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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 Technical Details
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
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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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December 01, 2022
The software will upgrade your work pattern and will help in achieving your business goals more fast and make your communication more easy.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Skype in our organization to get connected at every time and at any place through this software as it helps us a lot in communicating and passing information from one person to another in no time. It is very less time-consuming and easy to use. Through the software, we do calling, chat and share files and images, videos, etc., on a single tip.
- Through Skype we can communicate very easily globally
- We can do Chat, Call, Video Call, Screensharing, Media & File sharing at a one tip
- We can create different groups and can add a large number of people to the same group, which helps in spreading any news to masses
- Skype need to add different templates which looks more attractive.
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- It has lowered our costs in our organization while communicating through the internal team, earlier we use landlines to communicate, but now we use Skype which is cheap in comparison to landlines and other sources.
- It has saved our time in spreading and communicating with a large number of people, As we can communicate and pass the messages in groups which saves our time and cost.
- It has saved our bills which were going earlier on landlines.
As WhatsApp Business is not useful as skype because there are certain features which were not as useful as those available on skype. Whatsapp has a file size limit while transferring data, it doesn't have screen sharing which is a big drawback, and cannot be used as a professional tool while working in corporates.
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They use Skype for internal purposes to pass messages from one person to another or to the masses.
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All the people, including Business Analyst, Business Executives & Developer, etc., employees use the App.
- Easy and fast to communicate
- It has all features like Audio call, Video Call, Chatting, etc.
- It's remote working and have clarity while doing the call and video call
- To do the meeting
- To give training session to other teams
- To share the data files from one person to another
- It's less time consuming
- It acquire less space in our gadgets
- It's less expensive
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- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
It provides us with the best features in one product so that all the work can be done from one product only.
I will subscribe to this software again as I didn't find any suitable software to replace this one.
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was a major issue with the implementation
It was less time-consuming while discussing with the masses.
- Training to new employee
- To share the messages into group of people
- No Training
Yes, the product is very easy to learn and use without any tutorial or training.
There is no recommendation as it's perfect on my behalf.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
No, we want only as the product is normally, we don't need any configuration or customization.
Yes, as we do call it internationally.
No
- Chatting is very easy
- Doing audio and video call is very easy
- Screen sharing feature is most efficient and useful
- Sharing some files
Yes
The mobile interface works very nicely and perfectly.
- Laptop
- Mobile
It's easy to install and use.
- No, I have integrated earlier in my system
I don't deal with vendors. Other team members do.
- File import/export
No
There is no advice as the software is up to date.
No things were negotiated.
No
- Less time consuming
- More efficient in working
- All things are working fine
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November 29, 2021
An All Around Good Communications Tool
We use Skype to communicate externally with other peer organizations. Notably we have also used Skype to communicate with job applicants in other countries. As a large organization I am sure that other offices are using Skype on campus. Skype fills a void for a reliable face to face communication platform that makes it feel like you are having a casual conversation with others without the need to be present. In a previous role I used Skype's chat or instant messaging features but no longer use that functionality. It worked well when I used it but it is my understanding they have beefed up this functionality.
- It does video calling very well.
- You can share files easily over the platform.
- The chat / instant messaging feature was robust.
- It's very accessible. Users on many platforms can use it.
- It is reliable. I have not had issues with uptime or charshing.
- I think that often people are confused on what usage or functions will cost them money to use.
- Everyone is concerned about security and safety these days. I don't conduct secret business over Skype but I've heard there may be some concerns about this issue if you are thinking of using it for sensitive information.
- Chat history gets deleted after a certain point so if keeping years long records is something that you are looking to do consider saving chunks off from time to time.
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- My department does not use Skype in a way that would be seen as generating a return on investment but for what the product does it is a good value.
- It really closes the distance gap in working with offices that are far away. Conference calls can be so soul crushing, this is a much better option.
- The only negative impact is that it is not the only video conferencing tool that I use. Given that it is not as strong of a multi user platform I can't say that it may cover every need that every office would have.
It's very difficult to compare Skype to the other tools listed above that are in the database. Skype is much more fully featured and easy to use with many users than Google Hangouts or Google Duo. WebEx and GoToMeeting are better conference call style set ups but not really in the same market but do provide some similar services to Skype. Join.me and Cisco Jabber offer some screen sharing and instant messaging features as Skype and are a little better for those purposes. In essence Skype covers so many things that it's just an easy Swiss army knife style of tool.
