How to: Transfer Files via Soundwave

We’ve seen a few odd ways to transfer data before (see sound transfer over lasers) but this is probably the most bizarre.  Instead of using a USB drive, this man decided to invent his own file transfer method by using his sound card to send morse code-like messages representing 1′s and 0′s.  This guy definitely deserves some geek street cred for coming up with this.
How to: Transfer Files via SoundwaveHow it works:
  • For every character:
  • For every bit:
  • Send a short pulse if the bit is 1.
  • Send a long pulse if the bit is 0.
  • Send a silence.
  • Send a very long pulse (4 times as long as the shortest pulse).
  • Send a silence.
How to: Transfer Files via Soundwave
 The author says generating and transmitting sound out is the easy part while interpreting the sound via a microphone attached to another computer is quite difficult.  Check out the full documentation and how to.

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