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Table 2 Frequency of punctuation in transcripts: mean (standard deviation)

From: Structure of pauses in speech in the context of speaker verification and classification of speech type

Recordings

Words per minute

Sentences per minute

Sentence duration [s]

Words per sentence

Phrases per minute

Phrase duration [s]

Words per phrase

Type P

11,9 (24,3)

6,2 (2,4)

10,9 (3,7)

19,6 (5,8)

19,4 (6,0)

3,3 (0,8)

4,4 (1,0)

Type T

117,2 (20,1)

6,6 (2,0)

10,0 (3,2)

19,1 (4,7)

14,6 (3,3)

4,3 (1,0)

4,6 (0,8)

Type R

129,7 (29,1)

9,9 (3,3)

6,7 (2,3)

13,9 (3,3)

16,1 (4,2)

2,5 (0,8)

5,4 (0,8)

All speakers

117,6 (23,8)

7,1 (2,8)

9,7 (3,5)

18,2 (5,3)

16,8 (5,1)

3,5 (1,1)

4,7 (0,9)