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