Neevo Review: Is This AI Task Site Worth Your Time?
How does earning extra money by helping to train AI systems sound? On paper, it’s a decent idea. In reality, it’s a bit more hit and miss. In this Neevo review, I’ll explain exactly how it works, what the tasks involve, and how much you can realistically expect to earn based on my own experience.
Neevo review
Not a bad site for those looking to work from home and want a supplemental income. However, it doesn’t come without frustrations, with some tasks being far better than others. And it can become quite tedious.
Pros
- Great for working from home
- Potential to earn bonuses
Cons
- Tasks are quite repetitive
- Your work can be rejected
- It can take over a month to receive payment
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I make the majority of the extra money I earn through survey sites and fortunately, I quite enjoy it. Find the right sites and you can make a decent amount and they can be quite interesting. The downside is that you can’t guarantee your income. There are some great sites (take a look at my top 10), but they provide a limited number of surveys.
Of course, you could try some of the poorer paying survey sites, as they have a constant supply, but do you want to work for £2 per hour? That’s why I decided to look elsewhere for earning opportunities when I found myself twiddling my thumbs.
What is Neevo?
Neevo is a microtask site. You’ll be given small amounts of cash for every job you complete. You’re not contracted to work for Neevo, so you can work as much or as little as you like. The majority of jobs you receive have to do with transcription – you either write down what you hear from an audio recording or you check that somebody else has done it correctly.
Most of the time, we’re using our understanding of language to help AI systems develop.
Is it safe?
Neevo is operated by DefinedCrowd Corporation, an AI company with offices in Seattle, Lisbon, Tokyo, and Porto. They provide data for major companies such as Mastercard, Yahoo Japan, and BMW.
I have completed a number of tasks for them since 2018 and never had an issue with payment.
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How does Neevo work?
Joining Neevo is a fairly simple process. You will need to let them know the languages you speak and your fluency level. Then, you provide some basic details and an email address and you’re ready to roll. That is, if there are any jobs waiting. Sometimes, you have to wait for an email to let you know.
Once a task is available, you’ll see a title and how much it pays per validated task. It’s important to note that tasks are listed in US$ but you will be paid in GBP when the money comes through PayPal. In some cases, these tasks aren’t open to everyone and you’ll be sent a code in your email so you can access the work.
When you’ve clicked through, you’ll be given an overview of what the task involves and instructions on how to complete it. Some are quite short, whilst others can be lengthy.
If you think you understand the instructions, you must take a short test. This is usually 5-10 example tasks to check you have fully understood what’s expected. You can’t proceed until you have a good enough score. In my experience, this is normally 80%+.
What do the tasks involve?
The jobs on offer vary slightly, although they are all associated with the AI mentioned above.
The most basic tasks require you to listen to some phrases. You compare them to the text on the screen and mark them right or wrong.
For a bit more money, you may need to check that the text on the screen has been edited correctly. For example, you may be required to add something known as ‘tags’, which denote noise.
Using the Neevo app on your phone, some tasks will want you to read text out loud and record your voice. This will then be analysed in the same way as above.
The most money you can earn is over the phone. This involves you speaking to another participant and loosely following a script. Like the tasks involving the app, your chat is then analysed by other Neevo users. Although sometimes, you even analyse your own speech!
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Any downsides?
When it comes to the tasks, the answers can be fairly subjective. For example, if correcting speech, you may be required to add if you could hear background noise… but only if it’s significant. The issue is, your definition of significant will probably be different from mine.
Neevo uses several people to work on a task and then chooses the most popular result to denote the correct answer. That means you will be marked as wrong if you analyse a sentence correctly and another two users incorrectly.
There is no feedback on your work. Even during the test, you will be asked ten questions and you’re only told how many you’ve answered correctly. So you could spend a day completing tasks incorrectly.
Below, you can see how I spent an hour on a task, only to find out several weeks later that 157 of my 197 jobs were rejected!
And I’ve also wasted a lot of time. I’ve received emails to say there’s work available – only for me to login, read what’s required, complete the test… only to find there are no tasks available. What’s the point? That’s happened quite a few times.
Is there a refer a friend scheme?
In the past, Neevo has offered users the chance to refer friends in return for a £10 bonus. However, this isn’t currently running.
How much can you earn with Neevo?
It’s very difficult to quantify expected earnings with Neevo because the length of time each task can take changes so much. For example, in speech correction tasks, one batch I may be able to complete 10 -15 in a minute, whilst in another batch, I can do two. That’s not down to how fast I work, but how much a task needs correcting. It depends on the luck of the draw.
But from the jobs I’ve completed, I expect most people to earn around £8-£9 per hour.
And one more thing, the payment system is terrible. You will be paid your earnings through PayPal, but when you receive it seems to be completely random. I’ve had to wait over 40 days before and there’s no way to tell which payment is for which job. In fact, one job could be split into several tiny payments.
It makes keeping track of money owed to you almost impossible.
My Neevo review conclusion
Neevo is a mixed bag. Compared to many survey sites, the earning potential is better, but the uncertainty is stressful. You never really know how much of your work will be accepted or when you’ll be paid.
It’s worth trying if you want an extra option for earning money from home, but it’s not something I’d rely on. When I need quick, predictable cash, this is rarely my first choice.
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