> a series of 8kHz audio recordings (ie. crappy phone quality samples) I worked in speech recognition for a bit and 8kHz was the standard audio rate for record

> a series of 8kHz audio recordings (ie. crappy phone quality samples) I worked in speech recognition for a bit and 8kHz was the standard audio rate for recordings. No one saw this as an impediment; and it really isn't. 8kHz is able to capture up to 4kHz frequencies and the fundamental frequencies of speech are MUCH lower than 4kHz.