Speed of Sound, Inc.

07/21/2013

Yes, This is legit! Speed of Sound is responsible for helping such devices as Sync and Kinect. This will be for something as exciting. We have been doing this stuff for over 12 years now so if you have any doubts CHECK US OUT!!!

We just need people from Boston Area to come to our recording locations and help us for a couple hours. We don't need any personal info, and it's super fun.

Check out our website at www.speedofsound.biz, or email us at officerecording@speedofsound.biz. We begin scheduling as soon as next week so sign up now. Also, please let us know you were here. Just say hi!

Speed of Sound, Inc. (SoS) provides labor intensive speech services such as speech data collections and speech transcriptions for the computer speech industry. Since 2001 companies and researchers have trusted us to collect thousands of hours of speech in environments ranging from automobiles (even…

07/19/2013

If you are here for the "Boston Smartphone Study" or the "Boston Linguistic Study" that you saw from an facebook ad or you heard about from a friend please contact us via email at officerecording@speedofsound.biz with the subject. "Boston Facebook Friend." Make sure to leave a contact number and we will call you back with info and even try to schedule you...The study takes about is about 2 hours but it actually super fun and pays 75$ cash! You only need to be Native English speaker ages 18-65 and even though it is a Smartphone study you don't even need to own one. We aren't testing you on your Smartphone knowledge :) We just want input from the general public about helping the phones work better. OH YEAH, and don't forget to share this with your friends who you think may be interested!!!

For any of you new to SoS, we are as legit as they come! We've been doing data collections since 2001 and have done work for or with working with Microsoft, Apple, Toshiba and many other top companies. We doing exactly what we say we are which is a study to help improve Smartphones. If you have any questions you can visit our website at www.speedofsound.biz also call us at 720-204-2027 we need people now (July 20th) and need lots of people so don't be shy! Also if you read this please like it so we are able to see if our ads are working , thanks!

07/19/2013

Excited to be going to Boston. Anyone who is from Boston who wants to help out for a Smartphone study and make 75 bucks for about 2 hours of their time should let us know. First give us a comment and say hi then contact us at officerecording@speedofsound.biz so we can schedule you. or call us us at 720-204-2027.

03/12/2013

New Collection for those of you in Boulder! We are looking for US English Speakers ages 18-80. This collection requires two people. One person will play the part of a customer service rep at a call center and the other person plays the part of an angry customer calling in to complain. We will team you up with someone or you can let us know if you have a friend you want to doit with. You get to let them really have it! There is no dialectal breakdown so all people are welcome. If you are interested email us at officerecording@speedofsound.biz The project should take about 50-60 minutes and pays $40 cash. You should only contact us if you feel you have good improvisational skills. We are only doing this collection Wed, Thursday and Friday of this week. (March 12,13,14) Thanks.

12/11/2012

Finished The Latest French Canadian Study in Montreal! Merci et Bonnes Fetes ! If you are from Montreal and didn't get in this study, please sign up on our website and we will invite you to the next study.

12/09/2012

New Project in Miami! We are thinking of calling this one Project King James :) This will start in January. The new project will take about an hour and we will pay $70 dollars. If you are a native speaker of Cuban, Puerto Rican, or any other Spanish Speaker in the Miami area please contact us at spanish@speedofsound.biz.

11/25/2012

First and Foremost if you have not signed to be a participant go to http://www.speedofsound.biz/participant_signup.html.
That is how we contact you for new projects. Projects pay from $35-200 dollars and range from about 45 minutes to a few hours. We collect speech and text data to teach computers to recognize these interactions. We primarily record in Boulder but we also do national collections via phone so anyone in the U.S. and Canadian can sign up!

Contact Speed of Sound, Inc.

11/23/2012

We have a new project called Sapphire that we are going to perform in Boulder and Montreal. We need males and females ages 18-80 US ENGLISH, French Canadian, and US Spanish speakers. It takes roughly an hour and will pay $60 dollars. Starts November 30th- December 14th. If you are interested please contact us ASAP at project2@speedofsound.biz or call 720-204-2027

11/23/2012

New Project: Lunar
US Native English-speaking Male speakers (sorry ladies) between 25-45 years old.

This project is for one 60-90 minute session. What makes this project unique is that you will need to come in with a friend. Your friend m
ust also be a Male, Native US English speaker, between the ages of 20-50. You will be asked to have a conversation with your friend. The conversion will take place on various devices such as Ipods and Androids, etc. (SoS will supply the devices.) We will not ask you to talk about anything personal.

Compensation is $60 dollars cash. To be clear you will receive $60 and your friend will also receive $60 cash.

We are scheduling appointments 7 days a week

Email us at officerecording@speedofsound.biz or call us at 720-204-2027

11/15/2012