Encoding
 In order to encode speech using Speex, you first need to:
 
   
  #include <speex.h>
 
 You then need to declare a Speex bit-packing struct
 
   
  SpeexBits bits;
 
 and a Speex encoder state
 
   
  void *enc_state;
 
 The two are initialized by:
 
   
  speex_bits_init(&bits);
   
  enc_state = speex_encoder_init(&speex_nb_mode);
 
 For wideband coding, 
speex_nb_mode will be replaced by 
speex_wb_mode
. In most cases, you will need to know the frame size used by the mode you
are using. You can get that value in the 
frame_size variable with:
speex_encoder_ctl(enc_state, SPEEX_GET_FRAME_SIZE, &frame_size);
 For every input frame:
 
   
  speex_bits_reset(&bits);
   
  speex_encode(enc_state, input_frame, &bits);
   
  nbBytes = speex_bits_write(&bits, byte_ptr, MAX_NB_BYTES);
 
 where 
input_frame is a 
(float *) pointing to the beginning 
of a speech frame, byte_ptr is a 
(char *) where the encoded frame will
be written, 
MAX_NB_BYTES is the maximum number of bytes that can be
written to 
byte_ptr without causing an overflow and 
nbBytes
  is the number of bytes actually written to 
byte_ptr (the encoded 
size in bytes).
 
 After you're done with the encoding, free all resources with:
 
   
  speex_bits_destroy(&bits);
   
  speex_encoder_destroy(&enc_state);
 
 That's about it for the encoder.
 
Decoding
 In order to encode speech using Speex, you first need to:
   
      
  #include <speex.h>
  
  You then need to declare a Speex bit-packing struct
   
      
  SpeexBits bits;
  
  and a Speex encoder state
   
      
  void *dec_state;
  
  The two are initialized by:
   
      
  speex_bits_init(&bits);
       
  dec_state = speex_decoder_init(&speex_nb_mode);
  
  For wideband decoding, 
speex_nb_mode will be replaced by 
speex_wb_mode
. You can get that value in the 
frame_size variable with:
 
speex_decoder_ctl(dec_state, SPEEX_GET_FRAME_SIZE, &frame_size);
  There is also a parameter that can be set for the decoder: whether or not
to use a perceptual post-filter. This can be set by:
speex_decoder_ctl(dec_state, SPEEX_SET_PF, &pf);
where 
pf is an 
int that with value 0 to have the post-filter
disabled and 1 to have it enabled.
For every input frame:
       
   
  speex_bits_read_from(&bits, input_bytes, nbBytes);
   
  speex_decode(st, &bits, output_frame, 0);
 
 where 
input_bytes is a 
(char *) containing the bit-stream
data received for a frame, 
nbBytes is the size (in bytes) of that
bit-stream, and 
output_frame is a 
(float *) and points to the
area where the decoded speech frame will be written. The last argument indicates
whether the frame we'd like to decode was lost. A value of 0 indicates the
normal case where bits points to the bit of the current frame. A value of
1 indicates that we don't have the bits for the current frame, in which case
the bits argument should be the same as the bits for the last correctly received
frame. When a frame is lost, the Speex decoder will do its best to "guess"
the sorrect signal.