Introduction

The Communicator Audio/Telephony Server (CATS) is intended to serve as a multi-platform solution framework for audio connectivity in Communicator-compliant dialog systems. It currently consists of both a server application supporting desktop audio capabilities using the PortAudio multi-platform, Open Source portable audio library, and also of a development API written in object-oriented C. Finally, the current version includes pre-alpha (non-working) support for the ComputerFone, a low-cost single-line telephony device, as an illustration of our plans for telephony support in CATS.

Background