Codec 2 is an open source speech codec designed for communications quality
speech between 700 and 3200 bit/s.
The main application is low bandwidth HF/VHF digital radio.
It fills a gap in open source, free-as-in-speech voice codecs beneath 5000
bit/s and is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

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