Toptal: Recorder - Videos for Data Collection Project, AI training

About the role

Headquarters: About the Client Our client is involved in an innovative data-collection project, which focuses on creating video datasets for training AI models. These AI models are designed to learn from first-person (POV) video footage. The captured videos depict real people involved in hands-on tasks with a mounted phone on their head or chest, paired with spoken narration. The purpose is to enable the model to connect visual inputs (objects, hands, actions) with audio descriptions. About the Role The Recorder role requires individuals who can master a specific hands-on activity from a selec

Requirements

• Narration: Provide live narration if fluent in English or ambient audio for post-recording narration.
• Format: Deliver videos in MP4 format with accompanying JSON metadata.
• Quality: Maintain narration density at 25 words per minute; ensure 90%+ of speech describes the setting or task steps.
• Mastery of at least one specific sub-area activity from the provided list below (more applications and what need to be recorded for each skill sub-area will be provided in detail prior to the work).
• Home & Daily Tasks: cleaning; laundry (sorting, folding); organizing a closet; house tours; pet care; packing luggage; loading appliances / dishwashing
• Repairs & DIY: home repair; gardening / farming; furniture assembly; woodworking; plumbing; electrical work; bicycle maintenance; soldering electronics
• Textile & Craft Arts: sewing; knitting; crocheting; using a loom; leathercrafting; bookbinding; crafting jewelry; pottery / ceramics
• Professional Trades & Industrial: automotive repair / maintenance; warehousing / logistics; construction / woodworking; laboratory work; operating heavy machinery controls; assembly-line packaging