PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Telugu | $12.68/hr Remote
Listing checked October 16, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Neon seeks Telugu-fluent annotators to build training data for document AI in scripts that vision-language models handle worst. You will work from real, published PDF pages, mapping each page's structure and transcribing every text region in Telugu script. The corpus covers newspapers, textbooks, exams, flyers, forms, manuals, menus, brochures, notices, and worksheets, with a focus on handwriting, dense columns, tables, diagrams, and mixed-script layouts. All component identification, typing, reading-order assignment, and transcription come from human annotators. A second Telugu expert reviews every task from start to finish.
What You'll Do7
- 1Check each uploaded PDF page for Telugu content, legibility, real text, and the absence of personal details before annotation begins.
- 2Mark every meaningful region on the page, including document titles, section headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, formulas, questions, and answer fields.
- 3Assign each region a component type and a reading-order index from the project taxonomy.
- 4Link related regions to the figure or table they belong to through parent component identifiers.
- 5Transcribe all visible text in Telugu script to match the source, covering handwritten content and flagging any section you cannot read.
- 6Record page metadata such as language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
- 7Review another Telugu expert's completed task end to end, and take on second-review duties as your experience grows.
Requirements9
- 1Native Telugu fluency with full command of Telugu script, diacritics, and conjunct forms.
- 2Document work in annotation, transcription, translation, localization, subtitling, proofreading, journalism, or regional-language data review.
- 3Character-level precision, because one wrong diacritic counts as a defect.
- 4A systematic approach that applies the same taxonomy across hundreds of pages instead of changing methods per document.
- 5Comfort with unfamiliar layouts such as multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms.
- 6Experience with regional-language AI data: annotation, labeling, grading, or bilingual evaluation.
- 7Background in MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction, or post-editing.
- 8Familiarity with typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitization of Telugu material.
- 9Knowledge of Unicode normalization, Telugu input methods, numeral forms, and character forms.
Who Should Apply
Native Telugu speakers with document annotation, transcription, proofreading, localization, or regional-language data review experience. The role suits people who treat diacritics and conjunct forms with care, apply a page taxonomy across hundreds of PDFs, and can read multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms.
Salary Insight
The listing sets pay at $10.00 to $11.00 per hour. That band matches entry-level remote annotation and transcription work that calls for a specific Indic script, so prior document annotation or Telugu data review can support a case for the top of the range.
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Lead with proof of native Telugu script mastery: examples of PDF annotation, transcription, or OCR correction in Telugu, plus any Unicode normalization or Telugu input-method work. Name the document types you have handled, such as newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms, and state your character-level accuracy record. Those details map to the review and taxonomy requirements.
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