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Skype Branches Out

Posted by timothy on from the et-phone-home dept.

Golygydd Max writes "Our site, Techworld, reports that Skype, the voice over IP people have just developed an API that allows web developers to include Skype technology on their websites. Although it's a bit clunky at the moment, it could prove to be a useful tool for tech support."

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  1. Re:Voice Quality by bkw.org · · Score: 3, Informative

    The codec they use is Open Source... I think you mean open source the protocol.

    bkw

  2. Re:Voice Quality by JohnA · · Score: 4, Informative

    Their codec is an open-source standard called iLBC.

    You can read more about it on the VoIP Info Wiki.