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AI Smart Meter Acoustic Gas Leak Detector Annotator

Listen to audio recordings from utility smart meters to tag high-pitched gas hiss sounds versus ambient house noise.

Startup Cost: £0 Location: Remote/Home Difficulty: Easy Useful side income A few hours a week

Earning and time figures are our broad estimates, not guarantees — actual results depend on your area, your effort and demand.

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Utility firms pay you to listen to tiny audio clips of radiator pipes to train AI to detect gas leaks.

How it works

  1. 1Sign up to audio dataset labeling platforms working with utility companies.
  2. 2Listen to short sound clips and mark timestamps containing structural hiss or pipe vibration.
  3. 3Categorise background sounds such as water flow or appliance hums.

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