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Odia Transcriber | AI Voice Data Project

Location
India
Work mode
Remote
Employment type
Full-time

About the job

About Arctic Engine: Arctic Engines is an enterprise-grade Al human data operations company specializing in high-quality training data, RLHF, and human feedback pipelines for frontier Al models. We are part of the Apna Group, one of India's fastest-growing unicorns, backed by marquee investors such as Lightspeed, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Peak XV, and others. With native access to Apna's 60M+ workforce, we deliver high-quality training data at unmatched scale and speed. Job Summary: We are looking for skilled Odia Transcribers to support a large-scale conversational voice data project for training AI speech models. You will transcribe natural, unscripted Odia conversations covering topics such as Finance, Travel, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and more. Selection Process

• 2–3 minute Odia transcription skill test • Evaluation & Shortlisting • NDA + Onboarding • Production Assignment Compensation Payment is based on approved transcription output, with rates shared during onboarding. High-performing contributors may be considered for ongoing projects and QA/Reviewer opportunities.

Requirements Key Responsibilities

• Accurately transcribe conversational audio verbatim in Odia script (ଓଡ଼ିଆ).

  • Accurately transcribe conversational audio verbatim in Odia script (ଓଡ଼ିଆ).
  • Preserve fillers, repetitions, stutters, false starts, and natural speech patterns.
  • Handle Odia-English/Hindi code-switching, regional accents, and colloquial speech.
  • Identify and tag unintelligible speech, overlapping speech, background noise, and other audio issues.
  • Follow project-specific transcription and formatting guidelines.
  • Maintain 97%+ transcription accuracy and meet assigned TATs.
  • Review and correct work based on QA/reviewer feedback.

• Native or near-native proficiency in Odia, with excellent reading and writing skills. • 1–3+ years of experience in transcription, subtitling, captioning, speech annotation, or similar work preferred. • Strong Odia typing skills; 40+ WPM preferred. • Excellent listening skills and attention to detail. • Comfortable working with natural, unscripted, multi-speaker conversations. • Experience handling multilingual/code-switched audio is an advantage. • Laptop/desktop, reliable internet, and good-quality headphones are required. • Selection Process Preferred Skills Odia Fluency | Verbatim Transcription | Odia Typing | Listening Skills | Attention to Detail | Audio Annotation | Code-Switching | Quality Focus | TAT Management Confidentiality: An NDA must be signed before accessing project audio and transcription materials.

From Apna's careers page (Workable), checked 28 Oct 2026.

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Posted 23 Sept 2026 · checked 28 Oct 2026 · Report this job

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