Speex is an Open Source/Free Software patent-free audio compression format designed for speech.
The Speex Project aims to lower the barrier of entry for voice applications by providing free alternative to expensive proprietary speech codecs. Moreover, Speex is well-adapted to Internet applications and provides useful features that are not present in most other codecs.
Speex is useful audio compression utility that will come in handy.
Finally, Speex is part of the GNU Project and is available under the Xiph.org variant of the BSD license.
Speex is based on CELP and is designed to compress voice at bitrates ranging from to 44 kbps.
Features:
Narrowband (8 kHz), wideband (16 kHz), and ultra-wideband (32 kHz) compression in the same bitstream
Intensity stereo encoding
Packet loss concealment
Variable bitrate operation (VBR)
Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)
Note that Speex has number of features that arent in other codecs such as intensity stereo encoding, integration of multiple sampling rates in the same bitstream, and VBR mode...etc. |