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What is Skype?
Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes audio and video Skype-to-Skype calls, ability to call mobile phones and landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for up to…
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What is Skype?
Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes audio and video Skype-to-Skype calls, ability to call mobile phones and landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for up to 25 people.
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What is Skype?
Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video
conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes instant messaging, audio
and video Skype-to-Skype calls, the ability to call mobile phones and
landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for
up to 25 people. During video sessions, users also have the option to share
their screen with other participants. Other distinctive features include background blurring, voice and text translation, location share, conversation search, and integration with Microsoft's Digital Assistant, Cortana.
This version of Skype works on phones, desktop, tablet, browsers, Alexa, and
Xbox. Users can call landlines and mobile phones from around the world by
paying for Skype Credit or signing up for Skype subscriptions, a monthly
contract for users who only need service to specific regions. Users can also
pay to have a local phone number through Skype Numbers, so that they can answer
phone calls from their desktops, tablets, or smartphones. They can also send
SMS text messages and share their location using the Skype mobile app.
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Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes audio and video Skype-to-Skype calls, ability to call mobile phones and landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for up to 25 people.
Reviewers rate Live chat highest, with a score of 8.4.
The most common users of Skype are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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July 12, 2022
Seamless user interface.
It's used for video, audio discussions and file sharing. Because of COVID-19 it has become part of our life and our day-to-day communication has become so seamless. We are using its free version and not facing any challenges. I am sure because of its user friendly UI anybody could use it easily. I am a developer so, my discussions are mostly with other developers over Skype but all other teams like management, testing and all senior level employees use Skype for communication.
- First of all its user friendly and convenient interface. Anybody without much training can use it.
- Easily installable on any operating system [without] installing any dependencies.
- It's inexpensive. Although its free version fulfills almost all requirements. if you want to purchase its paid version for international calls it is still very much cost effective.
- Skype could add a translation feature in its software. If a user sends text to another user in a different language Skype could translate it for that user.
- Skype could add a status feature like WhatsApp so that users can describe their feelings.
- Skype lite app size is still big; Skype should reduce its size.
May 19, 2021
Excellent Product
I use it for coaching and for my clients to learn content online. I am the sole owner of the business, I have no employees, I am the sole user, and I utilize it to contact clients via messaging and video calling and conduct group coaching on there as well. It helps solve geographical limitations with clients around the USA and the global marketplace. It is an excellent alternative to other platforms out there, as it is free and you just need a WiFi connection. I have found a lot of people like the Skype platform because it’s so simple and easy to use. It’s come a long way since it began and they keep adding more and more features that are helping me gain traction and gain new business. It’s a great tool to stay connected with people and my clients.
- Chat feature
- Call feature
- Free or very little cost
- Easy to use
- Convenient
- Overcomes geographical limitations
- Poor reception
- Delayed video sometimes
- Easy to pick up back ground noise
- No translate feature
May 11, 2021
Skype - Connecting Families Across Borders
Our organization connects families in the Unites States with orphan communities in developing countries. Each family sponsors an orphan and commits to talk with their sponsored child multiple times per month. Skype is used to connect these families with the children over video calling. It is an essential technology for our mission.
- Widely available.
- Quality connection.
- Secure.
- Skype Translator is not very reliable.
March 31, 2020
Skype to connect to clients worldwide
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
As an English as a Second Language teacher, it is crucial to have Skype. My employer used Skype to conduct an interview with me, seeing that I was in Jamaica and my employer in China. Skype is used for interviews and as a medium to conduct classes for my Chinese students who need to learn English as a second language. Classes are sometimes held online. Skype improves the overall productivity of our company. Students are able to see you in real-time, and teachers are able to video conference.
- Skype is perfect for video call conferencing. You are able to meet with many people at once, anywhere in the world, once you have an internet connection.
- Skype provides an instant messaging service. You are able to leave a message for others to see immediately or at a later date. In addition, you can also create group chat for collaboration where you are able to share documents.
- The software is absolutely 100% user-friendly.
- Skype allowing users to share their screen while on video call/conferencing.
- I wish it had some form of language translation for when speaking with a native speaker of a different language. But apart from that, the software is EXCELLENT.
