97%+ labeling accuracy · Scale to millions

Data Labeling Services

Your AI projects are stalled because you need thousands of images, text documents, or audio files labeled accurately - and your engineering team has better things to do. Acelerar’s trained labeling teams deliver production-ready datasets at scale with 97%+ accuracy and built-in quality controls.

Data labeling workspace showing image classification labels, text entity tags, and audio segment markers across multiple data types
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What are data labeling services?

Data labeling is the foundational step in building supervised machine learning models. It involves assigning meaningful tags, categories, or annotations to raw data so algorithms can learn to recognize patterns. Image labeling assigns class labels to images or regions within images. Text labeling tags entities, sentiments, intents, or categories in documents. Audio labeling marks speech segments, speaker identities, and sound events. Without accurately labeled data, even the most sophisticated ML architecture cannot learn. The challenge is producing consistent, high-quality labels at the scale modern models require - often hundreds of thousands or millions of labeled examples.

The data management outsourcing market

Data management outsourcing is growing as businesses deal with increasing data volumes.

$245B+
India IT-BPM industry revenue
NASSCOM, 2024
5.8M+
IT professionals in India
NASSCOM, 2024
15-30%
Average cost savings from outsourcing
IAOP, 2023

Every labeling type your ML pipeline demands

Image & visual data labeling

Image classification, object detection labels, scene categorization, facial attribute tagging, medical image labeling, and satellite imagery classification. We label datasets for computer vision models across industries: retail (product recognition), automotive (road scene labeling), healthcare (radiology image classification), agriculture (crop disease identification), and manufacturing (defect detection). Every label follows your taxonomy with documented decision rules for edge cases.

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Image labeling interface showing product images being classified with category labels and confidence indicators

Text & document labeling

Sentiment classification, topic categorization, intent labeling for chatbots, content moderation labels, document type classification, and email routing labels. Our text labeling teams handle the nuance that automated pre-labeling misses: sarcasm in sentiment analysis, context-dependent intents, and domain-specific terminology that generic models misclassify. We label in 15+ languages for multilingual model training.

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Text labeling dashboard showing customer support tickets classified by intent, sentiment, and priority with label distribution charts

Audio, video & multi-modal labeling

Speaker identification, speech-to-text labeling, music genre classification, sound event detection, video scene labeling, and activity recognition. For multi-modal datasets that combine image, text, and audio, we provide synchronized labels across modalities. Our audio labelers are trained on acoustic protocols and handle noisy environments, overlapping speakers, and varied accents that degrade automated transcription quality.

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Audio labeling interface showing waveform with speaker identification segments and transcription labels at timestamp level

The real cost of in-house data labeling

A full-time data labeler in the US costs $38,000 to $48,000/year with benefits. With Acelerar, you get dedicated labeling teams that scale with your training data needs.

In-House Data Labeler (US)

$42K/yr

per year / per person

Salary · Benefits · Labeling platform · QA overhead

Acelerar Data Labeling

$13K/yr

per year / per person

Protocol-trained · Consensus QA · Scales to millions

Why ML teams outsource labeling to Acelerar

97%+ Labeling Accuracy

Every labeled dataset goes through consensus review: multiple labelers independently label the same samples, disagreements are resolved by senior reviewers, and accuracy is measured against gold-standard datasets.

Dedicated, Trained Teams

No generic crowdsourcing. Your project gets dedicated labelers trained on your specific taxonomy, guidelines, and domain. The same team works your project from start to finish for consistency.

Scale from Thousands to Millions

Start with a 5,000-sample pilot and scale to millions of labels. Our team capacity grows with your project - we ramp up additional trained labelers within one week without sacrificing quality.

70% Lower Cost Than US Teams

US-based labeling services charge $28-$45/hour per labeler. Acelerar delivers equivalent quality at 70% less, letting you label more data within the same budget and iterate on model training faster.

Tool Agnostic

Labelbox, Label Studio, CVAT, Prodigy, V7, Supervisely, or your custom platform - we work in whatever labeling tool your pipeline uses. No tool migration or integration overhead.

Structured Quality Reporting

Every delivery includes labeling accuracy metrics, inter-labeler agreement scores, edge case documentation, and label distribution analysis. You see exactly how your training data was produced.

From raw data to labeled training sets in 5 steps

1

Scope

We review your labeling guidelines, taxonomy, data volume, and quality requirements. Unclear guidelines are clarified before any labeling begins.

