Shalom Akola
I’m Shalom Akola, an audio and language professional based in Nairobi, Kenya, with hands-on experience in audio/voice annotation, transcription, and translation in both English and Swahili.
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I’m Shalom Akola, an audio and language professional based in Nairobi, Kenya, with hands-on experience in audio/voice annotation, transcription, and translation in both English and Swahili. I work carefully against detailed quality and accuracy guidelines, comparing spoken audio to transcripts and annotations to catch mismatches, mispronunciations, and low-quality segments so dataset output stays clean and reliable.
I also bring an ear-trained background from 3 years of voice-over and audio production work, which helps me judge speech clarity, pacing, pronunciation, and audio quality with confidence. Alongside my annotation work, I’ve contributed as a Swahili transcriber, an English-to-Swahili translator, and an editorial content editor—always focused on delivering precise, well-formatted results on deadline in remote, task-based environments.
- 3 years' experience
- Joined May 2026
Skills· 11
Languages
- EnglishAdvanced
- SwahiliFluent
Industry experience
- Media & Entertainment
- Education
- Professional Services
- Retail
- Government
- Non-Profit Organization
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Work experience· 8 roles
Review spoken audio/voice data and apply detailed annotation guidelines to label and evaluate content for accuracy. Compare audio against corresponding transcriptions or annotations to identify mismatches, mispronunciations, or transcription errors. Flag inconsistent or low-quality data points for correction to maintain dataset integrity, using consistent judgment across large volumes while meeting project-specific standards and deadlines in a remote workflow.
Reviewed AI-generated responses and evaluated them against defined quality criteria. Identified inconsistencies, errors, and gaps in AI outputs and documented structured feedback to support model improvement with consistent judgment across tasks.
Transcribe Swahili-language audio into accurate written text, verifying each segment against the source recording. Handle unclear audio, regional accents, and code-switching between Swahili and English with careful attention to accuracy. Follow strict formatting and delivery standards to produce clean, ready-to-use transcripts.
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