FLAC support in flash?

Hello,
I'm currently involved in building a web-based flash application where people can record speech, and then send it to a server for storage.
To keep the file size down i'm using mp3, but the sound needs to be analyzed and the mp3 encoding destroys to much acoustic information, so i'm looking for a lossles format which is supported by flash and has a smaller file-size than .wav
Can anyone give me some more info about FLAC support in flash (if it exsists) or give me some advice on other losless codecs that work with flash.

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1) FLAC is not an obscure format except on phones, because it is FREE and not licensed
2) Licensed codecs increase the resale cost of phones as OEMs like Nokia have to cover licensing costs
3) Perceptual codecs like AAC+ are not perfect. They are ideal for filesize and for the majority of the populous who do not own high-end hifi systems to know what quality of sound is achievable with the right components and DAC chips
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