Twinkle (software)
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| Developed by | Michel de Boer |
| Latest release | 1.2 / March 8, 2008 |
| OS | Linux |
| Genre | VoIP |
| License | GPL |
| Website | http://www.twinklephone.com/ |
Twinkle is a free software/open source VoIP softphone application for Linux. It uses the SIP protocol. It also incorporates a GPL implementation of the ZRTP and SRTP security protocols and MD5 digest authentication.
The latest version (1.2, March 08) also supports message-exchange and a buddy-list, showing the online-status of predefined SIP-partners (provider-support needed)
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[edit] Audio codecs supported
- G.711 A-law (64 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate)
- G.711 μ-law (64 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate)
- G.726 (16, 24, 32 or 40 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate)
- GSM (13 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate)
- iLBC (13.3 or 15.2 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate)
- Speex narrow band (15.2 kbit/s payload, 8 kHz sampling rate)
- Speex wide band (28 kbit/s payload, 16 kHz sampling rate)
- Speex ultra wide band (36 kbit/s payload, 32 kHz sampling rate)
[edit] Source code
For using encrypted telephony it is (now, Aug 07) advisable, to use the source-distribution. Compiling the source code is straight forward and painless, at least on Debian-based Linux-systems.
