[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Commercial Speech over Internet product
Here's an article about a commercial company that is doing speech
over the Internet. Maybe someone would like to help them add encryption.
--Bob Baldwin, speaking for myself only.
------------------------
TrueSpeech Player enables real-time audio over Internet
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1995 SEP 1 (NB) -- DSP Group Inc.
(NASDAQ:DSPG) announced a new Windows product, TrueSpeech Player, that is
freely available on the Internet. The TrueSpeech Player enables TrueSpeech-
encoded speech to be played in real-time over the Internet.
Kurt Magdanz, director of business development at DSP, told Newsbytes, "The
TrueSpeech Player utilizes the TrueSpeech compression technology bundled in
Microsoft's Windows 95 and Windows NT. True Speech is a very high quality
algorithm which compresses speech. TrueSpeech
Player allows users to decompress TrueSpeech in real time."
With the TrueSpeech compression algorithm, speech is communicated in real-
time over standard telephone lines to computers capable of communicating at
data rates of 14.4kbps (kilobits per second) or above, Newsbytes was told.
Because the TrueSpeech Player converts compressed speech data in real-time,
World Wide Web site visitors have access to high-quality speech over the
Internet in real time, said Magdanz.
"The TrueSpeech Player is our first step in enabling high-quality speech
communication in real-time over the Internet," said Yuval Cohen, vice
president of business development with the DSP Group. "World Wide Web site
and content developers can immediately begin developing TrueSpeech Player-
compatible content without paying fees."
"Content developers who wish to create TrueSpeech Player-compatible speech
content should visit our World Wide Web site for detailed instructions on
how to use this new product," said Cohen.
DSP Group is currently developing an advanced TrueSpeech Server software
package which will offer content developers tools, interaction with the
TrueSpeech Player to enable advanced features, live broadcasting capability
and enhanced server control with diagnostics, said Magdanz.
The TrueSpeech Player can be downloaded freely from DSP Group's World Wide
Web site, http://www.dspg.com .
DSP is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
(Richard Bowers/19950831/Press Contact: Kurt Magdanz, DSP, 408- 986-4300)