Technical Consultant at Freeme Digital

Role Overview

• We’re seeking a Technical Consultant with hands-on experience in speech dataset collection—ideally someone who has contributed to projects such as NaijaVoices, Mozilla Common Voice, or Lanfrica.
• The consultant will help us design, audit, and validate a small-scale voice recording pipeline for AI model development.

Key Responsibilities

• Audit studio setup to ensure AI-grade voice recording quality (microphone placement, acoustic control, and data format).
• Develop a concise SOP for voice recording and metadata tagging (accent, language, emotion, speaker ID, etc.).
• Train the in-house production and A&R team on data collection discipline and file management.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong background in speech-to-text (ASR) or text-to-speech (TTS) dataset collection.
• Prior experience working with African languages, dialects, or accents.
• Familiarity or active involvement in communities like NaijaVoices, Lanfrica, Masakhane, or Common Voice Africa.
• Based in Lagos or able to travel for the engagement.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Networks / Communities

• We encourage candidates from:
• AI / Data Science communities (keywords: “NaijaVoices,” “Lanfrica,” “speech data,” “ASR Nigeria”).
• Local AI groups such as Data Scientists Network (AI+), Zindi Africa, or Masakhane.
• University departments in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, or Speech Technology.