Gardenia Speech Collection - France

We are currently looking for native French (France) speakers, to participate in our Gardenia Speech Collection project.

What is the project about?

The purpose of this project is to collect recordings of native French speech to improve voice assistant technologies.

Task Description:

For this project, we are looking for a wide variety of French (France) speakers with various regional accents. Participants will record short wake-up phrases and scripted utterances typically used when interacting with a voice assistant, following the guidelines provided.

Who is eligible?

To participate you should meet the following qualifying criteria:

1. Be 18 years or older.
2. Be born and live in France.
3. Be native speaker of French (France) from any region of France.
4. Be fluent in English as all project instructions will be in English.
5. Be able to use a mobile phone for this project.
6. Be able to use a wired headset or the device microphone for recording phrases.
7. Have access to a quiet indoor environment to do the recordings.

Note: During the application phase, you will need to record one sentence in French for regional accent identification.

For this project, we are looking for participants in specific demographic groups to help develop bias free technology that would represent everyone. To assess your accent, we will ask you to upload a short sample voice recording at the end of this application form.

Where is the project taking place?

This is a fully remote project. You can participate from anywhere within France.

How long does it take?

The estimated duration of the recording task is 30 minutes.

How much is the compensation?

You will receive $33 USD for your fully completed and accepted assets.

As payment method, we offer PayPal and Gift Card, according to your preference.

Please note that our Quality Assurance team will review all submissions to ensure they meet the project specific requirements. The project team will provide you with feedback once the Quality Check process is completed.

Questions or doubts?

If you have any doubts or questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at: DataForce.Sourcing@transperfect.com