Description
Count tokens inside a supplied half-open unintelligible span.
Speech records use different observational units: words, morphemes, tokens, time spans, frequency and symbol-code versions. A duration share differs from a count-based speech measure, and a transcription remains a supplied annotation. Recorded practice completion and communication preferences need their original assessment and consent context before clinical interpretation.
Count tokens inside a supplied half-open unintelligible span.
When to use this tool
Use Speech Sample Unintelligible Span Length when you already have startTokenIndex, endTokenIndexExclusive and need to count tokens inside a supplied half-open unintelligible span.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter startTokenIndex, endTokenIndexExclusive. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read tokenCount. Use the output convention below.
Require safe whole start>=0 and endExclusive>=start; return end-start.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| startTokenIndex | Start Token Index | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| endTokenIndexExclusive | Excluded endpoint in the same supplied token-index convention. | Required. Safe integer. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| tokenCount | Token Count | Required. Safe integer. |
{
"input": {
"startTokenIndex": 5,
"endTokenIndexExclusive": 9
},
"output": {
"tokenCount": 4
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Indices describe a supplied tokenization, not characters or elapsed speech; no unintelligible span is detected.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the original audio, transcription and annotation manual when counts or intervals need verification. Apply a complete instrument's stated scoring method for an assessment; retain source-defined word, morpheme, time and symbol conventions throughout.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Utterance Morpheme Count Input
Total supplied morpheme counts for the recorded words of an utterance.
- Speech Practice Item Completion Flag
Count a practice item as complete only under the supplied record conditions.