Gujarati Transcription Expert - Fully Remote | Up to $11/hr

mercor; India; Remote; INR 1,310,000 - 1,440,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a PDF Annotation & Transcription Expert for Gujarati, delivering precise, word-for-word transcription and meticulous region tagging for complex layouts.

This remote contract role requires native Gujarati fluency, high accuracy, and the ability to annotate, transcribe, and validate content across multi-column pages, including handwritten text.

Join Mercor and contribute to scalable AI data labeling from anywhere, with flexible hours and a focus on quality and consistency.

Qualifications

• Native fluency in Gujarati and script mastery.
• Experience in document annotation or transcription.
• High accuracy with character-level detail.
• Ability to handle complex layouts and handwritten content.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate Gujarati PDF pages for legibility and content.
• Annotate structure by bounding meaningful regions.
• Link regions to parent components to reflect document structure.
• Transcribe text exactly as Gujarati script, including handwritten items.
• Capture page metadata like language, document type, and handwriting flags.
• Review colleague work to ensure quality.

Skills

Gujarati language proficiency

Document annotation

Transcription accuracy

Localization basics

OCR correction familiarity

Job description

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Gujarati

Type: Contract

Compensation: $10–$11/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate and confirm the legibility and content of provided Gujarati PDF pages.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region, such as document titles, paragraphs, tables, and figures.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, ensuring accuracy in document structure.
• Transcribe all text exactly as it appears in Gujarati script, including handwritten content, and flag illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata, including language, document type, and flags for tables and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work to ensure quality and accuracy in annotations and transcriptions.

Qualifications Must-Have

• Native fluency in Gujarati , including full command of the script.
• Experience in document annotation, transcription, translation, or localization.
• High level of accuracy with character-level detail.
• Systematic approach to applying taxonomy across documents.
• Comfort with complex layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Preferred

• Experience with regional-language AI data annotation and bilingual evaluation.
• Skills in transcription, localization, and OCR correction.
• Background in document production, typesetting, or proofreading.
• Knowledge of Unicode normalization and Gujarati input methods.

Originally posted on Himalayas