PDF Annotation & Transcription Expert – Gujarati

Contract · Remote · India

Annual Compensation Equivalent: $26,374.40/year
Hourly Rate: $12.68/hour

Fluent Language Skills Required: Gujarati

About the Role

This remote contract role is for native Gujarati speakers who can accurately annotate and transcribe real-world PDF documents to support the development of document understanding and vision-language AI systems.

You will create detailed structural annotations and faithful Gujarati transcriptions from publicly available documents. The project focuses on document types and layouts that are challenging for AI systems, including handwriting, dense multi-column pages, tables, diagrams, examinations, newspapers, forms, flyers, manuals, menus, brochures, notices and worksheets.

All annotation and transcription work is completed manually. Accuracy, consistency and faithful representation of the source document are critical.

What You'll Do

Review assigned PDF pages before beginning work to confirm they are in Gujarati, legible, contain meaningful content and do not include personal information

Identify and bound every meaningful region on each page, including titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, formulas, questions and answer fields

Assign the appropriate component type and reading-order index to each annotated region

Record relationships between regions and the figures or tables they belong to using parent component identifiers

Transcribe all text exactly as it appears in the original Gujarati script,



including handwritten content

Flag text or regions that cannot be read reliably

Capture page-level metadata such as language, document type, source and page dimensions

Mark relevant document features such as tables, formulas and handwriting

Review completed work from other Gujarati annotators for accuracy and consistency

Requirements

Native-level Gujarati fluency with full command of Gujarati script and orthography

Solid understanding of Gujarati diacritics, conjunct forms and character variations

Experience working with documents through annotation, transcription, translation, localization, subtitling, proofreading, journalism or regional-language data review

Exceptional attention to character-level accuracy

Ability to apply a defined annotation taxonomy consistently across large volumes of documents

Comfort working with unfamiliar and complex layouts, including newspapers, examination papers, multi-column documents and handwritten forms

Ability to transcribe Gujarati directly in the original script rather than using transliteration

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in any of the following is helpful:

Regional-language AI data annotation, labeling,



grading or bilingual evaluation

MTPE, subtitling, bilingual quality assurance or OCR correction

Gujarati-language typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading or document digitization

Unicode normalization and Gujarati input methods

Gujarati numeral and character-form accuracy

Quality Expectations

Successful annotators consistently:

Capture every meaningful region on a page

Apply accurate boundaries and component types

Assign reading order according to how the page should actually be read, including across columns

Produce character-for-character Gujarati transcriptions

Maintain consistent annotation decisions across documents

Pass second-expert review with minimal corrections

Identify unsuitable or illegible pages before spending significant time annotating them

Compensation & Engagement

Hourly rate: $12.68/hour

Annual compensation equivalent: $26,374.40 based on 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Actual earnings depend on hours worked and available project work

Independent contractor engagement

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Projects may be extended, shortened or concluded early depending on project requirements and performance

Payment & Other Terms

Payments are made weekly through Stripe or Wise based on services rendered

The work does not require access to confidential or proprietary information belonging to an employer, client or institution

H-1B and STEM OPT candidates are not currently supported

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