How To Set Up Skype
Setting up Skype is very simple.
First, because your telephone voice transmission sends a lot of data, you need a computer with a high speed internet connection.
Second, like any communications system, you need a mouthpiece and an ear piece.
That is all that it takes.
Once you get comfortable with Skype you may get a special handset, but generally most people start with a simple headset that has a microphone and ear piece.
Just plug the two jacks into the receptacles on your computer.
If your computer has speakers, you can just get a desk microphone and use the computer speakers.
Skype has a wonderful feature that allows you to use a web camera and broadcast your video to people with whom you are talking. If the other person has a web camera, they can also allow you to see them talking. To protect your privacy, the camera does not broadcast until you turn the video feature on.
And there is something very nice about the web camera also. You can use its microphone whether it is broadcasting or not. So you have hands free and headset free broadcasting.
Our preference is to use our webcamera because it keeps our hands free and we can write notes and work on our computer while we are talking. This helps us a lot when we are talking to customers. We can review their email records and find web pages, etc.
We sometimes use a headset to listen while we use the web camera microphone. That way we hide the other side of the conversation.
We use the Logictech QuickCan For Notebooks that you see here Web Cameras . We love it.
You can also use a USB handset or a wireless unit. We have them also and they are convenient at times. If we are not at the computer we can answer the phone with our wireless and then go to the computer and, if we think it necessary, shift to our headset for convenience. Here is information about handsets. Go to Wireless handset
To Start
Once you have a headset, or microphone and speakers, download the free Skype Program.
It is free and very easy to set up. It will take you through a very simple installation program that has you set the volumes for your microphone and ear piece.
You will be asked to give yourself a nickname that people can use to dial you. If you are in business, try to pick one that relates to what you are doing. We picked polcham. It is easy to remember and relates to the Poland Chamber, Inc.
As you install the system you will see that there are upgrades that you can play with. First get the free system installed. Look at the other stuff later.
Go to this link and download the free skype program at Skype
If you have any questions, call me on my Skype regular phone in Massachusetts at 508 471 4472 and I will give you personal help. This is one of the upgrades that I chose after I got familiar with the system.
And of course, you can call me free by using my skype ID polcham.
In any case, if this information leaves any questions in your mind, please send them to me so I can make this page more useful. Contact us here.
Other Things That You Can Do
You can get a special telephone number that allows people to call using their regular telephone. They pay only the charge to that telephone number. And you can have the call forwarded to anywhere in the world at no extra cost. And it has voice mail capability.
We have a phone number in Webster, Massachusetts. People call it and we answer in Warsaw, Poland. They are usually surprised that they are calling Poland for nothing more than a call to Webster, Massachusetts.
There is also a service that allows us to call regular telephones using Skype. The call rates are incredibly cheap. We use it to call people all over the world.
And if you are in the United States you can subscribe to a service that allows unlimited calls at another extremely low rate.
We use all three of these services.
And then we use the business service that allows you to control phones for several users. That service is free.
But like we say, start with the free system. Then grow into it. Get the free system here. Skype
If you have never used Skype, you can test it by calling me on my phone in Massachusetts. You pay for the call to Massachusetts. It automatically transfers the call to me in Warsaw, Poland - Free for both of us. 508 471 4462 . Please remember that I am 6 hours ahead of the Eastern Time Zone.
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