User's Guide for ZyXEL Omni 56K USB Modem
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4-bit Voice Data Compression
The main issue in the digitized voice mode is the amount of storage required. A relatively
simple ADPCM algorithm can reduce the speech data rate to half the rate and maintain about
the same voice quality. This algorithm can also be used to reduce the speech data rate to 1/3 or
1/4 of the original rate, but with voice quality degradation. Only 4-bit ADPCM is used in the
Omni 56K USB.