OpenAL

(OPENAudio Library) A cross-platform 3D audio programming interface available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix and game consoles. Originally developed by Loki Software, OpenAL is available as open source and also under license from Creative Labs. An alternative to Microsoft's DirectSound interface, OpenAL supports Creative Labs environmental extensions (see EAX). For more information, visit www.openal.org. See OpenGL and 3D audio.

Windows Sound APIs

This is the relationship between OpenAL and the sound programming interfaces (APIs) from Microsoft. The MMSystem was developed for Windows 3.x.

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The latter adds spatial properties to the synthesized speech using OpenAL (audio library; OpenAL, 2011) and JOAL (Java OpenAL; JOAL, 2011) positioning libraries.

The use of spatialized speech in auditory interfaces for computer users who are visually impaired

Low-level libraries such as DirectX, SDL, and OpenAL are also commonly used in games and applications as they provide hardware-independent access to other computer hardware such as input devices (mouse, keyboard, and joystick), network cards, and sound cards.

Using Irrlicht engine to create a real-time application

The IESDK will include several open standards for game development including: Mesa3D for 3D graphics, OpenAL for 3D audio, OpenStream for video, and Xtrema for display management.

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