AI & Digital

Acoustic Pattern & Emotional Vocal Labeller

Listen to short human voice clips and tag them with precise emotional markers to train customer AI.

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.

Why it's left-field

You are teaching a computer how to read between the lines of human speech and detect subtle mood swings or frustration.

How it works

  1. 1Put on headphones and click through 3-second audio snippets of anonymous customer voice messages.
  2. 2Listen for subtle mood swings or frustration.
  3. 3Select check-boxes that accurately describe the speaker's emotional state.

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