Gujarati Transcription Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $12/hr

mercor; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 13,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a remote PDF annotation and transcription expert for Gujarati content. You will locate Gujarati PDFs with multimodal elements, annotate structure, and transcribe text accurately in Gujarati script, including handwritten content.

The role requires native Gujarati proficiency, experience in annotation/translation, and precise taxonomy application across pages. Collaboration with a Gujarati expert will ensure review of completed work.

Qualifications

• Native Gujarati speaker with full command of the script.
• Experience in annotation, transcription, translation, or regional-language data review.
• High character-level accuracy and systematic taxonomy application.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Responsibilities

• Source documents by finding Gujarati PDFs with multimodal elements.
• Annotate structure by bounding regions and assigning component types and reading-order indices.
• Record relationships by linking regions to parent components such as figures or tables.
• Transcribe text faithfully in Gujarati script, including handwriting; flag illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata including language, document type, source, and flags for tables/handwriting.
• Review colleague work to ensure end-to-end quality.

Skills

Gujarati language

Annotation/transcription

Translation

Regional-language data review

Tools

OCR

Unicode normalization

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

Contract type: Contract

Compensation: $13/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• 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.