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Cansu Naz S.

Cansu Naz S.

Turkish Linguist | AI Data Annotation, ASR/TTS & LLM Evaluation

Hello, I'm a Turkish Linguist with over 10 years of experience in transcription, proofreading, editing, linguistic quality assurance, and language-focused data projects, including more than 6 years supporting AI training and machine learning initiatives. My work spans AI data annotation, LLM evaluation, semantic ASR assessment, TTS evaluation, transcription QA, proofreading, editorial review, localization, voice recording, speech data collection, and multimodal dataset validation across text, audio, image, and video data. Areas of expertise include: • Turkish Proofreading & Editing • Linguistic QA & Editorial Review • AI Data Annotation & Dataset Validation • LLM Response Evaluation • Preference Ranking & Pairwise Comparison • Human vs AI Content Detection • Semantic ASR Evaluation • TTS Evaluation & Audio Quality Assessment • Voice Recording & Speech Data Collection • Pronunciation, Fluency & Naturalness Evaluation • Prompt Evaluation & Instruction Adherence Review • OCR Validation & Correction • Polygon Annotation & Computer Vision Datasets • Turkish Localization & Transcreation • Transcription & Speech Data Validation I have contributed to projects involving speech recognition systems, conversational AI, generative AI evaluation, AI dubbing workflows, automotive voice assistants, voice model training, speech dataset creation, localization projects, and large-scale language datasets. My background includes collaborations with companies such as Deepgram, Welo Data, Multilingual Connections, RWS Moravia, Appen, Surge AI, DataAnnotation.tech, iSoftStone, Cerence, and other AI and localization providers. Tools and platforms include Label Studio, Feather, Loft, UHRS, Memsource (Phrase), Google Sheets, and Microsoft Excel. Experienced with dataset validation, OCR review, polygon annotation, preference ranking, and guideline-based quality assurance workflows. I am detail-oriented, highly adaptable, and comfortable working with complex guidelines, large datasets, and quality-critical workflows. Whether you need a Turkish linguist for AI training, annotation, transcription, proofreading, editing, voice recording, speech data collection, localization, audio evaluation, or quality assurance, I'd be happy to help.

🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey$25/hr100% JSS5.00 (10)Since Mar 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$60

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#146,873 / 412k
🇹🇷Country#1,083 / 3,515
Revenue, last 30 days
$2

Last 6 months: $363

World#106,559 / 412k
🇹🇷Country#749 / 3,515
Total earnings
$16k

Billed in all: $16k

World#156,424 / 412k
🇹🇷Country#1,224 / 3,515
Per project
$816

$121 in the last 6 months

World#139,949 / 412k
🇹🇷Country#1,199 / 3,515
Projects, last 6 months
3
100% fixed0% hourly
World#66,479 / 412k
🇹🇷Country#493 / 3,515
Projects in all
20

Across 21 contracts

86% fixed14% hourly
World#133,447 / 412k
🇹🇷Country#1,042 / 3,515

Earnings, last 30 days

$16.4k+$2 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$16,383$16,384$16,385$16,386Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 24% in Turkish

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #50Automatic Speech Recognition147 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #3Top 34%
  2. #52Verbatim Transcription102 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #1Top 51%
  3. #85Turkish353 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #63Top 24%
  4. #138Journalism439 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #2Top 31%
  5. #176Linguistics475 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #5Top 37%
  6. #546Content Moderation1,144 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #5Top 48%
  7. #555Data Labeling1,093 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #2Top 51%
  8. #708Localization1,425 freelancers · 🇹🇷 #15Top 50%