LHS Episode #085: David Rowe on Codec2

Introduction:

• “You know it’s summer in Texas, because all the truck tires shed their winter coats.”

• This episode, an interview with David Rowe, VK5DGR.

Topics:

• Our hosts conduct a lively conversation with David Rowe, VK5DGR, from Adelaide, South Australia.

• David is the author of Codec 2,, an open source speech codec designed for communications quality speech.

• You can find more information about David and his project on his blog.

• Powerpoint presentations and Youtube videos of how Codec 2 works are available on his Codec 2 blog page.

• You can see David’s presentation of Codec2 at linux.conf.au here.

• David then describes the Mesh Potato project, an open hardware product designed specifically to build telephone networks without infrastructure like cell phone towers or land lines.

• The Mesh Potato is available for purchase.

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• Contact Richard at [email protected], Russ at [email protected], or both at the same time at [email protected].

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• Thanks to Dave from Gamma Leonis for the theme music.

Music:

• None.

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