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Yoyo Average Pace
Reviews: 68
Points: 1,898
Ratings: 185
Transcribe the words shown in an image - $0.05

Underpaid

Unrated

Approved

$2.77 / hour

00:01:05 / completion time

Pros

Sometimes they're not difficult to do. For example, if the image isn't a data plate at all, you can simply mark it as not being a data plate and make an easy 5 cents.

Cons

Only pays 5 cents apiece.

6 minute(!) timer for every HIT, regardless of complexity.

A lot of writing required for some of them. Some serial and model numbers you have to transcribe can be extremely long. For example, over 40 digits long apiece, for a total of 80 digits transcribed (not even counting the manufacture info)... Again, for 5 cents.

Some images are unable to be read in the thumbnail provided, meaning they have to be opened in a new tab, where they are often extremely large, which means you'll be switching back and forth from that tab to the HIT to try and transcribe it within the time limit.

You can't type in the name of the manufacterer manually, but instead of to select it from a drop down list, which is very time consuming. The list is also poorly set up, as it goes ABC-ect-ABC, meaning that if you go through of the (let's say) letter J, you won't have seen every manufacturer that starts with that letter, because there are 2 separate lists of manufacturers that start with J, divided by another 26 groups of letters in between. And don't bother using your arrow keys to try to traverse faster, because they cause you to jump all over the place in the list if you use them. Your best bet is to try and press the key on your keyboard of the first letter of the brand you want, and hope you don't skip it accidentally while trying to go through them all looking for the one you need. That's assuming it's even on there, which often times it's not, in which case you have to choose "Other manufacturer", after having wasted all that time verifying if they even had the one you need listed or not.

Often unclear as to what constitutes as a data plate, and what is or isn't considered legible. For example, I had one of my submissions rejected for the following reason:

"Sorry, your HIT was rejected due to the following errors: - You labeled this image as "legible" while the correct answer is that it is "not legible"

On these data plates, you fill in the information of the manufacturer, the serial number, and the model number that's listed on them, and mark them as missing if they're not there or can't be read. Seems clear enough. However, this was one I submitted, the plate had bits of the serial number and model number torn off, making them unreadable. The manufacturer's logo was still visible (it was Train, if you're wondering), so I filled I selected that the image was a data plate, it was legible (which 95% of it was), filled out the manufacturer info, and selected missing for the model and serial numbers.

And then the HIT came back as rejected for being ineligible. Which begs the question, if MTURK Prod feels it was not legible, and knew it was not legible, why submit it to Workers to work on in the first place? It's even stranger, because I've in the past submitted OTHER data plate HITs for them where only the manufacturer info was visible, and they were paid no problem.

Advice to Requester

Biggest thing is these HITs need to higher paying, and they need to have a longer timer. 6 minutes is just enough time often to submit the HIT by the skin of your teeth, considering how complex some of them can be.

I also think it needs to be clearer what exactly constitutes as legible or not, since that's clearly an issue of contention.
Dec 9, 2021 | 4 workers found this helpful.

bugeekman Proficient Worker
Reviews: 28,223
Points: 17,545
Ratings: 1,047
Transcribe a short video - $0.12

Unrated

Unrated

Rejected (Unfair)

$21.60 / hour

00:00:20 / completion time
  • HIT Rejected

Pros

Cons

Rejected for no audio despite there being audio.

That's just not true. I am quite sure this particular 12 second video had absolutely NO audio. The audio slider was greyed out. These guys probably auto reject if you mark videos as no audio.

4th rejection from these guys. 2 from marking no audio including this one. 2 from "too many transcription errors"

Have done about 300-400 HITs for these guys. Learned to not submit one with no audio or audible speech just now. About half of their HITs are not worth it. Noisy background, mumbling people, masked mumbling people, heavy accents.

This one requester makes up half of my total rejections. I'd only do their stuff if the HIT itself seems okay and there's nothing else in queue
Sep 4, 2021 | 4 workers found this helpful.

