[Hiring] Gujarati Transcription Expert @Mercor

Role Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The position is for PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Gujarati on a contract basis, with compensation of $13/hour, and is remote.

• Source documents by finding publicly accessible Gujarati PDFs with multimodal elements like images, tables, or handwriting.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding meaningful regions such as titles, headings, and figures, and assign component types and reading-order indices.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as figures or tables.
• Transcribe text faithfully in Gujarati script, including handwritten content, and flag illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata including language, document type, source, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work, ensuring tasks are reviewed end to end by a second Gujarati expert.

Qualifications

• Must-Have:
• Native Gujarati speaker with full command of the script.
• Experience in annotation, transcription, translation, or regional-language data review.
• High character-level accuracy.
• Systematic approach to applying taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.
• Preferred:
• Experience with regional-language AI data annotation, labeling, or bilingual evaluation.
• Skills in transcription and localization, such as MTPE, subtitling, or OCR correction.
• Document production experience in typesetting, copy-editing, or proofreading Gujarati-language material.
• Knowledge of script and encoding, including Unicode normalization.

Application Process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
• Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.