record sound & send via sockets

[sims]

Am looking for a way to record sound and then have Rev send the sound
via sockets to another location.

We can write to a Quicktime file and then send that by sockets.

Is there any way to record a sound to a variable and then send that
so we can send the sound quicker? Or is there any way to make this process
even faster?

The goal is to be able to have a voice chat instead of a text chat.

Any general suggestions?

tia
sims
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