[Paid Opportunity] Looking for native Afrikaans speakers (SA & Namibia) to help train voice AI 🗣️

[u/Konban__wa]

Hi everyone,

I’m reaching out from Afriklang. We're currently putting together a large-scale speech collection project to train AI models to actually understand natural, conversational Afrikaans.

Instead of generating synthetic audio or making people read robotic scripts, we are looking for real, native human speech to ensure the language is represented accurately in future tech.

What we’re looking for:

• Native Afrikaans speakers from South Africa or Namibia.
• Natural conversations: We need authentic, two-speaker (or multi-speaker) conversations, not stiffly read text.
• Consent & Rights: Because this is for commercial AI training, you will need to provide documented consent for your audio to be used.

How it works: This is a paid opportunity. We operate on a fair-trade, compensated sourcing model, meaning you will be paid per approved hour of recorded speech.

If you want to earn some extra money and help ensure Afrikaans is captured authentically in AI, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 You can read the full details and apply here:https://afriklang.com/contribute/apply📧 Or drop us an email at: [contact@afriklang.com](mailto:contact@afriklang.com)

Happy to answer any questions you might have in the comments!

[u/natsumi_kins]

Can I teach the AI om ma se p**s te vloek?

[u/FlashyLocation6930]

im interested, does having an accent matter? I clicked on the link and it said applications on paused

[u/redcomet29 → u/FlashyLocation6930]

It's usually a good thing to have a range of accents for these things as long as the speaker is a first language or native speaker I'm guessing.

[u/VenomRose2301]

I am interested

[u/KL04K]

I am interested.

[u/Anamibianexplorer]

Im open to this but it seems closed?