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A Fabulous Collection of Tools

A Fabulous Collection of Tools. By Jean Schmidt March 1, 2009. What’s Available for Free?. Skype-to-Skype calls using your internet connection and your computer as an internet phone (Note: Both you and the receiver must have Skype Software downloaded to your computer)

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A Fabulous Collection of Tools

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  1. A Fabulous Collection of Tools By Jean Schmidt March 1, 2009

  2. What’s Available for Free? • Skype-to-Skype calls using your internet connection and your computer as an internet phone (Note: Both you and the receiver must have Skype Software downloaded to your computer) • Video Calls (for these you need to add a webcam with associated software)

  3. Helpful Hardware to Support Your Use of Skype • Reduces background noise for both caller and receiver, when using your computer to talk. Headset • Face to face communication with family, friends or in a business environment can provide enormous benefits. Webcam

  4. Technical Requirements • Current Version: Skype 4.0 for Windows • System requirements • PC running Windows 2000, XP or Vista. (Windows 2000 users require DirectX 9.0 for video calls). • Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection). • Speakers and microphone – built-in or separate. • For voice and video calls we recommend a computer with at least a 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and of course a webcam. • For High Quality Video calls you will need a high quality video webcam and software, a dual-core processor computer and a fast broadband connection (384 kbps).

  5. With a high quality webcam and Skype… …even family and friends that are geographically separated, can have meaningful contact.

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