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- Price
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- Prior Experience with the Product
As we were working with a group of people that are on different systems and have different office formats and in general were diverse it made the most sense to work with a product that didn't force every user to have the same setup. Just about everyone knows what Skype is and it is available on anything from desktops and laptops to iPads, tablets, and phones we didn't have to worry about someone using it from home having an issue or someone traveling not being able to communicate. Most people already have experience with the product so it's not like we have issues when we need to contact a new person with it.
I think we had a really solid selection process. We brainstormed different products for video communications and then did some Google searching as well to see what might exist that we had not heard of. After we got the list together I went out and wrote up a summary of the pros and cons of each one. We met back after that and talked through the prospects and landed on using a mix of Skype, Google Hangouts, and GoToMeeting depending on the situation.
July 22, 2021
How Skype Has Helped Our Company
Skype is being used by our organization mostly by myself to have meetings with employees and certifiers of our product that currently cannot come visit our facility due to the coronavirus pandemic. It addresses the problems that the virus has caused with social distancing by allowing us to stay in contact with our employees and the like.
- User-Friendly Interface
- Easy to find contacts
- Call Quality for us is always crisp and clear!
- The Search function seems to find people that we have no idea who they are
- Even with notifications turned off, notifications still find a way through for no apparent reason
- Too many spam emails from bots and random accounts
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- Savings in transportation and lodging expenses for us and our business partners
- Less time wasted getting to meetings during business hours
- Less human interaction with old school businesses has had more of a negative impact
- Zoom and Discord
We find Skype to be more user-friendly than Zoom, possibly because I personally have been using Skype for a lot longer and have become used to its functionality. I also find the video and sound quality to be better than Zoom. On a more personal note, I believe Discord has a better interface for regular messages and voice chats than both Zoom and Skype.
No
- Product Features
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
The single most important factor in our decision came down to the fact that almost everyone in our shop that would be using Skype had already had previous knowledge on how to effectively use this software. And as I stated previously, the ease of use made for a simple decision.
If we had to do it again, I would ask all employees which programs or software that each one has had experience with. Off of that, I would gauge that percentage against how easy it would be to teach the employees who had no experience how to use Skype effectively.
November 04, 2019
Skype for the best meetings.
Skype is used by almost everyone in the organization. It allows us to communicate with external clients, vendors and partners. We have had good success with Skype being a tool to having virtual meetings. We have had conversations with users around the world. It is a tool that is widely used!
- Chat
- Voice
- Video
- Recording
- Sharing
- Reporting
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- Communication
- Ease of use
- Conversation
- Zoom and GoToMeeting
Skype is a great tool and it is better than the others, Zoom, GoToMeeting, Appear.in because it is widely used around the world. The other applications require new users to sign up and download software, where most people I work with already have Skype and are ready to go and have a meeting!
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All business functions use Skype. The marketing team uses it to speak with designers and creatives, the operations team uses it to speak with suppliers and manufacturers. The sales team uses it for interviews and phone screens. Overall the entire organizations use Skype to support any communication needs they have with external parties.
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Basic computer skills are the required to support skype. our users are savvy and do not have issue here.
- Communication
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- Product Usability
The most important factor in the decision to implement Skype was that it was an easy to use communication platform to speak with external parties.
I would not change anything, it was simple and easy.
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I have not used Microsoft support for this product.
April 05, 2016
Skype! It incredibility good software
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Skype is being used by our organization to communicate meetings amid our employees and enhance the sales potential of our company. We believe in quality and quick communication so Skype has helped us a lot in achieving our goals. We use it on company level and it always remained as our integral voice and video communication and calling software.
- Effective communication by Skype
- Quick response by customer support team
- No technical issues
- Better voice and video quality
- Screen sharing option
- Premium charges are quite expensive
- Stagnant layout
- Missing WhatsApp features
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- Sales enhancement
- Better client dealing
- More conversion ratio
- Zoom
Skype is a cheap and quality product with low bandwidth requirement compared to zoom. Skype also provides more customer features.
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management and VOIP skills
- Live calling
- Employees management
- Client innovation
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The reviews by other customers and third party user websites
- Don't know
- Bug fixing
- Programming
- Installation
Yes
Because It can save time and made things in right direction in less time
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- Screen sharing
- Group calling
- Video calling
- Customer support
- Bug fixing
- Premium purchase
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It's very good and according to requirements of each mobile device