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Yolanda Brown

@yolandabrown1

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I am a bilingual ASR analyst improving Afrikaans speech recognition and delivering expert legal transcription.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles applying ASR and language technology to improve Afrikaans processing, with autonomy, technical problem-solving, and opportunities to scale robust multilingual solutions.

I am a bilingual language technologist and self-taught AI developer specializing in automatic speech recognition (ASR) and legal transcription. I have native fluency in English and Afrikaans and a strong focus on multilingual language processing challenges.

I designed proprietary offline ASR transcription software with integrated machine learning capabilities and built tools specifically to optimize Afrikaans processing. I developed a speaker bank of eight native Afrikaans speakers, waveform selector tools for accurate timestamps, a Word Frequency Analysis Tool, and standardized JSON formats for documenting language model limitations.

Previously, I worked as an ASR analyst and certified legal transcriber, serving as a native language reviewer and improving ASR accuracy for legal documentation. I hold AAERT and BlueLedge certifications and am qualified on the Verbit platform.

I am passionate about improving Afrikaans representation in digital spaces and committed to bridging the gap between major language platforms and underserved language communities. I thrive on solving technical language problems and developing reproducible solutions that other developers can adopt.