PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Odia | $12.68/hr Remote
Overview
Odia is one of the languages that document AI handles poorly, and this project builds training data to close that gap. Each task starts with a public PDF page, often something with handwriting, dense columns, or tables, and ends with a structured component map plus a word-for-word transcription in Odia script. Pages come from newspapers, exam papers, forms, brochures, menus, and other everyday sources, so the corpus reflects how Odia documents actually look. Annotators decide how regions are bounded, typed, and ordered, and a second Odia expert reviews every submitted page.
What You'll Do8
- 1Locate a publicly accessible Odia PDF in an assigned document category, make sure it includes at least one visual element like a table, image, diagram, or handwriting, and record the source URL.
- 2Identify and bound every meaningful component on the page, including headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, captions, formulas, questions, and answer fields.
- 3Assign a component type and a reading order index to each region so the structure matches how someone naturally reads the page.
- 4Link related regions to their parent figure or table using a component identifier.
- 5Transcribe all text exactly as it appears in Odia script, including handwritten content, and clearly flag any region that is illegible.
- 6Enter page metadata such as language, document type, source details, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
- 7Perform a full review of a colleague's completed task and catch any structural or transcription errors before it is accepted.
- 8Maintain consistent tagging decisions across a variety of page layouts so the dataset stays clean and comparable.
Requirements6
- 1Native fluency in Odia, with full command of the script, its diacritics, and conjunct forms.
- 2Prior hands-on work with documents, such as annotation, transcription, translation, localization, proofreading, subtitling, journalism, or regional-language data review.
- 3Strong attention to character-level accuracy, where missing a diacritic is treated as a real defect.
- 4Ability to follow the project's taxonomy and apply it consistently, not improvise new rules on every page.
- 5Comfort reading tricky layouts like multi-column newspapers, exam papers, tables, and handwritten forms.
- 6Based in India, the United States, Canada, or Western Europe for this remote role.
Who Should Apply
This role is for native Odia speakers who already do detail-heavy document work and can read handwritten and mixed-script material without hesitation. Annotators with experience in proofreading, transcription, OCR correction, or regional-language data will match the workflow closely. It is less suited for people who want generic translation or creative writing gigs, since the job is strictly about labeling and transcription accuracy. Candidates typically lose the role when they cannot handle diacritics and conjuncts correctly, skip parts of a page, or turn the work in without capturing source URLs. Reviewers also reject submissions that use transliteration instead of Odia script.
Salary Insight
The project pays $12.68 per hour, and this rate is set for work that demands native Odia reading and writing plus close attention to layout details. That kind of pay is common for niche-language annotation contracts where the wrong diacritic can destroy the value of a page. It is not a low-skill data entry rate; the language requirement alone usually puts it above general English annotation pay.
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Mention your direct experience with Odia text in a professional or project context, and give a concrete example of handling a difficult layout or handwritten source. If you have any past annotation, proofreading, or transcription samples, include a link. A short note about your ability to apply Unicode normalization or work with Odia input methods can also help your fit score.
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