- Extension
- .sph
- .spx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- NIST
- Xiph.Org
- Description
- Waveform audio file created in the NIST SPHERE format, which is often used in speech recognition research; often contains a recording of a person speaking; can be provided as input to speech recognition systems.
- Audio file compressed using Speex compression and saved in the Ogg Vorbis container format; designed as an audio compression format specifically for speech; compresses voice at 2 to 44 kbps and supports 8 kHz, 16 kHz, and 32 kHz compression in the same bitstream.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-nist-sph
- audio/ogg