asterisk users - May 2003 - Digium Announcements - Asterisk G.729 Availability & thevoice.digium.com

Asterisk G.729
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Digium is pleased to announce that we now have the G.729 Codec available.
This industry standard allows you to stuff more calls in a limited
bandwidth to utilize IP voice in more cost effective ways.  A typical call
consumes 64Kbps of voice bandwidth.  G.729 reduces the call to 8Kbps (of
course normal IP overhead adds to this number).  Many people are using
Asterisk with G.729 to replace expensive gateways.  For more information,
visit the following link:

http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=asterisk_g729

thevoice.digium.com
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Digium is proud to announce our latest website,
http://thevoice.digium.com/, for obtaining professional voice recordings
for your Asterisk IVR prompts. In conjunction with Allison Smith we have
created an easy and cost effective way to have customized recordings done
quickly and with no hassle. An easy to navigate and user-friendly
interface for the website allows you to enter the text for a prompt and
input comments for guiding Allison through the recording. Also, you have
the ability to upload your own intonation files or samples to ensure a
personalized and professional recording every time! For more information,
please visit http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=thevoice .

Allison's voice is the voice of Asterisk. Her professional career includes
many well know clients including the voice of .Sandy. an interactive voice
response system. Her extensive experience in national radio campaigns,
documentaries, industrial films, telephony narration, in-store and airport
announcements and animation voice-overs are well known. She also has a
solid background in film, theatre, TV and commercials.

Digium Information
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Digium is the primary corporate sponsor of the Asterisk Open Source PBX.
For more information related to these topics and more, or to stay current
with upcoming Asterisk related events be sure to visit
http://www.digium.com/ regularly.

Best Regards,

Christopher Rhodes,
Digium Webmaster