I tried Skype yesterday. I haven’t had a successful two-sided conversation with it, but that is not the fault of Skype. I bought some adapters from Radio Shack to convert my 2.5″ headset jack to two 1/8″ jacks, but I suspect I got the wrong stuff — I might just buy myself a PC headset with two 1/8″ jacks or a USB connection since Skype seems to be promising. Recommendations? I’m thinking of this one:
I am impressed with the application so far. My friend Andy skyped me and the sound quality of his voice was excellent, better than telephone for sure. He couldn’t hear me so I had to type back to him, which definitely made for a very bizarre conversation dynamic.
I had even purchased $13 (10 English pounds) of SkypeOut credit so that I could try calling my parents on their landline. I wanted to find a free Skype voucher code so I could try before I buy so I searched the Internet but couldn’t find any, so I just plunked down the $13. This was before I realized that I had mic problems so I could hear them but they could not hear me. After 20 seconds of fiddling with the connection, I gave up and called them from a regular phone. I’ll try again when I get a better headset.
I bought this (http://www.yamamoto-group.co.uk/easyblue.htm) on ebay GBP 28 (incl delivery) which lets you use your regular phone to make and receive (not received a call yet though) skype calls. The quality isn’t that great but that could be the fact I’m using a cordless phone and I’m on 512 connection. For the price well worth it.
Try this 🙂
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works for me 3 ties a week, every week!
Me and some friends had some trouble getting our mics to work as well. Try this: go to your “Configuration Panel”, click on “Sound and Audio Devices” and then on the “Audio” tab. Under the “Sound Recorder” area there is a “Volume” button. click it and try selecting another input source. My pc automatically kept it on “line in” and I had to change it to “Microphone”. You may have another option there for your device…
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Try the website: http://www.freeskypevoucher.com for free skype voucher codes.
Skype is also releasing a cell phone
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Try freeskypecredits.com. They also give away free Skype Credits at registration.
http://freeskypecredits.com