New Chirp tool uses audio tones to transfer data between devices

A new open-source tool named 'Chirp' transmits data, such as text messages, between computers (and smartphones) through different audio tones. [...]

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Holy shit, what if we transmitted that over the phone?
- And like we connected all the phones together
  
  I don't think we would need to use audible tones, even. My goodness, we might just be on to something.
...back in the day, if you built a certain type of tone generator, you could talk on pay phones for free, or even call long distance!
- Or just whistle.
And this is still how you program handheld radios.

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