Recording Guidelines
Use this guide for screening clips (10-20s) and full submissions (10+ minutes) with clear rights and speaker consent.
Quick checklist
- Consent from all speakers
- Avoid personal identifiers
- Phone is fine; quiet room preferred
- 10-20s sample clips for initial review
Submission lengths
- Initial screening: 10-20s clips
- Production submission target: 10+ minutes per conversation
What to record
- Natural conversation
- Speak naturally in your local dialect to preserve dialect purity
- Two speakers is ideal
- 1–3 topics per session
Audio quality basics
- No music/TV in background
- Keep mic close
- Avoid wind noise
What happens next
- We review your samples and either approve your submission path or share feedback
- If approved, we confirm scope and pay model
- We share secure delivery instructions
Minimum rights and consent requirements
- You own the recordings or have explicit permission to share them
- All speakers gave informed consent
- No unresolved personal identifiers in audio/video/transcripts
- No scraped or unclear-rights material