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

About the role

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.

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

Responsibilities

• Source documents by finding publicly accessible Telugu PDFs with multimodal elements. Record the source of each document.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region of the page. Assign each a component type and reading-order index.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
• Transcribe text faithfully in Telugu script, including handwritten content. Flag any illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work thoroughly. Experienced annotators take on end-to-end reviews.

Qualifications

• Native fluency in Telugu, including full command of the script.
• Experience with document annotation, transcription, or related fields.
• Attention to detail with 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 or bilingual evaluation.
• Skills in transcription, localization, and OCR correction.
• Knowledge of Unicode normalization and Telugu input methods.