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Skype to let competitors license speech codec for free
Download Squad — ... The problem is it takes internet bandwidth to deliver that kind of voice quality. Skype uses a codec in Skype 4 for Windows called SILK to deliver high quality audio even over low bandwidth internet connections. And now Skype is making that codec available for other companies to use, with no royalties. ...

Skype To Give Away Audio Codec
TechWeb — ... calls sound like you are in the same room as the person you're speaking with. Most telephones transfer signals up to 3.4k Hz, but SILK enables Skype calls to transmit audio up to 12 kHz. "By offering it for free, we are removing one of the biggest hurdles to adoption of wideband audio: cost," wrote Skype's Jonathan Christensen on Skype's blog . "By doing so, I hope we'll establish a new industry-wide standard in speech processing: clearer, richer, and warmer audio." Giving away the codec could be seen as Skype giving up a competitive advantage, but it plays into a ...

Skype To Give Away Audio Codec
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... calls sound like you are in the same room as the person you're speaking with. Most telephones transfer signals up to 3.4 kHz, but Silk enables Skype calls to transmit audio up to 12 kHz. "By offering it for free, we are removing one of the biggest hurdles to adoption of wideband audio: cost," wrote Skype's Jonathan Christensen on Skype's blog . "By doing so, I hope we'll establish a new industry-wide standard in speech processing: clearer, richer, and warmer audio." Giving away the codec could be seen as Skype giving up a competitive advantage, but it plays into a ...

Need WiFi for Skype on iPhone? Share It From a Mac in < 5 Minutes
jkOnTheRun — ... . My impressions are that Skype nailed the implementation for voice. I’m wondering if Skype’s newest in-house audio codec has much to do with the voice quality. No matter how they did it, the sound quality is very impressive. Of course, the main limitation right now is that you can only do voice calls over WiFi and not on 3G. For our call this morning, I shared the Internet connection from my Mac to my first-gen iPhone by setting up a WiFi network. It’s drop-dead simple and since I’ve already received a few emails asking how to do this, here are the ...

Global Phone Number Provider iNum Brings HD Voice Calling To Skype
TechCrunch — ... Because iNum numbers can be dialed from PSTN phones (aka via the ‘plain old telephone system’) as well as IP endpoints, Voxbone’s move enables conference calls with attendees on conventional phones, who will hear within the PSTN’s audio constraints, and others with HD IP endpoints, who should enjoy a richer sound. Skype made its SILK super-wideband audio codec freely available last March. ...