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speex: speex (Speech Codec)
speex: 
speex: Speex is an Open Source/Free Software  patent-free audio compression 
speex: format designed for speech. The Speex Project aims to lower the barrier 
speex: of entry for voice applications by providing a free alternative to 
speex: expensive proprietary speech codecs. Moreover, Speex is well-adapted to 
speex: Internet applications and provides useful features that are not present 
speex: in most other codecs. Finally, Speex is part of the GNU Project and is 
speex: available under the revised BSD license.
speex: 
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