| See INSTALL file for instruction on how to install Speex. |
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| The Speex project aims to build an open-source patent-free voice codec. |
| Unlike other codecs like MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, Speex is specially designed |
| for compressing voice at low bit-rates for applications such as voice over |
| IP (VoIP). In some sense, it is meant to be complementary to the Ogg |
| Vorbis codec. |
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| Although we aim at providing a patent-free codec, we strongly suggest you |
| have a look at patent issues if you are thinking of using Speex |
| commercially. The speech coding field is a real patent mine field and |
| the scope and enforceability of all these patents is sometimes unclear, |
| not to mention that each country has different laws. |
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