This directory contains C source code and a Sun makefile and executable
for release version 1.0 of the fixed-point 2.4 kbps MELP Proposed Federal
Standard speech coder. The executable for SunOS5 is in the file melp.
Usage: melp -i infile -o outfile
or
melp -a -i infile -o bitstream
or
melp -s -i bitstream -o outfile
Texas Instruments has intellectual property rights on the MELP algorithm.
The Texas Instruments contact for licensing issues for commercial and
non-government use is William Gordon, Director, Government Contracts,
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Semiconductor Group (phone 972 480 7442).
The fixed-point version of the voice codec Mixed Excitation Linear
Prediction (MELP) is based on specifications on the C-language software
simulation contained in GSM 06.06 which is protected by copyright and
is the property of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
(ETSI). This standard is available from the ETSI publication office
tel. +33 (0)4 92 94 42 58. ETSI has granted a license to United States
Department of Defense to use the C-language software simulation contained
in GSM 06.06 for the purposes of the development of a fixed-point
version of the voice codec Mixed Excitation Linear Prediction (MELP).
Requests for authorization to make other use of the GSM 06.06 or
otherwise distribute or modify them need to be addressed to the ETSI
Secretariat fax: +33 493 65 47 16.
