Hindi AI Sonic Audit Specialist (Remote)
Listing checked September 18, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Mercor seeks native or near-native Hindi speakers for a remote audit role on two Amazon Sonic collections. You will assess multilingual transcription and forced alignment output, not create annotations. Each task spans 5.00 audit hours, and every decision needs a short English rationale. A calibration phase runs before production work.
What You'll Do9
- 1Listen to human or agent recordings and judge whether a transcription matches what the speaker said.
- 2Apply the project's fixed error codes to each transcription error you find, tagging every relevant code.
- 3Issue a pass or fail verdict and write a brief rationale in English that explains the call.
- 4Review word-level audio segments produced by an alignment system.
- 5Verify start and end timestamps for each segment against the actual word boundaries.
- 6Confirm each reference transcription matches the spoken form in the audio.
- 7Correct machine errors by adjusting a boundary, splitting one segment, merging two, adding a missing segment, or deleting a segment with no word.
- 8Flag critical errors first so a failure reason is clear to anyone reading the audit.
- 9Complete calibration tasks before moving to production work.
Requirements9
- 1Native or near-native command of Hindi as spoken in India. Born or raised in a dominant region for that variety, or five or more years of residence there.
- 2Strong English reading and writing for rulebooks, error codes, and audit rationales.
- 3A record of applying written rubrics across hundreds of judgments.
- 4Prior transcription, subtitling, localization, linguistic annotation, or QA experience.
- 5Ability to distinguish similar sounds and identify word boundaries in continuous speech.
- 6Skill at separating true acoustic ambiguity from a clear annotator mistake.
- 7Helpful: AI data annotation or model evaluation work.
- 8Helpful: phonetics or linguistics background.
- 9Helpful: audio editing or waveform tool experience.
Who Should Apply
Native Hindi speakers from India who can read English rulebooks and write audit rationales will fit this role best. Candidates with transcription, subtitling, localization, or linguistic QA backgrounds tend to move through calibration with fewer issues. People who rely on instinct rather than a fixed rubric often score low, because the job asks for consistent error coding across hundreds of decisions. Applicants who miss sound distinctions or word boundaries in continuous speech may also struggle. The role is less suited to anyone seeking creative writing, high-volume output, or tasks without detailed English documentation.
Salary Insight
The posting lists $18.00 per hour. That rate fits an entry-to-mid level language audit contract, where pay often depends on prior transcription or annotation review experience. Tasks are set at 5.00 audit hours each, so total pay tracks the number of completed audits.
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Name the exact Hindi region or variety you speak and state your years of residence there. Then point to any transcription, subtitling, localization, annotation, or QA work where you applied a written rubric to hundreds of items, and note any English writing samples you can share.
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