Integration of real-time interactive speech with screen data on Local Area Networks: a step towards multimedia in a commercial/industrial environment

Research at the University of Plymouth (UoP) has identified that communication between users of workstations in a commercial/industrial environment would be considerably enhanced if a real-time speech link was available in addition to 'screen-share' facilities. This paper investigates the problems of implementing a real-time interactive speech link by integrating the speech packets (PCM) within the data frames employed on commercially available LANs. This is a step towards a truly integrated information system (multimedia) in a commercial/industrial environment.<
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