PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Malayalam | $12.68/hr Remote
Listing checked October 16, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Neon builds training data for document-understanding models that handle Malayalam and other low-resource scripts poorly. You will work through real published PDF pages, from newspapers and exam papers to forms, menus and worksheets, and turn each one into a complete structural map paired with a faithful transcription in Malayalam script. People do all of the work here: region identification, component typing, reading order and transcription. Handwriting, dense multi-column layouts, tables and mixed-script pages make up much of the corpus, so expect careful editorial judgment rather than bulk labeling.
What You'll Do9
- 1Confirm each page meets the project bar before annotating: Malayalam text present, legible, real content, no personal details
- 2Bound every meaningful region on the page, covering titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, formulas, questions and answer fields
- 3Give each region a component type and a reading-order index
- 4Link regions to the figure or table they belong to through a parent component identifier
- 5Transcribe text exactly as it appears in Malayalam script, including handwritten passages
- 6Flag any region where the source text cannot be read
- 7Record page-level metadata such as language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas and handwriting
- 8Review another Malayalam expert's task from start to finish once you have the experience
- 9Raise unsuitable pages up front instead of after spending time on them
Requirements9
- 1Native-level Malayalam with full command of the script, its diacritics and its conjunct forms
- 2Prior document work in annotation, transcription, translation, localization, subtitling, proofreading, journalism or regional-language data review
- 3Character-level precision. A single wrong diacritic counts as a defect
- 4Consistency with a fixed taxonomy across hundreds of pages rather than improvising per document
- 5Comfort reading unfamiliar layouts: multi-column newspapers, exam papers, handwritten forms
- 6Nice to have: regional-language AI data work such as labeling, grading or bilingual evaluation
- 7Nice to have: MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction or post-editing experience
- 8Nice to have: typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading or digitization of Malayalam material
- 9Nice to have: Unicode normalization, Malayalam input methods, numeral-form and character-form accuracy
Who Should Apply
Malayalam speakers who treat diacritics as non-negotiable and have handled documents before, whether in transcription, localization, proofreading or regional-language data review. Fluency with multi-column newspapers, exam papers and handwritten forms matters here as much as speed.
Salary Insight
$10.00 to $11.00 per hour. That band sits at the entry to mid range for Indic-language document annotation and transcription on AI training datasets, and it reflects an accuracy-first brief rather than a per-page or per-task payout.
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Lead your application with the Malayalam script skills that map to the review criteria: conjunct forms, diacritics, Unicode normalization and the Malayalam input methods you use. Add one or two numbers from past document work, such as pages transcribed or tasks passed on first review, plus any second-reviewer or QA role you have held.
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