November 18, 2019
Skype, where will be in 3 more years? Who knows!!
We use it for business meetings to provide quotes, discuss these quotes, and perform closings. We no longer provide very simple remote support, as this feature has been deprecated. We also participate in team status meetings using audio, not video. For phone services, I used to have a foreign phone number for an overseas branch, and it was a pretty useful feature, as the local customer thought we were answering locally. Now, we don't have operations in that location.
We also perform multi-country team meetings, which expedite decisions and make them more consensual.
- Phone calls. This is the best feature Skype produces, and it has been good since inception. You can buy new numbers; you can reroute calls, you can mute, you can do three-party calls, and more.
- Foreign numbers. That is important for persons who have relatives in other countries, as they make local calls only to reach you and they don't get charged for the international calls, you are.
- Call quality. For many years, Skype has produced the best audio quality and the call stability is excellent. The VoIP competitors have a much lower stability.
- Skype for Windows takes a lot of time to load and start. Unexpectedly, a Microsoft product is so slow to start when the Windows and Skype engineers are under the same umbrella.
- Significant confusion for login credentials. Is the phone number the primary credential? Or is the login ID? Same phone number cannot be used for two logins! So, login ID is not irrelevant?
- Remote access functions have been deprecated but no indication whatsoever to where they have been ported if any. It would be very polite if Skype would say: "This functionality is now under product X."
- Product vision. On Messaging, is it a competitor of WhatsApp? On Notifications, is it a competitor of Twitter? On Phone calls, is it a future competitor of the Telephone companies? Who knows where this product will be in the next three years? I like Microsoft a lot, but here is where I suggest calling Steve Ballmer for a 30-minutes vision conversation, and you guys will be all set.
November 11, 2019
Internet based communication done right
Skype is an internet-based telecommunications tool that I as a business operator use to communicate with merchants and other providers. I find it a great and valuable communication tool compared to other communication apps. Using Skype saves me lots of money on international calls since the calls are virtually free. Furthermore, this app works on various platforms making it available no matter what device I'm using, which is extremely convenient.
- Voice calls on Skype is crystal clear and don't drop like on some other apps. Skype to Skype calls are free, who doesn't like free?
- Video calls are easy to use and set up, conferencing is a dream.
- Quick and easy installation across multiple platforms.
- Screen or content sharing is very easy, Much easier that some other apps.
- It seems very stable as it doesn't crash or freeze.
- Sometimes the system gets a little slow during video conferencing.
- I wish there was some kind of language translation built into this app.
- While its multi-platform it isn't as ubiquitous as I would like.
September 16, 2019
Skype lives up to the hype!
Our company does not do a lot of web conferencing so Skype has worked out really well for us and it's free. We use it for sales meetings for the most part as we all tend to be in different places and sometimes need to be able to show someone something and not just tell them about it. The other most common usage for us would be when a new client wants to put a face to the name.
- Super easy to use. Download the app and you're ready to go. We use the group video chat feature the most. quite often when having a sales meeting we have one person at home, another out in the field, maybe another at a doctor appointment, and then another in the office, and almost always one is driving. This allows us all to participate, get valuable information from each other right when you need to.
- I had a really big meeting once and was on my way to the meeting when there was a huge accident on the freeway and I was stuck! Traffic was stopped, no way to get over or get off the freeway. So I called my prospective client and let him know what was happening and asked him if he minded doing a meeting over Skype. Long story short, I got the account. Eventually, I made it there in person to complete our meeting, but thanks to Skype I was able to save the deal.
- Like anything really great, it slows down your computer. I'm not a techy person, but my guess is it uses a lot of space on the computer.
- I have heard their firewalls are not the best and that people have hacked other peoples passwords and such, but personally I have not had this happen.
- At one time I had trouble using it in quite a few areas around town, but that has improved.
March 31, 2017
Skype Review
Skype was being used across the whole organization. It serves as the channel of internal communication between the employees.
- Screen sharing options are available
- Very user-friendly GUI.
- Free-source and incredibly easy to install.
- It offers little or no access to emergency services.
- There is no language translation services.
- Background noises are picked up rather easily.