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Atexto – Company Overview
Atexto is a site that helps create accurate speech recognition.
It is used by Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies and scientists to train programs in understanding voice commands. For example, have you ever wondered how Google’s Alexa is able to understand different voices, commands, and accents?
AI programs are not able to distinguish all words automatically, they have to be taught to do it correctly. This is where companies like Atexto come in.
What Remote Jobs are Available at Atexto?
As many people are now looking for extra work or flexible jobs it is good to find platforms where you can work both remotely and flexibly.
Atexto offers remote flexible online jobs in annotation, audio transcription, and voice recording.
The work revolves around helping AI software (used in home hubs you ask questions to) understand different voices and commands.
What specific jobs will you be doing at Atexto:
- Audio transcription – creating a written copy of a recorded file, these will be small audio fragments
- Editing transcription files – some jobs involve correcting mistakes in other transcription work
- Voice collection – helping to train speech-to-text systems by recording different commands
How do you work on the platform?
- Sign up to the site
- Choose a project to work on from the dashboard
- Follow the instructions – this is important as payment is dependent on accuracy
- Work towards improving your accuracy so you can access more projects
- Check the time available to complete tasks – you are given 30minutes to complete the jobs so make sure to stick within this time.
Do you need specialist software?
All jobs are done on the online platform making it easy for beginners to get started in transcription work.
No additional software is needed and you do not need to download any files onto your personal computer. This ensures data protection and safety of the information as well as meaning you do not need to overload your personal computer with downloads.
How are you paid?
Payments are made by PayPal on a weekly basis. This is handy for freelancers and makes it easy to sign up.
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Reasons to Work for Atexto?
- The opportunity is open to anyone regardless of experience making it a great entry level job role
- They offer fair pay and aim to help people make a steady income
- You choose your own hours and schedule – this is great for freelancers, students, parents and those doing extra work around another job
Is Atexto a Scam?
As with most remote companies, it is important to check the legitimacy of the platform.
Whilst Atexto appears to be a legitimate remote working opportunity with positive reviews there are some things to consider before starting work here.
Some people have complained about a lack of tasks (which any freelancer will be used to) there is also a questionable payment practice.
Negatives to consider before working at Atexto:
- Mistakes are either not paid or paid less – you only receive 100% of the payment if there are no mistakes in the final transcription (this is the first transcription site I’ve come across that docks pay in this way)
- You will not be paid at all if you check a file for errors and miss the errors
- Anyone who has done transcription knows how difficult audio files can be so mistakes are common – the payment docking seems like a way to reduce pay
- There seems to be a lack of work available
- Some reviews comment on the repetitive and boring nature of the role (which is common with transcription work)
Overall Review of Atexto
Despite issues with pay this appears to be a good entry-level remote working opportunity.
Due to the reported lack of tasks, this will be an extra income source rather than a full-time opportunity.
Whilst the site is legitimate the payment docking practice may not make this worthwhile in the long term. However, this will depend on your ability to follow the guidelines.
Overall, this site is worth checking out for some extra money but watch out for payment docking and make sure to calculate how much you are getting on average per hour for your work. If it becomes too low consider moving on to another work-from-home opportunity.
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