Hi, All,
I totally agree that "promote the use of open source digital voice and
data modes on commercial and amateur radio and encourage
the development of resilient communication modes for adverse conditions"??
Specifically, I hope you can include LPCNet, which doesn't care about the
mistakes of the pitch estimation. But the neural speech synthesis is quite
CPU-intensive, which is hard to be implemented in the commercial and
amateur radio.
Best regards.
Hua
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Hi Mooneer
An excellent suggestion
I agree with the concept and suggest that the mission be extended further to
something like
"promote the use of open source digital voice and data modes on commercial and
amateur radio and encourage the development of resilient communication modes
for adverse conditions"
This would give plenty of scope for the advancement of the technology way into
the future
I agree with your key points, recognising that other participants may suggest
others
Regards
David Grove ?C VK2DWG
From: Mooneer Salem <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, 21 February 2022 09:07
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [Freetel-codec2] Starting an organization for FreeDV/Codec2 development
Hi all,
Over the past year or so, there have been several occasions where it would have
been beneficial to have had an official organization steering FreeDV and Codec2
development. For instance, the ARDC does not currently offer grants to
individuals, not to mention the recent discussion about Windows Defender and
what it would take to get FreeDV "trusted" by Microsoft. I'd like to brainstorm
what such an organization would look like.
First off, what would the mission of such an organization be? This seems
obvious at first glance ("promote the use of open source digital voice modes on
amateur radio"), but what would that entail exactly? A few potential things off
the top of my head:
* SM1000 replacement (faster hardware to support other FreeDV modes, Wi-Fi
support for radios such as the IC-705, etc.)
* General software process improvements (code signing of binaries, hosted
Debian/Fedora/etc. package repos, etc.)
* General advocacy (e.g. presence at more ham radio related events, Zoom/etc.
presentations about HF digital voice)
* Offering grants to individual developers to develop Codec2 and FreeDV further
(e.g. fixed-point ports, improved/more modes, etc.)
On first thought, it seems that a non-profit/501(c)3 structure would be most
appropriate given the mission of such a potential organization and its
dedication to open source, but I'm wondering if some other structure would fit
better. Another possibility is structuring it more like a membership club (IIRC
there was a digital voice club back in the FDMDV days but I forget offhand what
it was).
Anyway, if you have any suggestions or comments, they would be most welcome.
Thanks,
-Mooneer K6AQ_______________________________________________
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