Communicate Using Skype, Even When Bandwidth Is Low Make Cheap Long-Distance or International Calls from Your Mobile Adding a Skype Me Button to a Web Page or to Your Outlook Email Inserting callto:// and skype: Links in Word, Excel, and Add Fast-Dial Shortcuts to Your Menu or Desktop Test Your Connection for Skype Friendliness Multiple Instances of Skype on the Same Machine Choose and Configure a USB Handset or Headset Choose and Configure a Microphone and Speakers Run Skype for only a limited part of the day. Payments from anonymous proxies will be rejected. One, and only one, Skype account per payment account. Estimate Your Fixed Charges and Taxes Savings Back-of-the-Envelope Estimate of Skype Savings So whether you'd simply like to give Skype a trial run, you want new Skype ring tones and fun on-hold music, or you're considering wiring your home with Skype to get rid of "regular" phone service altogether, Skype Hacks is your ideal guide. The book offers ideas for creating and organizing a contacts list, using Skype to transfer files, taking advantage of chat and voicemail capabilities, turning a PDA into a mobile phone, and automating Skype for even greater efficiency.
In Skype Hacks, he shows you how to do things with the technology that even the engineers at Skype probably never intended. Software developer and author Andrew Sheppard recently converted his entire house to Skype and uses it for all his personal and business calls, even when he's traveling. The sound quality is excellent, and end-to-end encryption means the connection is private and secure.īut if you really know what you're doing, Skype can accomplish a whole lot more than that. Skype offers free calls between computers and extremely cheap calls to "old-fashioned" phone numbers (landlines and mobile phones). Millions of people (48 million and counting, in fact) have opted for Skype, which uses peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to turn any PC, Mac, or Pocket PC into a telephone. Skype Hacks tells you what all the Skype hype is about, explains the basics, and shows you more than 100 clever tips and tricks for tweaking and tuning Skype to make it do just what you want and more. If you've heard about Skype-and who hasn't with all the recent media attention devoted to internet telephone services-chances are you've been mighty tempted to try it out.
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