Speextalk
Introduction
Speextalk is a very simple voice-over-IP (VoIP) program with a
custom protocol using the Speex
codec. The keyword is simple: Speextalk does VoIP, and only VoIP,
but the protocol is simple, the code is simple, and the usage is
simple for an average Unix user.
The features of Speextalk are:
- Direct peer to peer two persons discussion.
- Low to very low bandwidth usage (can be less than 1.2ko/s).
- Identification of the callee by its IP address or host name and
optionaly port number.
- Network protocol independant code (IPv6 is supported, IPv8 would
be).
- Text mode interface.
Some features that Speextalk does not have are:
- Texts messages, contacts lists, directories, away notifications,
etc.
- Three way discussion or more.
- Firewall autoconfiguration.
- Cryptography.
- Support for non-full-duplex sound cards (but pseudo-full-duplex
with two sound cards is ok).
- Reliable audio re-synchronization.
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The latest version is 20050830.