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Skype Hacks
Tips & Tools for Cheap, Fun, Innovative Phone Service
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- Contents
- + Credits
- + Preface
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Start Using Skype
- What Is Skype?
- Make Your First Skype Call
- Chat Using Skype
- Set Up and Make a Conference Call
- Try SkypeOut, Risk Free
- Try SkypeIn, Risk Free
- Try Skype Voicemail, Risk Free
- Roam the World with Skype Zones
- Transfer a File Using Skype
- Make Toll-Free Calls
- Forward Calls
- + Dial Like a Wizard
- + Troubleshoot Skype
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Save Money with Skype
- + Back-of-the-Envelope Estimate of Skype Savings
- + Avoid Falling Foul of the Taxman
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Avoid Problems Paying for Services
- + Claim Your Money Back
- + Avoid Higher SkypeOut Rates
- Avoid Additional Mobile Phone Charges
- + Make Money with Skype
- Make Money with the Skype API
- Avoid Forfeiting SkypeOut Credits
- Get the Best Deal for VoIP Telephony
- + Round Call Time to Your Advantage
- + Manage Bandwidth Costs
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Configure Skype
- Internet Connections
- Ways to Configure Skype
- Connecting Hardware to Your Computer
- Setting the Sound Devices Used by Skype
- Safely Cutting Your Phone Lines
- Test Your Sound System
- + Test Call Sound Quality (echo123)
- Choose and Configure a Microphone and Speakers
- Choose and Configure a USB Handset or Headset
- + Choose and Configure a Bluetooth Headset
- Configure Skype to Use Regular Phones
- + Configure Skype on a Laptop
- + Configure Skype on a Pocket PC
- + Test Your Internet Connection Bandwidth
- + Test Your Internet Connection Latency
- + Build a Skype Server
- + Make Skype Work with Personal Firewalls
- + Set Up Multiple Phone Lines
- Test Your Connection for Skype Friendliness
- + Eliminate Echo and Noise
- + Reset Your Skype Configuration
- Run Skype Based on Time of Day
- Schedule When Skype Runs the Mac Way
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Tweak and Tune Skype
- + Make Calls from Your Web Browser
- + Accelerate Skype Using Your Keyboard
- + Tweak Skype by Editing config.xml
- + Run Skype from the Command Line
- Display the Technical Details of a Call
- Remove Unused Names from the Login List
- + Add Fast-Dial Shortcuts to Your Menu or Desktop
- + Fix Windows Wireless
- + Fix Badly Behaving Routers
- + Skype at Work
- + Mobile Skype
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Skype Fun and Play
- + Skype Chat and Voicemail
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Security and Privacy
- + Quirks, Gotchas, and Workarounds
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Skype Add-Ons and Tools
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Automate Skype
- The Skype API
- Windows Scripting
- Linux Scripting
- Mac OS X Scripting
- + Hot-Switch Among Sound Devices
- Automate Chat
- Automate Your Interactions with Telephone Systems
- + Schedule Calls and Chat Using iCal on the Mac
- + Send Email and SMS Notification of New Voicemail
- Convert Your Friends List to Fast-Dial Shortcuts
- + Make Chat Talk Out Loud
- + Erase a Skype User Account
- + Spy on Skype API Messages
- + Disable the Skype API
- Index
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. 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.
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 offers free calls between computers and extremely cheap calls to "old-fashioned" phone numbers (landlines and mobile phones). The sound quality is excellent, and end-to-end encryption means the connection is private and secure.
But if you really know what you're doing, Skype can accomplish a whole lot more than that. 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. In Skype Hacks, he shows you how to do things with the technology that even the engineers at Skype probably never intended.
Skype Hacks shows you how to:
Get started with Skype
Figure out how much money you're saving and maximize your savings
Cut the ties to your old phone company
Optimize your Skype configuration
Integrate Skype with desktop tools like Microsoft Office and your web browser
Set up a Skype-based call center
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. 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<
i> is your ideal guide.
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Computers > Hardware > Peripherals
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Publication year : 2005
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 1,004
