Remote Malayalam Document Expert — Precise Annotation Focus

Mercor; Helsinki; Remote; EUR 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is building a specialized dataset for Malayalam documents. You will annotate structure, bound regions, and transcribe Malayalam text with exactness across complex, multi-column pages.

Candidates must be native Malayalam speakers with exceptional attention to detail and experience in document annotation or transcription. The project emphasizes accuracy, handling handwritten and diverse layouts, and collaboration with Malayalam experts for quality reviews.

Qualifications

• Native Malayalam speaker with full script knowledge.
• Character-level accuracy is essential.
• Experience with document annotation or transcription preferred.
• Ability to apply consistent taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with complex layouts including multi-column texts and handwriting.

Responsibilities

• Source Malayalam PDFs with multimodal elements for annotation.
• Identify and bound all meaningful regions and assign types and reading order.
• Record relationships between regions and their parent figures or tables.
• Transcribe Malayalam text exactly, noting illegible areas.
• Capture page metadata and participate in peer review.

Skills

Malayalam language proficiency

Attention to detail

Document annotation

Reading order understanding

Multi-column layout handling

Job description

Mercor is building a specialized dataset for Malayalam documents. You will annotate structure, bound regions, and transcribe Malayalam text with exactness across complex, multi-column pages.

Candidates must be native Malayalam speakers with exceptional attention to detail and experience in document annotation or transcription. The project emphasizes accuracy, handling handwritten and diverse layouts, and collaboration with Malayalam experts for quality reviews.