African & Afrikaans-Accented English Experts

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

• 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.