Contact person: Business Client

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Location: Cessnock, Australia

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"We are seeking freelancers for a real-world conversational speech data collection project in French (Canada). Participants must be native speakers of French (Canada) and able to work in-person with a partner in the same room, and the pay rate is $36 USD. This project involves capturing natural two-party conversations across Healthcare, Call Center, and Meeting domains to support advanced language research.

Key Requirements:
- Native speaker of French (Canada) (fr-CA)
- Must record with a partner in the same room using one device
- Conversations must be natural, unscripted, and free of long pauses or overlapping speech
- Must be able to speak clearly, including domain-specific terms (medical or professional jargon)
- Participants must be adults (18+)
- Participants will choose preferred conversation length and type when completing the online form (Short 5–7 min, Medium 20–23 min, Long 40–45 min)
- Initial pilot includes three samples from three locales; these will be reviewed within the week. If approved, the project will expand to additional locales, with separate job postings per locale

Technical Details:
- File format: .flac or .wav
- Sample rate: 16 kHz (Healthcare & Meetings), 8 kHz (Call Center)
- Audio channel: Stereo (Speaker 1 left, Speaker 2 right)
- Conversation length: Short 5–7 min, Medium 20–23 min, Long 40–45 min
- Participants must submit metadata for each recording: locale, number of speakers, gender, domain, type of conversation

Environment: Quiet room with minimal background noise; natural sounds allowed but no disruptive noises

Domains:
- Healthcare: Doctor-patient, therapist-patient, dentist-patient, in-person or telemedicine
- Call Center: Sales, marketing, financial services, insurance, healthcare, hospitality, government
- Meetings: Employee-employee, sales, teacher-student, virtual or in-person

Additional Information:
- AI-generated voices are strictly prohibited
- All recordings must be human-made and authentic
- File requirements per domain and length (e.g., Healthcare Long = 8 files, Medium = 32 files, Short = 45)
- Each couple will choose length/type when filling out the online form; immediate selection is not required, but participants must be aware of the options

Rejection Criteria:
Recordings may be rejected if they:
- Do not meet the required audio format or sampling rate
- Are recorded remotely or with separate devices
- Are scripted, robotic, or unnatural
- Contain excessive background noise or distortion
- Misrepresent speaker accents or dialects

Disclaimer: Participants must meet all technical and linguistic requirements. Failure to meet these standards or using AI-generated voices will result in removal from the project." (client-provided description)