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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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| Mobile Application | No |
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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 Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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October 18, 2019
Skype is an average quality product but does its job when it comes to messaging and making audio/video calls
- It allows employees to communicate with each other fast and efficiently.
- It allows casual tone.
- It allows adding emotions (emojis) when messaging a person, which makes it a better experience.
October 17, 2019
Skype is an excellent tool for online video conferencing!
- Since Skype is free for the features that I need, it has definitely had a positive ROI.
- Skype is very useful to have as a tool, especially when I have trouble using Google Meets or a client prefers to use it.
October 07, 2019
Skype is a solid performer
- Effective communications tool for little money.
- Good quality voice.
- Puts business in a positive light with clients.
September 27, 2019
Business Type Skype Review
- It works well and people like to use it as a chat tool.
September 25, 2019
Great screen sharing tool!
- It definitely saves me time when sharing presentations with clients.
September 24, 2019
Skype Connect with those around you anywhere!!!
- It has improved communication by far between colleagues and those internationally, even for some in contact with students for advising appointments
September 23, 2019
Great Video Conferencing and More
- Skype improves interoffice communication, reducing the amount of wasted time that comes with a large number of emails.
- Skype is intuitive and requires little overhead, making the implementation seamless.
- Skype's high-quality video and audio make calls flow better with little dropped data.
September 19, 2019
Skype Review
- Positive - Easy to search for and find colleagues.
- Negative - Because of the rigid interface, sometimes I have to switch to another tool to take more complex audio calls.
- Scheduling is not flexible and I am not able to set future calls in email invites.
September 17, 2019
Skype is simply sensational!
- I am not sure what we pay for Skype, so it would be hard for me to put an ROI on it.
- Some people have started using Teams as well as Skype as it has more features, so it is not convenient to have to log onto both.
- It has been great to communicate with remote folks.
September 16, 2019
Skype for professional communications
- Quick communication.
- Connectivity with peers for quick catch-ups.
- Screen sharing and recording are beneficial for reviewing the information later.
September 16, 2019
A great tool for collaboration
- Improved communication.
- Increased our team's collaboration.
- Made it easier to find bugs and resolve issues.
September 16, 2019
Skype lives up to the hype!
- Well we use the regular Skype and it's free, so the ROI is there. It has helped me close sales and get campaigns up and running quickly so it has definitely given me a return.
September 15, 2019
My Second Choice
- No/Neutral impact. Free version used.
September 14, 2019
Sky's not the limit with Skype!
- Improved communication amongst the team.
- Simple and efficient for meeting requests for a less savvy person.
- Efficiency in knowing when someone can be disturbed or not.
September 14, 2019
Skype is cheap and effective
- Better internal communication.
- Less time spent emailing.
- Less time spent getting up and walking into other offices to have discussions.
September 13, 2019
Favorite Telecommunications Application
- Affordably host remote usability studies, instead of investing in expensive or subpar software.
- Creates better collaboration which encourages swifter work.
September 12, 2019
Used to be the best, but competition is growing stronger and better.
- I have communicated with clients and closed deals using Skype.
- It is absolutely free. No need to pay for anything to be able to communicate with people from around the world.
September 10, 2019
Excellent free phone/video calling tool for global meetings
- It makes it easier to communicate with more potential clients (if they prefer Skype, I'll defer to them, which often helps me get their business).
- Skype has allowed us to communicate quickly and easily across departments.
- Unfortunately, has proven to be confusing and unused by some users.
- Users' non-use of Skype can be pretty detrimental to the performance of some lower-powered machines especially.
September 10, 2019
Good for the money
- We've had constituents who do not know how to use the application which has not been as effective as it should.
- It helps connect faster when you are in need of a response or a quick live conference, especially with Google Hangouts not working.
- The on-boarding of new students/parents/staff has been a lot quicker and effective since interviews can be done via skype.
February 21, 2019
Skype is awesome for personal use
- Positive: we can use it free of charge.
- Negative: the reliability of the connection is not guaranteed.
- Positive: we can use it with people who already used it before.
January 04, 2019
Skype takes the cake when it comes to video calls!
- Skype has allowed us to communicate face to face with people quickly and easily without the cost of travel.
- Sometimes Skype can be more of a hassle than helpful and a phone call could have easily handled the initial contact.
December 18, 2018
Skype: Microsoft's Playground
- Skype brought our team together over a common dislike.
- We have a team of developers who cannot help themselves but go on and on about how much they hate Skype. I cannot blame them, we all agree.
December 17, 2018
Return on investement of Skype for business
- Productivity savings, by leveraging Skype for Business for remote meetings versus traveling and using other conferencing solutions
- a steady increase in hard cost savings with the reduction and eventual discontinuation of our PBX and conferencing.
- Using it for calls within branches and call the customer
December 17, 2018
Using Skype for consultations
- Skype has had an overall positive impact on my business objectives though I find that other platforms are requested by my clients instead of Skype.
- Skype has allowed my clients who can't visit me in person to have a better personal experience than a phone call. So a positive effect on my business objectives to provide flexible, quality services to clients
- I'm not aware of all the features Skype offers so it's possible there are other benefits to using Skype that I'm not taking advantage of.