African & Afrikaans-Accented English Experts
Mercor
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Job Description
Role Overview
Mercor is hiring on behalf of a leading AI company for transcription specialists who can confidently work with African-accented English. You'll produce accurate, timestamped transcriptions of recorded conversations used to build and evaluate AI voice agents.
We are hiring for two accent groups in this one posting — apply once, and a quick question in the application will confirm which you fit:
African-accented English (e.g. Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghanaian, Tanzanian, South African)
Afrikaans-accented English — requires Afrikaans fluency
This is a short, remote, hourly engagement.
What You'll Do
Mercor is hiring on behalf of a leading AI company for transcription specialists who can confidently work with African-accented English. You'll produce accurate, timestamped transcriptions of recorded conversations used to build and evaluate AI voice agents.
We are hiring for two accent groups in this one posting — apply once, and a quick question in the application will confirm which you fit:
African-accented English (e.g. Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghanaian, Tanzanian, South African)
Afrikaans-accented English — requires Afrikaans fluency
This is a short, remote, hourly engagement.
What You'll Do
- Transcribe recorded English conversations spoken with an African or Afrikaans accent
- Create accurate timestamps against the audio
- Apply a consistent transcription convention across a batch of files
- Flag audio quality issues, unclear speech, and speaker-attribution problems
- Potentially help produce conversations for subsequent transcription
Requirements
- Prior transcription or transcription-QA experience (professional or freelance)
- Able to confidently understand and accurately transcribe the accents you apply for
- For the Afrikaans group: fluent in Afrikaans
- Strong attention to detail and consistency across a batch
- Reliable internet and the ability to work to a short deadline
- Available to start immediately
Nice to Have
- Experience with timestamping, captioning, or subtitling workflows
- Data annotation or AI-training data experience
Engagement Details
Remote, hourly
Approximately 20 hours of work, with the possibility of more
Duration: 1–2 weeks
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Contract and Payment Terms
- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.
About Mercor
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
Required Skills
Attention to DetailData Annotation
About the Company
Mercor
Software Development
51-250 Founded 2023
Mercor is a revolutionary AI-powered hiring platform that matches job seekers with jobs. Mercor is organizing human intelligence
to power the AI economy. We connect people with the leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human expertise essential to AI development.
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.
to power the AI economy. We connect people with the leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human expertise essential to AI development.
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.
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