Speex

audio compression codec designed for human speech
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Speex

Summary

Speex is an audio codec[1]. Speex draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (audio_codec category, ranking #8 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Speex's instance of is recorded as audio codec[3].
  • Speex's instance of is recorded as GNU package[4].
  • Speex's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Speex's instance of is recorded as lossy audio coding format[6].
  • Speex's logo image is recorded as Speex logo 2006.svg[7].
  • Speex's followed by is recorded as Opus[8].
  • Speex's developer is recorded as Jean-Marc Valin[9].
  • Speex's developer is recorded as Xiph.Org Foundation[10].
  • Speex's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[11].
  • Speex's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[12].
  • Speex's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[13].
  • Speex's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.1[14].
  • Speex's part of is recorded as GNU Project[15].
  • Speex's has use is recorded as speech coding[16].
  • Speex's has use is recorded as software library[17].
  • Speex's has use is recorded as command-line tool[18].
  • +2003-03-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Speex[19].
  • Speex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gvfh[20].
  • Speex's official website is recorded as https://www.speex.org/[21].
  • Speex's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/speex/[22].
  • Speex's official website is recorded as https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/speex[23].
  • Speex's readable file format is recorded as .spx[24].
  • Speex's writable file format is recorded as .spx[25].
  • Speex's media type is recorded as audio/x-speex[26].
  • Speex's media type is recorded as audio/speex[27].

Why It Matters

Speex draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (audio_codec category, ranking #8 of 19).[2] Speex has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Speex is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . speex.org. Retrieved . speex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . lists.xiph.org. Retrieved . lists.xiph.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . speex.org. Retrieved . speex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . speex.org. Retrieved . speex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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