Gardenia Speech Collection_United States

We are currently looking for native English (United States) 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 English speech to improve voice assistant technologies.

Task description: For this project, we are looking for a wide variety of English (United States) 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: Be 18 years or older. Be born and live in the United States. Be native speaker of English (US) from any region in the United States.

Be able to use a mobile phone for this project. Be able to use a wired headset or the device microphone for recording phrases. Have access to a quiet indoor environment to do the recordings.

Pass initial accent screening. 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 the United States.

How long does it take? We estimate it will take approximately 30 minutes to complete this project. How much is the compensation?