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Matilde Nanni

@matildenanni

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I evaluate multilingual voice and text AI systems for trustworthy, high-quality language experiences.

Norway

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to apply multilingual AI evaluation, language-data curation, and speech technology experience to build trustworthy, culturally relevant voice and text AI systems.

I've supported production text-to-speech delivery at ReadSpeaker and localized, curated, and evaluated Italian data for Cisco's Webex Assistant. My work spans voice profile selection, script creation, dataset curation, audio-text alignment, QA, and launch support.

At ReadSpeaker, I helped deliver two TTS voices for Corriere della Sera, evaluated 15+ voices across Italian, English, Spanish, and Greek, and turned customer-reported issues into documented recommendations for engineering improvements. I also designed evaluation rubrics, calibrated a three-person panel, managed recordings, and resolved pronunciation issues directly with clients.

I'm now researching ethics in speech technology at the University of Inland Norway, examining identity, privacy, consent, and responsibility in real-world AI voice use cases. My background combines language technology, LLM prompt testing, machine translation, and practical evaluation of AI-generated language data.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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PhD Researcher in Speech Technology Ethics

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University of Inland Norway

Feb 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Conducted structured ethical analysis of 3 real-world AI voice use cases, identifying identity, privacy, and consent risks. Presented findings at academic conferences and developed analytical frameworks for assessing consent and responsibility in voice synthesis.

Research And Presentations Analytical Frameworks

Computational Linguist & Speech Technology Specialist

ReadSpeaker

Nov 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 1 month)

Supported end-to-end delivery of 2 text-to-speech voices for Corriere della Sera, including voice profile selection, script creation, data curation, and launch. Designed evaluation rubrics, calibrated a 3-person panel, and QA tested 15+ TTS voices across multiple languages.

Text To Speech Data Curation Rubric QA Testing Client Management Italian English Spanish Greek

Computational Linguist

Cisco

Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 (6 months)

Localized, curated, and evaluated English and Spanish data into Italian for Webex assistant, building a ground-truth test dataset. Compared machine-translated data from DeepL and Google Translate against native-speaker judgments and used Jira for task tracking.

Localization Data Curation Evaluation Git Jira Deepl Google Translate Italian English Spanish

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Inland Norway

PhD, Speech Technology Ethics

2024 -

Conducting structured ethical analysis of AI voice use cases to inform trustworthy AI development. Presenting findings at academic conferences and developing analytical frameworks for consent and responsibility in voice synthesis.

University of Uppsala

Master of Arts, Language Technology

2021 - 2023

Studied NLP, LLMs, machine learning, and quantitative methodology. Thesis focused on LLM prompt testing for generating Italian training data for a grapheme-to-phoneme model.