Skype - Voip International Calls Service

Skype, Perhaps best of all programs of the internet Phone calls. Allows you to call other people who have Skype for free, and you can dial a normal number for a very low rate. It also has optional services (which are paid) that can be useful. In this section we will deal with Skype to the following arguments:

Call with Skype

• Installation program
• Minimum System Requirements
• Recommended system requirements
• User's Guide
• How to improve sound quality
• Conference Call
• Contacts and permissions
• Connection Status
• Text field to speed dial
• Making calls with Skype
• How to add or change my photo
• Translation of Skype and load user-defined language
• Uninstalling Skype

SkypeOut

• SkypeOut
• SkypeOut Rates

Installation of program:-

First, low, since Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/es/download/

Minimum system requirements:

• PC with Windows 2000 or XP
• 400 MHz processor
• 128 MB of RAM
• 15 MB free hard disk
• Sound card, speakers and microphone
• Internet connection (either dial-up modem as a minimum of 33.6 Kbps or any banda ancha, whether cable, DSL or other)

Recommended system requirements:

• PC with Windows 2000 or XP
• 1 GHz processor
• 256 MB of RAM
• 30 MB free hard disk
• Full-duplex sound card (most of the sound boards manufactured after 1998), headphones with microphone
• Internet connection by cable, DSL or equivalent broadband connection.

After having downloaded the program, start the installation by double clicking the file you downloaded. You open the program's license, you must agree to continue the installation.
Then follow the onscreen instructions, it does not normally have to change anything of the default options and just have to accept what is given. When you open the program for the first time, will choose a username and password. Congratulations! Already have your Skype account and it works. Skype is a simple guide that explains the main functions. For your comfort is here.
Quick Start Guide

If you are an advanced user or an application you used to chat before, many of the features of Skype will be known. This quick start guide explains how you can immediately start calling your contacts after you have installed the Skype program. Keep in mind that your contacts must also install Skype and register as a user before you can start using it.

• Start Skype.

• Log in with your username and password. This happens automatically by default if you've chosen a username and password and you are connected to the Internet.

• When you start Skype for the first time, your contact list will be empty. To find your friends and add them to your contact list, select Search for Skype users on the Tools menu, or in the toolbar, click the Search button. A new window will open where you can search for friends by name or by any other information they have put in your user profile.

• To add a contact, you simply right-click on the username of the search result and select Add to Contacts.

• There are several ways to call a contact:

Make or right-click on the username you want to call in the contact list and select Call this member, or select the name in the search result and click the Call button.
or Double-click the user name in the contacts list or the search results.
or select a user name and click the call button which is located at the bottom of the window.

• If someone calls you, you will hear the telephone ringing and the Skype icon will flash in the system tray. Open the Skype window (if not already visible) and choose if you want to meet or reject the call on the call sheet.

• When deciding on a call, it will start a two-way voice conversation will be the duration of the call.

• Anyone who is speaking can end the call at any time by clicking the button to hang up (on the call sheet or in the toolbar quickly, if visible).

How to improve sound quality

To enjoy the best sound quality possible, we strongly recommend that you try the following:

• Use a headset with microphone. These devices significantly improve the sound quality and can be purchased in store or on Skype accessories home computer.

• Tell your friends to buy a headset with microphone. Please note that the voice quality depends on the equipment used by both members of the call. The best way to ensure high sound quality is that both users use a headset with microphone.

• If you do not have one, it is likely that they can improve the sound quality if:or use headphones instead of speakers on your computer;or the microphone closer or further away from your mouth;or use an external microphone (note that most laptops use low-quality microphones); or update the drivers for your soundcard.
  

• Please note that if you do not have a microphone, you can use headphones as a temporary solution and connect the microphone input of the soundcard. Try it!

Conference calling

Skype is now possible for a total of up to 5 people to participate in a conference call. It is easy to initiate such a communication with Skype and there are several ways to do so. If you want to call several people at once and start a conference call, participants must first choose from the contacts list while pressing the Ctrl key and clicking each one. Once selected, click the button on the toolbar to the conferences. This will open the conference and will record the names of participants to whom you called. If participants attend your call will be included in the conference.

Otherwise, if you're already in a call and want to add another participant to the conversation, you can choose in the list and click the conference button on the toolbar, or you can simply click button on the side of a new contact list and select the Invite to the conference.
Remember the beginning of the conference (user host) is the only person who can add new participants. Moreover, because Skype conferences are done by a pair, it is important that the initiatives have a good team and a fast connection to the Internet. If you intend to conduct a conference call with many participants, you must choose the person who has the best connection to initiate the conversation.

Skype is divided into several tabs, and each has a specific purpose. The tabs Home, Contacts and Call Log are always visible, while others only appear when needed (for example, if you make or receive a call). To view a tab, simply click the title bar. To close, click the right mouse button and select close tab.

Home tab

The Home tab is automatically whenever you start Skype. There you can view a summary of relevant information, such as the number of missed calls and online contacts.

Contacts tab

The Contacts tab displays other Skype users who were added to your list of contacts. The icon to the left of each name indicates the user online status. Clicking the right mouse button on any user name on this list, a menu with options of communication or administration of the user. To search for contacts, simply select the option Search for Skype users from the Tools menu. To add a contact, simply click the button on one side of the usernames listed in the search result and select Add to Contacts.

