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Shaik Shahid A.

Shaik Shahid A.

AI Data Annotation Specialist | Speech & Audio QA | Transcription Revi

AI Data Annotation Specialist & Native Hindi & Telugu Linguist with extensive experience preparing, verifying, and refining datasets for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), NLP models, and AI dubbing pipelines. I help AI platforms and tech teams audit audio, speech, and multilingual text to ensure model training data and automated outputs are precise, contextually accurate, and production-ready. Core Expertise: * AI Transcription Review & QA: Auditing machine-generated transcripts against complex, multi-speaker audio to correct phonetic errors, dropped words, and colloquial nuances. * Audio Segmentation & Annotation: Setting exact acoustic segment boundaries, speaker diarization tags, and timestamped subtitle files (.srt). * Speech & Language Datasets: Native Hindi and bilingual (English/Telugu/Urdu) data labeling, translation evaluation, and prompt/response quality assessment. * Acoustic Quality Control: Identifying background noise, speaker overlap, accent variations, and audio degradation across diverse recording environments. Recent Upwork Experience Includes: * Native Hindi Audio Transcription Reviewer: Verified and edited spoken audio datasets for accuracy and phonetic fidelity. * LoFT 2.0 Segmentation Annotator: Conducted strict acoustic speech segmentation and multi-speaker tagging for long-term machine learning workflows. * Timestamped Subtitling & QA: Created synchronized .srt tracks and refined dialogue cadence for digital video formats. Available for ongoing projects and team workflows (30+ hours/week). Committed to strict turnaround times, thorough guideline compliance, and dependable data accuracy.

🇮🇳Hyderabad, India$6/hr100% JSS4.99 (19)Since Nov 2018

Earnings and projects

MRR
$40

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#155,111 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#16,310 / 45.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$148

Last 6 months: $238

World#87,177 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#9,286 / 45.9k
Total earnings
$5.3k

Billed in all: $5.3k

World#250,091 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#29,844 / 45.9k
Per project
$211

$79 in the last 6 months

World#260,392 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#30,955 / 45.9k
Projects, last 6 months
3

Across 4 contracts

75% fixed25% hourly
World#66,479 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#7,740 / 45.9k
Projects in all
25

Across 32 contracts

75% fixed25% hourly
World#113,042 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#16,778 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$5.3k+$148 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$5.1k$5.2k$5.3k$5.4kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 33% in English

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #13Telugu32 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #13Top 41%
  2. #53Automatic Speech Recognition147 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #13Top 36%
  3. #57AI-Generated Transcription89 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #7Top 64%
  4. #98Hindi255 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #89Top 38%
  5. #176Transcription Timestamping424 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #14Top 42%
  6. #517Video Transcription1,245 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #29Top 42%
  7. #579AI Model Training1,135 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #88Top 51%
  8. #587Data Labeling1,093 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #34Top 54%