PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Gujarati | $12.68/hr Remote
Overview
This role builds training data for document AI in Gujarati, one of the scripts parsing models stumble on. You find real PDF pages from sources such as newspapers, textbooks, exam papers, forms, and menus, then annotate every meaningful region, set reading order, and transcribe text verbatim in Gujarati script. Humans author every annotation, and the project does not use model-generated output. Every task gets a complete second review from another Gujarati expert, so sustained attention to detail matters more than raw speed. The position is remote and open only to contributors in India, the United States, Canada, or Western Europe.
What You'll Do8
- 1Locate a publicly accessible Gujarati PDF in an assigned document type, confirm it has at least one multimodal element such as a table, figure, diagram, or handwriting, and record the source.
- 2Identify every meaningful region on the page and draw bounds around components: title, section headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, captions, formulas, questions, answer fields, and similar items.
- 3Assign each bounded region a component type and a reading-order index that follows the page's actual reading sequence.
- 4For any region that is part of a figure or table, attach it to that parent component with a parent component identifier.
- 5Transcribe all text exactly as printed or handwritten in Gujarati script; mark any region that is not legible instead of attempting a guess.
- 6Record page metadata such as language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
- 7Review a colleague's completed task end to end, checking region boundaries, component types, reading order, and transcription accuracy.
- 8As you gain experience, serve as the second-expert reviewer for new annotations.
Requirements6
- 1Native fluency in Gujarati with full command of the Gujarati script, diacritics, and conjunct forms.
- 2Document-focused professional background in annotation, transcription, translation, localization, subtitling, proofreading, journalism, or regional-language data review.
- 3Consistent application of a shared component taxonomy across hundreds of pages, without improvising rules per document.
- 4Comfort with dense and unpredictable layouts, including multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms.
- 5Precision at character level; a single wrong diacritic is a defect you catch before submission.
- 6Bonus if you have prior work in regional-language AI data, MTPE, bilingual QA, OCR correction, typesetting, digitization, or Unicode normalization.
Who Should Apply
The person who thrives here treats Gujarati script as a craft and reads page structure with intention. If you are a native Gujarati speaker with professional document experience in transcription, proofreading, or localization, you will fit this role. This role is less suited for people who want high-volume speed or who prefer transliteration to writing in the original script. Candidates often lose the role on sample tasks that contain one diacritic error, or when they cannot explain how reading order should move across a multi-column spread. Another quick reject is submitting PDFs that look identical to existing corpus templates, because the project needs layout diversity.
Salary Insight
The pay is $12.68/hr. Accuracy is the primary review metric, and handling time comes second, so the project rewards deliberate work over throughput. At this rate, the role sits in the usual band for remote annotation tasks that require a specialist language like Gujarati.
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Attach a one-page sample that shows your annotation process on a real Gujarati PDF: component boxes, types, and reading order. Note any work you have done with Unicode normalization, Gujarati input methods, OCR correction, or handwritten text, since those exact specialties make your profile stand out.
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