2

Pilot

Labelers complete a pilot batch (200-500 samples). You evaluate quality, we incorporate feedback, and guidelines are refined until output meets your standard.

3

Label

Dedicated labelers process your full dataset following calibrated guidelines. Daily throughput and quality metrics are tracked and reported.

4

Review

Consensus review: overlapping labels compared, disagreements resolved by senior reviewers, accuracy measured against gold-standard samples.

5

Deliver

Labeled data exported in your required format with quality report: accuracy scores, label distribution, inter-labeler agreement, and edge case documentation.

ML models waiting on training data?

Send us your labeling guidelines and 500 sample data points. We’ll return a labeled pilot batch within one week so you can evaluate quality before committing.

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We work with your data platforms

Our teams are trained on the platforms you already use.

What our data management clients say

The Acelerar team is a self-sustaining machine. They’ve become an extension of our own team.

We needed reliable, fast data entry at scale. Acelerar delivered consistent quality from day one, no ramp-up time needed.

Acelerar handled our entire catalog migration (50,000+ SKUs) without a single missed deadline.

Where data management outsourcing is heading

Data volumes are exploding, and outsourced data management teams are evolving with AI capabilities.

2025
$854.6B
Global BPO market size
Grand View Research, 2024
2030
$350B
Projected Indian IT-BPM industry revenue
NASSCOM, 2024
2030
59%
Of workers will need upskilling by 2030
World Economic Forum, 2023
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NDA for Every Team Member
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Data Labeling Services FAQs

Data labeling services involve assigning meaningful tags or categories to raw data so machine learning models can learn from it. This includes image classification labels, text sentiment tags, audio speaker identifiers, and any structured label that converts unstructured data into supervised training examples.
Simple image classification labels cost $0.01-$0.05 per image. Object detection labeling ranges from $0.05-$0.20 per image depending on object count. Text classification is $0.005-$0.02 per document. Audio labeling costs $0.50-$2.00 per minute. Volume discounts apply for projects over 100,000 labels. We provide per-unit and monthly pricing options.
The main types are image labeling (classification, detection, segmentation), text labeling (sentiment, intent, entity, topic), audio labeling (transcription, speaker ID, sound events), video labeling (scene classification, activity recognition, object tracking), and multi-modal labeling (combined image-text or audio-visual labels).
Data labeling typically refers to assigning category-level tags (this image is a "cat" or "dog"). Data annotation adds more detailed metadata (this image has a cat at coordinates [x,y,w,h]). In industry usage, the terms overlap significantly. Labeling is the broader term; annotation implies spatial or structural detail.
We label images (photos, medical scans, satellite imagery, product photos), text (emails, reviews, support tickets, documents, social media posts), audio (speech recordings, call center audio, music, environmental sounds), video (surveillance footage, driving recordings, sports footage), and structured data (tabular classification, feature tagging).
We use a four-layer quality system: calibration (pilot batch with your feedback), consensus labeling (multiple labelers independently label the same samples), senior review (disagreements resolved by experienced reviewers), and gold-standard benchmarking (accuracy measured against your pre-labeled test set). Accuracy metrics are reported with every delivery.
We work with Labelbox, Label Studio, CVAT, Prodigy, V7 (Darwin), SuperAnnotate, Supervisely, Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth, Scale AI, Dataloop, and custom labeling platforms. We adapt to your existing tool rather than requiring migration. If you have a proprietary platform, our team trains on it during the pilot phase.
Yes. Audio labeling includes transcription, speaker diarization, emotion detection, accent classification, and sound event labeling. Video labeling includes frame-by-frame object tracking, activity recognition, scene classification, and temporal event marking. Our audio/video labelers are trained in timestamp-precise annotation protocols.
Pilot batches (200-500 samples) are completed in 5-7 business days. Standard projects (10,000-50,000 labels) take 2-4 weeks. Large-scale projects (100,000+ labels) are delivered in weekly batches over 4-12 weeks, depending on complexity. We provide weekly progress reports with quality metrics throughout.
We address ambiguity during the pilot phase by documenting decision rules for edge cases in a living labeling guide. During production, ambiguous samples are routed to senior reviewers rather than guessed at by labelers. Persistent ambiguity patterns are escalated to your team for guideline clarification. This prevents inconsistent labels from contaminating your training set.

Need labeled training data at scale?

Get a pilot labeling batch with quality metrics within one week.

No commitment required. We respond within 24 hours.