Niets New Reviewer
Reviews: 2
Points: 12
Ratings: 4
Transcribe the words shown in an image - $0.05

Underpaid

Unrated

Rejected (Some)

$4.50 / hour

00:00:40 / completion time
  • HIT Rejected

Pros

When it is a legible plate, you only need to fill in 2 our of the 3 fields, making it a really fast job.

Cons

There are pictures that you just don't know what to do, and you'll probably get a rejection if done wrong.
The instructions don't contemplate all the scenarios.
There are cases where 0 and O are really similar and if you make a typo = rejected.
Jun 28, 2021 | 4 workers found this helpful.

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Wage Aggregate Tracking

This is fairly straightforward: we take the completion time & the reward amount (where available) and calculate the average hourly rate for the task. We then apply that number to a simple range based on US minimum wage standards to color-code the data for easy to digest numerical data.

Color Pay Range (Hourly) Explanation
RED < $7.25 / hr Hourly averages below US Federal minimum wage
ORANGE $7.25 - $10.00 / hr Hourly averages between Federal & highest statewide (CA) minimum wages.
GREEN > $10.00 / hr Hourly averages above all US minimum wage standards

Reward Sentiment

Not all HITs are created equal. Sometimes an hourly wage doesn't convey the full story of a HIT's true worth, so we encourage workers to give their opinion on the overall pay of the task. Was it $8/hr to rate pictures of puppies? A worker could justifiably bump up the rating a bit for something so adorable. 10 hours locked in Inquisit? Even for $10/hr many workers would appreciate the heads up on such a task. The Pay Sentiment rating helps connect workers beyond the hard data.

Icon Rating Suggested Guidelines
Underpaid 1 / 5
  • Very low or no pay
  • Frustrating work experience
  • Inadequate instructions
Low 2 / 5
  • Below US min-wage ($7.25/hr)
  • No redeeming qualities to make up for pay
Fair 3 / 5
  • Minimum wages for task (consider SE taxes!)
  • Work experience offers nothing to tip the scales in a positive or negative direction
Good 4 / 5
  • Pay is above minimum wage, or compensates better than average for the level of effort required.
  • The overall work experience makes up for borderline wages
Generous 5 / 5
  • Pay is exceptional.
  • Interesting, engaging work or work environment
  • Concise instructions, well designed HIT.

Communication Ratings

Communication is an underrated aspect of mTurk. Clear, concise directions. A fast response to a clarification question or a resolution to a workflow suggestion can all be valuable aspects of interaction between Requesters & Workers and its worth keeping track of. Plus everyone enjoys the peace of mind knowing that if something does go wrong there will be an actual human getting back to you to solve the issue.

Icon Rating Suggested Guidelines
Unacceptable 1 / 5
  • No response at all
  • Rude response without a resolution
Poor 2 / 5
  • Responsive, but unhelpful
  • Required IRB or extra intervention
Acceptable 3 / 5
  • Responded in a reasonable timeframe
  • Resolves issues to a minimum level of satisfaction.
Good 4 / 5
  • Prompt Response
  • Positive resolution
Excellent 5 / 5
  • Prompt response time
  • Friendly & Professional
  • Helpful / Solved Issues
  • Interacts within the community

Approval Time Tracking

This rating is strictly for approval times. Let's face it, no one wants to mix approval time ratings with how fast a Requester rejects a HIT, so we've saved rejection flags for another category. This provides a more straightforward way to know about how long your HIT might sit pending before paying out. The default auto-approval for most MTurk tasks is 3 days, the maximum is 30 days. We've tried to base our ratings around those data-points.

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Very Slow 1 / 5 Over 2 weeks
Slow 2 / 5 ~1 - 2 Weeks
Average 3 / 5 ~3 - 7 Days
Fast 4 / 5 ~1 - 3 Days
Very Fast 5 / 5 ~24 hours or less

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