Japanese Document Structure & Transcription Specialist

Your work at IXO

Create a human-checked structural and textual representation of Japanese PDF pages. The work covers difficult layouts, handwriting, mixed scripts, tables and diagrams, with exact transcription in the original script.

Responsibilities

• Inspect the supplied page for the correct language, legibility, meaningful content and absence of personal details; flag unsuitable material before annotation.
• Bound every meaningful region, including headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, captions, formulas, questions and answer fields.
• Assign component types and reading-order positions, including across columns.
• Link subordinate regions to the relevant parent figure or table.
• Transcribe every text region faithfully and flag unreadable passages instead of guessing.
• Record page dimensions, document type, source, language and flags for handwriting, formulas or tables.
• Review another contributor’s complete page when assigned; each task receives a second expert check.

Background and tools

Native Japanese and full command of kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana and variant forms, including vertical text and full-/half-width differences are required. Bring experience in transcription, translation, editing or AI data work, preferably including review. You must apply a taxonomy consistently and prioritize character-level accuracy over speed.

OCR correction, localization, typesetting, proofreading, digitization, Unicode normalization and language input methods are useful specialties. All structure and text work must be human-authored; parsing-model output is not a substitute.

Deliverables and pay

Deliverables are the complete region map, relationships, reading order, page metadata and script-faithful text. Pages are supplied for the task; contributors do not need to collect private documents. IXO will confirm the scope and schedule before work begins.

Pay is $38.58/hr in USD. Work is remote.