### Codec2

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- Developed in 2010 by David Grant Rowe
- Speech optimized, ultra low bandwidth audio codec
- Fully Open Standard and Royalty Free
- Very poor software support
- Supports:
    - 16-bit sampling depth only
    - 8kHz sampling rate only
    - 1 audio channel
    - 3.2 kbit/s bitrate

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##### Music

<audio controls src="media/samples/musicc2.flac">Codec2 Music Sample</audio>

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"The Show Must Be Go" by Kevin MacLeod

Licensed under [CC-BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en)
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##### Voice

<audio controls src="media/samples/voicec2.flac">Codec2 Voice Sample</audio>

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LibriVox recording of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu

Read by Moira Fogarty
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Note:
Officially supported 700 bit/s - 3200 bit/s, but a white paper exists for 450 bit/s
Developer worked on Speex
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