Transcription Specialist

Two important notes for your consideration :
This will be an in-office position when our Covid Task Force has deemed it is safe to return to the site.

Please be currently located in the Redmond, Washington area. There is no relo for this role.

If you are able to meet the above requirements, we would love to hear from you! Please read on!

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Responsibilities

Want to use your language skills to help make better Microsoft products?

The Transcription Specialist is a key component in building the next generations of speech recognition by producing high quality transcriptions which train and improve Microsoft products and services. The Transcription Specialist will use native language skills and cultural knowledge to capture linguistic nuances with high fidelity. In this role you will be the foundation of the Microsoft teams responsible for driving machine learning and high AI technology; such as, AI assistance for people’s daily life, meeting captioning, and more. Join our team and use your background and expertise to continue delivering value to Microsoft.

The Transcription Specialist’s responsibilities include:
Using in house tools to transcribe and annotate data for various projects. A few examples may be providing transcription (text) for audio clips or annotating text to verify certain types of data.

Going through content (online and offline), extract information, provide needed information through tools with high accuracy and consistency.

Performing quality evaluation of transcription and annotation results produced by different sources.

Collaborate with team members on day-to-day problem solving and projects assigned by managers.

Qualifications

Strong Request for :
Native speaker or equivalent experience of Spanish, Mexico

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Mandarin Chinese (simplified Chinese), China

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Danish, Denmark

Additional language options:
Native speaker or equivalent experience of French, Canada

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Brazilian Portuguese, Brazil

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Arabic, Algeria

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Arabic, Saudi Arabia

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Spanish, Argentina

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Spanish, Colombia

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Spanish, United States

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Finnish, Finland

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Norwegian Bokmål, Norway

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Dutch, Netherlands

Native speaker or equivalent experience of Swedish, Sweden

These jobs require individuals to work at the office location. However, due to the global pandemic jobs may temporarily be located from home until the decision is made to open local offices and employees may safely return to work.

Basic Qualifications:
High School degree/GED or equivalent work experience

Knowledge of required language spelling, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, accents, intent

Native speaker of the target locale/language & lived in the native country within the last (5) five years or equivalent experience. See location and language requirements

Fluent in English – both written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

In depth knowledge of required language pitch, tones, rhythm, intent, etc.

Passionate individual with a flair for working in a highly dynamic workspace

Ability to have fun at work while bringing your authentic self

A great team member

Linguistics or computational linguistic background

Experience in language technology including speech

Proficient in multiple required languages

Great attention to detail

Good computer skills

Quick learner

Relevant certifications

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