Characteristic Time Intervals in Telephonic Conversation

1 April 1938

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Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell System Technical Journal

Vol. 17 (2) , 281-291
https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1938.tb00432.x

Abstract

Two-way conversation is arbitrarily defined in terms of vocal intervals and the pauses between them. These quantities, as determined by the presence or absence of speech energy, have been measured from continuous oscillograms of calls on a New York-Chicago telephone circuit used for Bell System business, and the results of statistical analyses of these data are presented.

Keywords

VOCAL
STATISTICAL
TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
CHARACTERISTIC TIME
ARBITRARILY DEFINED
INTERVALS
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