ability to create verbatim transcriptions with 98%+ target accuracy.
• Reliable internet connection and access to a laptop or desktop computer; mobile devices are not supported.
• Availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Experience in transcription, annotation, or linguistics is advantageous; browser-based tool training is provided.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible remote, project-based work from anywhere.
• Independent contractor engagement through the hirify.global Community.
• Payment is based on the number of audio hours transcribed.
• Expected productivity is approximately 1 audio hour transcribed for every 5 hours worked.
• Minimum 10 hours per week can generate approximately $70 per week at the stated rate.

Hiring process

• Selected applicants receive an email to create and set up a hirify.global account.
• After completing the account setup, applicants proceed with the project application.