We’re looking for testers, who play through our interactive stories on Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Samsung Bixby, and provide a review / feedback for us.

 Your tasks

• Is the Voice application working correctly?
• How fast are audio files delivered (latency)?
• Are there any bugs, problems, like Alexa turns off or does not recognize your utterances?
• Can you provoke any errors by giving unexpected answers?

Payment & Conditions

• Please provide information on your salary (hourly basis).
• You need to be able to provide an invoice. We’re not hiring (yet).
• At the moment we have 4 stories with a total of 4-5 h of audio ready to be playtested.
• We’re looking for a long term engagement.

How to apply 

Your name *

First

Last

E-Mail *

Where you from? *

US, UK, CAN, AUS, NZ

Tell us your favourite genres *

• Kids
• Fantasy
• Science-Fiction
• Romance
• Crime
• History
• Horror
• other (tell in comments)

Which virtual assistants do you use? *

• Amazon Alexa
• Amazon Alexa (app)
• Google Assistant
• Samsung Bixby
• none

Which Amazon Alexa Skill store do you use? *

• US
• UK
• CAN
• AUS
• NZ
• other

How many hours per week could you spend on testing?

Comment or message

Privacy Policy *

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We’re looking for native speaking English voice actors to record our interactive stories for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Samsung Bixby.

To give us an impression of your talent, please do the following:

1. Download the following two files, which are a story excerpt with recording guidelines and an Alexa audio file example

https://ear-reality.com/wp-content/uploads/story_excerpt.pdf

https://ear-reality.com/wp-content/uploads/alexa.mp3 

Note:
This sound file is in German, but it’s just for you as a reference, so you can provide your demo sample with volume level we need.

2. Record the story excerpt following the guidelines and upload it to WeTransfer.com.

3. Fill out the application form, including the WeTransfer-Link and send it to us.

We will check your recording and get back to you.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Your Name *

First

Last

E-Mail *

Are you a native English speaker? *YesNo

Where you from? *

US, UK, CAN, AUS, NZ

Can you provide general American accent? *YesNo

Your age *

Your gender *malefemaledivers

Costs per 60 minutes of recorded audio material *

We pay per minute of audio material.
Example: rate for 60 minutes is 150$.
1) Story has 30 minutes, we would pay 75$
2) Story has 90 minutes, we would pay 225$

Can you provide sound effects and music? *

• sound effects
• music
• both
• none

URL for demo audio *

Please provide a WeTransfer link

Comment or message

Privacy Policy *

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I have read and agree to the privacy policy. You can withdrawl your agreement any time at the following adress: mahnke@mahnketing.de. You will find more information in our Privacy Policy

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We’re looking for native American English speaking translators for translating our interactive stories from German -> English.

To apply, do the following:

1. Download this file, choose one paragraph and translate it to English.

2. Fill out the form below and provide the sample translation in the text field.

Your name *

First

Last

E-Mail *

Your age *

Gender *malefemaledivers

Tell us your favourite genres *

• Kids
• Fantasy
• Science-Fiction
• Romance
• Crime
• History
• Horror
• other (tell in comments)

Have you already translated German fiction for English Publishers? (if so, please provide links in the comment section) *YesNo

Cost per standard page (~250 words) *

How long do you need to translate 20 pages? *

(How many days from offer to delivery)

Sample translation of one of the provided examples

You can put the sample here or you might also use WeTransfer or Dropbox to send a Word-Document. Just put the download-URL here then.

Comment or message

Privacy Policy *

• Privacy Policy

I have read and agree to the privacy policy. You can withdrawl your agreement any time at the following adress: mahnke@mahnketing.de. You will find more information in our Privacy Policy

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