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Phone Conversation

Sensor parameters description for [PHONE_CONVERSATION]:

Key                              Description
[CONTAINER][ANDROID] Data stream container (database table, CSV file, etc.) where the conversation data from Android devices is stored (the AWARE client saves this data on different tables for Android and iOS)
[CONTAINER][IOS] Data stream container (database table, CSV file, etc.) where the conversation data from iOS devices is stored (the AWARE client saves this data on different tables for Android and iOS)

RAPIDS provider

Available time segments and platforms

  • Available for all time segments
  • Available for Android only

File Sequence

- data/raw/{pid}/phone_conversation_raw.csv
- data/raw/{pid}/phone_conversation_with_datetime.csv
- data/interim/{pid}/phone_conversation_features/phone_conversation_{language}_{provider_key}.csv
- data/processed/features/{pid}/phone_conversation.csv

Parameters description for [PHONE_CONVERSATION][PROVIDERS][RAPIDS]:

Key                              Description
[COMPUTE] Set to True to extract PHONE_CONVERSATION features from the RAPIDS provider
[FEATURES] Features to be computed, see table below
[RECORDING_MINUTES] Minutes the plugin was recording audio (default 1 min)
[PAUSED_MINUTES] Minutes the plugin was NOT recording audio (default 3 min)

Features description for [PHONE_CONVERSATION][PROVIDERS][RAPIDS]:

Feature Units Description
minutessilence minutes Minutes labeled as silence
minutesnoise minutes Minutes labeled as noise
minutesvoice minutes Minutes labeled as voice
minutesunknown minutes Minutes labeled as unknown
sumconversationduration minutes Total duration of all conversations
maxconversationduration minutes Longest duration of all conversations
minconversationduration minutes Shortest duration of all conversations
avgconversationduration minutes Average duration of all conversations
sdconversationduration minutes Standard Deviation of the duration of all conversations
timefirstconversation minutes Minutes since midnight when the first conversation for a time segment was detected
timelastconversation minutes Minutes since midnight when the last conversation for a time segment was detected
noisesumenergy L2-norm Sum of all energy values when inference is noise
noiseavgenergy L2-norm Average of all energy values when inference is noise
noisesdenergy L2-norm Standard Deviation of all energy values when inference is noise
noiseminenergy L2-norm Minimum of all energy values when inference is noise
noisemaxenergy L2-norm Maximum of all energy values when inference is noise
voicesumenergy L2-norm Sum of all energy values when inference is voice
voiceavgenergy L2-norm Average of all energy values when inference is voice
voicesdenergy L2-norm Standard Deviation of all energy values when inference is voice
voiceminenergy L2-norm Minimum of all energy values when inference is voice
voicemaxenergy L2-norm Maximum of all energy values when inference is voice
silencesensedfraction - Ratio between minutessilence and the sum of (minutessilence, minutesnoise, minutesvoice, minutesunknown)
noisesensedfraction - Ratio between minutesnoise and the sum of (minutessilence, minutesnoise, minutesvoice, minutesunknown)
voicesensedfraction - Ratio between minutesvoice and the sum of (minutessilence, minutesnoise, minutesvoice, minutesunknown)
unknownsensedfraction - Ratio between minutesunknown and the sum of (minutessilence, minutesnoise, minutesvoice, minutesunknown)
silenceexpectedfraction - Ration between minutessilence and the number of minutes that in theory should have been sensed based on the record and pause cycle of the plugin (1440 / recordingMinutes+pausedMinutes)
noiseexpectedfraction - Ration between minutesnoise and the number of minutes that in theory should have been sensed based on the record and pause cycle of the plugin (1440 / recordingMinutes+pausedMinutes)
voiceexpectedfraction - Ration between minutesvoice and the number of minutes that in theory should have been sensed based on the record and pause cycle of the plugin (1440 / recordingMinutes+pausedMinutes)
unknownexpectedfraction - Ration between minutesunknown and the number of minutes that in theory should have been sensed based on the record and pause cycle of the plugin (1440 / recordingMinutes+pausedMinutes)

Assumptions/Observations

  1. The timestamp of conversation rows in iOS is in seconds so we convert it to milliseconds to match Android’s format