AI Data Collector

About the Role

• Participants in India are needed to capture Live Photos of real handwritten text using an eligible Apple device.
• The photos will be used to help improve AI systems.
• This is a paid, remote, freelance / flexible opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Take Live Photos of authentic handwritten text using the rear camera of your eligible Apple device.
• Examples of handwritten materials include:
• Notes and memos
• Shopping or to-do lists
• Letters
• Diaries or journals
• Greeting cards
• Recipes
• Tables and forms
• Flyers
• Other eligible materials
• Important Notes:
• All content must be real and naturally occurring (no AI-generated, synthetic, or staged content).
• Handwritten documents should not be created specifically for this project.
• You may include up to 5 items written by yourself, with a maximum of 20 submissions per participant in these categories.
• All personal information (faces, names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, etc.) must be removed or hidden before submission.

Payment

• Earn $1.25 USD per approved asset.
• Each participant can submit up to 20 assets per language, subject to project requirements.
• Payments are subject to quality approval.
• Payment cycle: within 10 days.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• To participate, you must:
• Be 18 years or older.
• Be located in India.
• Be able to read and understand one of the following languages: Bangla, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu.
• Own an eligible Apple device running iOS/iPadOS 16 or later.
• Use the rear camera to capture Live Photos.
• Submit photos with a minimum resolution of 7.9 megapixels.
• Be able to capture handwritten text from a variety of real-world locations (e.g., restaurants, stores, shops, workplaces, public environments) to ensure diverse and natural data.

Language Requirements

• The handwritten text should primarily be in your selected language.
• Small amounts of another language (up to approximately 20%) are acceptable when naturally present, but the target language must remain the primary language in the image.

Photo Quality Guidelines

• Provide a wide variety of:
• Different handwriting styles.
• Different pens, pencils, markers, ink colors, and line thicknesses.
• Different paper types (lined, plain, graph, textured, colored, aged, etc.).
• Different layouts, decorations, highlights, and doodles where appropriate.
• Different lighting conditions, backgrounds, and camera angles.

Eligible Devices

• iPhones:
• iPhone XR, XS, XS Max
• iPhone SE (2nd or 3rd generation)
• iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
• iPhone 12 mini, 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max
• iPhone 13 mini, 13, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max
• iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max
• iPhone 16, 16e, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max
• iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max
• iPads:
• iPad mini (5th or 6th generation)
• iPad Air (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th generation)
• iPad (8th, 9th, 10th generation, or iPad A16)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (1st–4th generation)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd–6th generation)
• iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)