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 # vocoder
 
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 > A vocoder (/ˈvoʊkoʊdər/, a portmanteau of voice and encoder) is a category of
 > voice codec that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio
 > data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation.