[patentatt]

Does anyone know what codec they're using at 2kbps per voice call?

[ehsankia]

Probably not this but LyraV2 at 3.2kbps sounds super clean

https://opensource.googleblog.com/2022/09/lyra-v2-a-better-f...

[codethief]

I'd say it sounds decent but certainly not "super clean".

[woodruffw]

AMR_SID claims to be 1.8kbps[1], but I can't imagine it sounds very good.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Multi-Rate_audio_code...

[killjoywashere]

I'll just leave this here for y'all

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotelephony_procedure#Proce...

[thombat]

And the streaming video will be of an empty chessboard in a room with unchanging lighting.

[rini17]

Or AI video generator text prompts.

[RyanHamilton]

You joke but nvidia is looking at AI compression: https://www.fiercevideo.com/tech/nvidia-swaps-codecs-for-ai-... Which would model the person and "generate" video.

[sandworm101]

Just give up on transmitting video. Just animate the person's profile pic. I'd rather video chat with an animated cat than a human lawyer any day.

[RF_Savage]

Hopefully it sounds better than AMBE2+, codec2 and whatever 1st gen Iridium was using at 2400baud.

[wkat4242]

I think it's very hard to get better quality out of that little data :(

[wkat4242]

Most sat phones use a kind of AMBE from DVSI