Modembin
A pastebin that encodes your text into real FSK modem audio
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A fun weekend project: https://www.modembin.comIt's a pastebin, except text/files are encoded into .wav files using real FSK modem audio. Image sharing is supported via Slow-Scan Television (SSTV), a method of transmitting images as FM audio originally used by ham radio operators.Everything runs in the browser with zero audio libraries and the encoding is vanilla TypeScript sine wave math: phase-continuous FSK with proper 8-N-1 framing, fractional bit accumulation for non-integer sample rates, and a quadrature FM discriminator on the decode side (no FFT windowing or Goertzel), The only dependency is lz-string for URL sharing compression.It supports Bell 103 (300 baud), Bell 202 (1200 baud), V.21, RTTY/Baudot, Caller ID (Bellcore MDMF), DTMF, Blue Box MF tones, and SSTV image encoding. There's also a chat mode where messages are transmitted as actual Bell 103 audio over WebSocket... or use the acoustic mode for speaker-to-mic coupling for in-room local chat.
HN · launched Mar 6, 2026 · 27 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views
Niche: audio editing and processing utilities · 217 launches, 23 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes The core audio modulation/demodulation protocols (Bell 103, V.21, SSTV) are well-documented DSP algorithms with existing JavaScript libraries, making a browser-based audio pastebin straightforward to vibe-code.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: ggwave
Concerns raised: Difficult to create hobbyist peripherals with cross-platform credentials, USB and Bluetooth integration feels cumbersome for Arduino projects
Feature requests: Ultrasonic audio library for device-to-device communication, Cross-device communication network capabilities
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Launched 109 days after the earliest competitor.
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