Use Cases

From NLP research to computer vision, see how teams use Potato to build high-quality training datasets.

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Natural Language Processing

Text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and span annotation for NLP research and applications.

Common Tasks

Sentiment AnalysisNamed Entity RecognitionText ClassificationRelation ExtractionCoreference ResolutionPart-of-Speech Tagging

Annotation Types

RadioMultiselectSpanText

Example Design

Sentiment Analysis

Classify social media posts by sentiment with radio buttons and optional text explanations.

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Computer Vision

Image classification, object detection with bounding boxes, and segmentation with polygon annotation.

Common Tasks

Image ClassificationObject DetectionSemantic SegmentationInstance SegmentationKeypoint DetectionScene Understanding

Annotation Types

RadioMultiselectBounding BoxPolygon

Example Design

Image Classification

Multi-label image classification with object categories and attributes.

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Audio & Speech

Audio transcription review, speaker diarization, emotion detection, and music annotation with waveform visualization.

Common Tasks

Transcription ReviewSpeaker DiarizationEmotion DetectionAudio ClassificationMusic Genre TaggingSound Event Detection

Annotation Types

RadioLikertSpanText

Example Design

Speech Emotion Recognition

Classify emotional content in speech with waveform playback and Likert scales.

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LLM Evaluation & RLHF

Human preference data collection, response quality rating, and safety evaluation for language model training.

Common Tasks

Preference RankingResponse Quality RatingHelpfulness ScoringSafety EvaluationFactuality CheckingInstruction Following

Annotation Types

RadioLikertRankingBest-Worst

Example Design

Pairwise Comparison

Compare two AI responses and select the better one for RLHF training.

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Healthcare & Medical

Clinical NLP, medical image annotation, adverse event detection, and patient record coding with privacy-first self-hosting.

Common Tasks

Clinical Entity ExtractionMedical Image ClassificationAdverse Event DetectionICD CodingRadiology Report AnnotationDrug-Drug Interaction

Annotation Types

SpanRadioMultiselectText

Example Design

Adverse Drug Events

Extract drug mentions and adverse events from clinical text.

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Social Science Research

Survey instruments, content analysis, discourse annotation, and qualitative coding for social science studies.

Common Tasks

Content AnalysisDiscourse CodingSurvey AdministrationStance DetectionArgument MiningQualitative Coding

Annotation Types

RadioMultiselectLikertText

Example Design

Argument Quality

Rate argument strength and identify logical fallacies.

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Trusted Across Industries

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Academia

Universities and research labs

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Healthcare

Hospitals and medical research

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Technology

AI/ML startups and teams

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Government

Public sector research

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Finance

Document processing and NLP

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Media

Content analysis and moderation

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