Hamza Shitu

Hausa Voice Over Artist & Transcriber

Freelance • Freelance

Jan 2024 - Present • 2 yrs 9 mos

Highly dedicated and professional Native Hausa Voice Over Artist, Transcriber, and Language Data Contributor with over two years of hands-on experience in generating high-quality datasets for conversational AI models. As a born-and-raised native speaker from Nigeria, I bring a deep, authentic understanding of standard Hausa grammar, pronunciation, local dialects, and cultural nuances to every linguistic project. Key Achievements and Project Milestones: • Successfully contributed to global audio data collection platforms, including the Silencio Voice AI network, achieving 27 high-quality Free Speech recordings with an extensive total Voice Activity Detection (VAD) time of 13 minutes and 37 seconds. • Maintained a flawless 100% platform success rate, demonstrating strict adherence to technical recording guidelines, quiet-room acoustic standards, and fast delivery timelines. • Delivered high-accuracy Hausa-to-Hausa audio transcriptions, text descriptions, and language localization tasks for premium data evaluation clients. Core Strengths and Technical Skills: • Native Hausa linguistic precision, semantic evaluation, and audio data annotation. • Professional audio data collection using advanced mobile hardware, ensuring zero background noise and high clarity. • Accurate speech-to-text transcription with deep attention to spelling, tone markers, and formatting. • Professional background in Accounting from Tatari Ali Polytechnic, bringing structural organization, mathematical detail, and high confidentiality to data processing. I am highly reliable, comfortable working under strict guidelines, and fully equipped with high-speed internet and necessary hardware to manage high-volume remote tasks efficiently.