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Skype To Give Away New SILK Audio Codec
techcrunch.com - 3/4/2009
Skype To Give Away New SILK Audio Codec
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Skype’s new state of the art speech codec SILK will be made available to third party licensees for free, the company is announcing later today. Skype GM Jonathan Christensen will be speaking about the new program at the eComm event in San Francisco later today. SILK has been highly ...
nytimes.com - 3/12/2009
Google’s Free Phone Manager Could Threaten a Variety of Services
— nytimes.com — The new feature could take revenue from telephone companies, eBay and a string of technology start-up firms.... > (more) Google’s Free Phone Manager Could Threaten a Variety of ...

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share.skype.com - 3/3/2009
SILK, our super wideband audio codec, is now available for free - Skype Blogs
— share.skype.com — improving audio bandwidth going from 8 kHz to 12 kHz, meaning that a SILK conversation sounds like... you are in the same room as the person you are speaking with providing real-time bandwidth scalability to deal with degraded network conditions ... (more) SILK, our super wideband audio codec, is now available ...

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developer.skype.com - 3/3/2009
silk - Skype Developer Zone
— developer.skype.com — SILK – Super Wideband Audio Codec This page is the first source for information for Skype's new... default audio codec for all Skype-to-Skype calls - SILK. Here we will present you with all SILK related news, public information, links, etc. Please come ... (more) silk - Skype Developer Zone

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Skype gives away its SILK speech codec for free
Tech Digest — ... will switch to Skype thanks to its fantastic software. It might also be a sign that Skype's considering offering an API. Opening up the service, which is famously closed, would mean that other programs could be able to make Skype calls natively, without people having to open and install Skype itself. It could mean that you'll just be able to highlight phone numbers on websites and right-click to call them from the browser. More information's available on the SILK website, and TechCrunch has an interesting take too. ...

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