Odia Transcription Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $12/Hr

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Ibrido; GBP 11.000 - 16.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Mercor is seeking PDF annotation and transcription experts fluent in Odia to join a remote contract role. You will annotate, transcribe, and verify Odia documents with exact character-level accuracy for AI data projects.

Responsibilities include sourcing Odia PDFs, bounding regions, linking to figures/tables, recording metadata, and performing peer reviews with another Odia expert. Prior annotation or translation experience is preferred, and familiarity with OCR or MTPE is a plus.

Competenze

• Native Odia speaker with full command of the script.
• Experience in annotation, transcription, localization, subtitling, proofreading, journalism, or regional-language data review.
• Exact character-level accuracy.
• Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Mansioni

• Source Odia PDFs in assigned document types and record the source.
• Annotate structure: bound regions, component type, and reading-order index.
• Record relationships: link regions to their parent components (figures, tables).
• Transcribe faithfully: reproduce Odia text exactly, flag illegible areas.
• Capture page metadata and perform peer reviews with another Odia expert.

Conoscenze

Native Odia speaker

Character-level accuracy

Annotation/Transcription

Localization/QA

Attention to detail

Descrizione del lavoro

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 – Odia
Type: Contract
Compensation: $13/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Source documents: Find a publicly accessible Odia PDF in an assigned document type with multimodal elements. Record the source.
• Annotate structure: Identify and bound every meaningful region of the page. Assign each a component type and a reading-order index.
• Record relationships: Link each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
• Transcribe faithfully: Reproduce all text exactly as it appears in Odia script, including handwritten content. Flag any illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata: Document language, type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work: Conduct end-to-end reviews of tasks by a second Odia expert.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native Odia speaker with full command of the script.
• Experience in annotation, transcription, translation, localization, subtitling, proofreading, journalism, or regional-language data review.
• Exact character-level accuracy.
• Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Preferred

• Experience with regional-language AI data annotation, labeling, grading, or bilingual evaluation.
• Skills in transcription and localization: MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction, or post-editing.
• Document production skills: typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitization of Odia-language material.
• Knowledge of script and encoding: Unicode normalization, Odia input methods, numeral-form, and character-form accuracy.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [e-mail]