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.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $238
Billed in all: $5,306$5.3k
$79 in the last 6 months
Across 4 contracts
Across 32 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 33% in English
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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- #176Transcription Timestamping424 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #14Top 42%🇮🇳#14 of 27
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