From: A parametric prosody coding approach for Mandarin speech using a hierarchical prosodic model
 | Bits per syllable | ||||||
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Average | Standard deviation | Maximum/Minimum | |||||
NC | M0 | M1 | M0 | M1 | M0 | M1 | |
(a) Inside | |||||||
 SI-HPM | 27 | 22.62 | 18.08 | 0.37 | 0.46 | 24.33/21.69 | 20.07/16.84 |
 SI-BSL-10 | 23 | 18.40 | 17.61 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 19.15/17.63 | 19.00/16.64 |
 SI-BSL-16 | 23 | 18.97 | 18.16 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 19.74/18.20 | 19.67/17.03 |
 SI-BSL-32 | 24 | 19.67 | 19.00 | 0.21 | 0.37 | 20.43/18.91 | 20.44/17.99 |
 SI-BSL-64 | 25 | 20.55 | 19.84 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 21.30/19.77 | 21.50/18.68 |
 SI-BSL-128 | 26 | 21.51 | 20.61 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 22.22/20.71 | 22.67/19.53 |
 SI-BSL-256 | 27 | 22.50 | 21.15 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 23.20/21.68 | 23.00/20.10 |
(b) Outside | |||||||
 SI-HPM | 27 | 22.87 | 18.94 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 23.98/22.04 | 20.32/17.82 |
 SI-BSL-10 | 23 | 18.58 | 18.11 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 19.13/18.07 | 19.09/17.31 |
 SI-BSL-16 | 23 | 19.13 | 18.67 | 0.18 | 0.34 | 19.66/18.60 | 19.95/17.94 |
 SI-BSL-32 | 24 | 20.07 | 19.54 | 0.19 | 0.40 | 20.65/19.57 | 20.73/18.45 |
 SI-BSL-64 | 25 | 20.85 | 20.60 | 0.18 | 0.60 | 21.40/20.34 | 23.40/19.26 |
 SI-BSL-128 | 26 | 21.95 | 23.17 | 0.19 | 1.70 | 22.51/21.40 | 29.80/20.46 |
 SI-BSL-256 | 27 | 22.80 | 35.23 | 0.18 | 6.64 | 23.33/22.26 | 61.12/23.55 |