* \li The complete but somewhat complicated to use asynchronous API
* \li The simplified, easy to use, but limited synchronous API
*
+ * All strings in Polypaudio are in the UTF-8 encoding, regardless of current
+ * locale. Some functions will filter invalid sequences from the string, some
+ * will simply fail. To ensure reliable behaviour, make sure everything you
+ * pass to the API is already in UTF-8.
+
* \section simple_sec Simple API
*
* Use this if you develop your program in synchronous style and just