At the Internet 2 meeting we will demonstrate one of our first digital sound applications, which uses sound files from the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University. This is part of a broader effort to establish best practices for the conversion and preservation of sound in digital formats.
Sound files are large, even in compressed form.
The speed of the network will have a significant effect on the response time for people using our resources. Faster network speeds also give us greater flexibility in structuring the sound files. We designed our prototype to work over relatively slow networks, so we do not need a lot of bandwith for this demo. We will need amplifiers and our demo will make some noise because it is all about people speaking. Not sure at this point.