whats the difference between Speech and Audio codecs?
SPEECH CODECS are designed to deal with the characteristics of voice, while AUDIO CODECS are developed for music. The difference between speech and audio codecs is that speech codecs look for speech patterns in order to compress the data further. Codecs may also be able to transcode from one digital format to another; for example, from PCM audio to MP3 audio. • Some popular codecs Below were listed – by name and purpose – some of the most popular audio/speech and video codecs.