Users of the Skype program can call each other absolutely free of charge. If at you and at your interlocutor webcams are connected, then you not only will hear each other, but also will see. On phones which are not registered in Skype network it is necessary to pay for calls, but often such calls all the same cost cheaper, than when using normal phone.
It is required to you
- - microphone;
- - loudspeakers or earphones;
- - webcam;
- - sufficient speed of Internet connection.
Instruction
1. Buy the microphone and the webcam if your computer is not equipped by them yet. Connect these devices. If necessary install drivers. If you do not want your dialogs to be heard by people around, connect also earphones.
Existence of the webcam is not an indispensable condition, you will be able to make calls and without it. Just in this case your interlocutor will not see you.
2. Download the Skype program from the official site of http://www.skype.com/intl/ru/home. To select the version for the OS, select the Load Skype item in the menu of the page. Install the program on the computer.
Some models of laptops are equipped with the built-in Skype module. For example, in the NR Skype models enters into tools of the program of quick access in the Internet of QuickWeb. This program when the laptop is switched off is started or is in the hibernation mode, clicking F5 key.
3. Start the Skype program. In a welcome window click on the link Create a new account. Undergo registration procedure. Enter the user name (Skype Name) and the password which is thought up by you into fields in a program welcome window. Press the Sign Me In button. To change a program interface language, select the line Change Language in the Tools menu.
4. Test the connected equipment. For this purpose select in the list of subscribers of Echo/Sound Test Service. Press the button of data on communication quality — the button extreme on the right with the indicator. In the appeared window in turn open tabs to check all components. If there were any problems with the equipment, press the Open the Quality Manual of Communication button to look at hints on ways of their solution.
5. Make a test call to Echo/Sound Test Service. For this purpose press the Call button. Speak in the microphone any text after a sound signal. After the following sound signal the system will reproduce your speech. If everything works – can call friends.
If record did not turn out, and the microphone and loudspeakers (earphones) function normally, perhaps, you have a low speed of the Internet. In this case it will be better for you to communicate with friends in a text form in a program chat.
6. Add friends to the list of subscribers, using the Add Contact button. In the opened window enter all data on the subscriber known to you. If he is registered in Skype, to it the inquiry for authorization will be sent. If the person confirms this request, you will be able to talk to him free of charge in the mode of telephony and in a chat.
If you have an account in Facebook social network, you can import to Skype data on the friends from there. For this purpose select the corresponding tab in contacts.
7. You call on phone numbers, using for set the button of the same name in the interface of the program. To make calls, it is necessary to put money for the account. It is possible to make it from the cash card or through the systems of electronic payments. For account replenishment follow the link "Deposit Money to the Account" in a program window.