Call Record Sheet

The Call Log tab displays a list of your recent calls and communications. On this tab you can see when and with whom to talk. You can also use this form as "redial button clicking any previous conversation and clicking on the secondary Call.

Ongoing call sheet

If you try to call someone or if someone tries to call you, a new calling card. If you are called in the chip can accept or reject the call by pressing the appropriate button.
Contacts and approvals

Contacts

The users you add to your list are "contacts" or "friends." On the Privacy tab, which you access by going to the File menu and selecting Options, you can choose to accept only incoming calls or messages that come from people on your contact list. Notices in the schedule of calls and message alerts, you can set different levels of alerts for incoming communications, as the other person is or not in your contact list.

Authorized Users

Skype protects your privacy by showing that you are connected only to users authorized for seeing that information. When you add another user to your contact list will open the dialog applications. If accepted, the user is authorized. If rejected, by contrast, does not permit such user (note that this person does not receive any response to your request). If ignored, the application will appear in the Startup tab until you take some action. Please note that the Privacy tab (File> Options), you can choose to accept calls or messages only from people you've authorized.

Blocked Users

If blocking a username, you can not communicate with you again (and you with it). Always appear as offline to the users you've blocked. You can modify the list of blocked users in Tools> Manage blocked user (or File> Options> Privacy> Manage Blocked Users)
Connection Status

Your online status is displayed in the status bar of Skype (at the bottom of program window). You can change your online status by clicking the appropriate icon or selecting the File menu.
The connection status can be any of the following:

• Connected: This is the default state when you log on to Skype.

• Absent: enabled if you are logged in, but you have not used your computer for some time.

• Not available: enabled if you are logged into Skype, but you have not used your computer for a long time.

• Busy: You can use this status to indicate you're busy.

• Invisible when using this rule, you can use Skype as you're connected, but others see you as if you were not.

• Off means that the user is not connected to Skype, or has chosen to indicate that it is invisible or offline.

Text field to speed dial

The text field near the bottom of the Skype main window enables you to call directly to another user by typing your username and pressing the Enter key.
Making calls with Skype

There are several ways to call another Skype user:

• In the contact list or call log simply click your mouse on a contact that is connected and select the option to call. You can also select a user name and press the big green button to call the toolbar quickly.

• In the text box, type a user name and press the Enter key.

• Double-click a user name.

Skype Chat Conversations

Skype Chat lets you chat with other Skype users using your keyboard. You can even do this with several people at once. For more information about Skype Chat, see the Users' Guide to Skype Chat.

How to add or change my photo

Open Skype and go to the File menu. Select your user profile .... You'll see the display picture box at the bottom left corner of the window. To upload an image stored on your PC, simply click Browse and impórtala. You can upload jpeg and bmp. If you have an image, you can download Skype for the images in the Share Skype site. Translation of languages Skype and load user-defined

The Skype program was originally created in English, but can easily translated into any other language. We encourage users to create and share translated language files (. Lang), to other Skype users who do not know English.

Skype to translate, choose the "Edit Skype language file ..." on the Tools menu. A simple text editor that displays the item that has been translated to the left, in the original version and the translated text to the right. Any text that appears on the right can be translated. Skype To translate, simply type the translation in the right column. The elements that have the words correspond to Menu menus Skype. The caption indicated that they appear in the titles of the dialogs of the program. Those with an indication Hint correspond to the text that appears when you move the cursor over an item.

If you are unsure of the context of a particular word or phrase, click the Apply button to see the changes directly in the program. Note that the text in the About screen will not load.
Skype never loaded into other languages, the legal texts of the About page, so no need to translate.

To save your language file, just click on Save As ... and rescale them to a file name languages. To upload a language file, click the Load button and select a file with an. Lang.
We encourage our users to visit our forum to share and analyze the language files.

Uninstalling Skype

To uninstall Skype, open the Control Panel (Start> Control Panel or Start> Settings> Control Panel) and choose the Add or Remove Programs. Select Skype and click the Remove button. Consult your system if you want to keep or remove your contact list and call log. This can be useful if you plan to reinstall Skype in the future, when the want to have saved your contact list. Choose the appropriate option to remove Skype from your PC.

SkypeOut

SkypeOut is the service with which you can efectual calls to phone numbers all over the world using the Skype program. It is very cheap and interesting, because the quality is the same as a normal call.

Skype Rates

The fare is the standard Skype SkypeOut Global Rate. Is $ 0.023 per minute, and no matter where you are, wherever you want to just call.

This fare is valid for the following destinations:

Argentina (Buenos Aires), Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Canada (mobiles), Chile, China (Beijing, Guanzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen), China (mobiles), Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (mobiles), Ireland, Italy, Mexico (Mexico City, Monterrey), Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland (Poland, Gdansk, Warsaw), Portugal, Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (Taipei), United Kingdom, United States (except Alaska and Hawaii), United States (mobiles) and last but not least: Vatican.
The rate refers to calls to fixed numbers. If not indicated, usually calls to mobiles are more expensive (but still less than a traditional call).