<p>Okay, I downloaded this program, and now I am not too sure of what I can and cannot do with it, (am a bit slow on the techie end of things). Appreciate any help given.</p>
<p>Well, not totally sure of your questions. </p>
<p>You can buy some Skype credit (I buy $10 at a time because we are not heavy users of “Skype out”). Do this by clicking Account/Buy Skype credit. With that you can call anyone with a regular land line for quite low rates. You can look up the rates for each country on Skype. It’s pretty simple - you just type in the phone number and their phone rings. Skype figures out the country code etc. when you select the country you are calling.</p>
<p>You can also look for people you know to see if they have Skype; or tell the people you want to contact regularly to get Skype. Look for people by using Tools/Search for Skype Users… you can look by Skype name (which you might not know), full name or email address. These calls are free.</p>
<p>You do need a mic or headset. You can also have video, which I don’t use.</p>
<p>If you haven’t already, make the Skype test call. I found the Skype tutorial very easy to follow.</p>
<p>I love skype! D and I communicate with it. It’s great if you have a webcam too. You can message each other or talk, if you have a microphone. I wish more of my friends would download it so we can ‘talk’ for free!</p>
<p>Okay, maybe i should scratch my post #2 above. I’m just talking about “plain Skype”, really. I don’t have Skype Pro - which I guess costs $3/month. I don’t pay any monthly fee.</p>
<p>jmmom- lol, I am just as confused. I think I have a # attached to it now, (I am fiddling around with it), which has just totally confused me. I have linked the # with one of my son’s overseas relatives, but now I am confused about who should dial that #, me or the relative. I am hoping someone can help me. I did purchase a headset and it’s all set up correctly. I just need some guidance. :)</p>
<p>I am, indeed, clueless. I was talking about ‘plain skype’ too. Never heard of Skype Pro. Quopoe, if anybody is slow on the techie end of things, that’s me! I’m sure jmmom knows much more than I do. My H downloaded it for me and I just use it, after being taught how…sigh…</p>
<p>It is Skype but in a bundle form, (it has additional services). I paid $15.00 for 5 months, and an additional $3.00 per month, (I think, still clarifying that one, lol). I think the # it gave me in this bundled service allows me to use it to call 1 person internationally. The # has my area code, so I don’t think I will be charged any heavy international calling rates, (still reading up on it). I prolly should have read it before purchasing it, but I can cancel at any time, so not too much of a loss for me. Still…anyone out there knows anything about it, do post it. Thanks!</p>
<p>This is the way it works. If you don’t want to pay anything, then anyone you want to talk to video conference to must also have Skype. You then use their email address that they have signed up Skype with as the address to contact them. They must be log on to Skype before you could call them. It works well if you are on the computer all the time. You could pay and call people on their regular phone. Think of Skype as AOL’s IM, except you could speak/see the other party. One very important thing to remember is to make sure to set up your profile so only people on your list could contact you, otherwise you will have random people contacting you.</p>
<p>Okay, quopoe. Let’s see if this helps. You want to call an overseas relative and you have their phone # (land line?) or you have their Skype name (computer-to-computer)?</p>
<p>If you have their land line phone #, you open Skype, click on Call Phones, select the country from the drop-down menu, type in the # in the format Skype gives you. Et voila, you will hear it ringing them.</p>
<p>If you have them as a Skype using member in your contacts, click on contacts and you will see their name. Next to their name will be a green icon if they are on line. If they are, click on their name and it will call them.</p>
<p>If you want someone to call you from their land line to your computer, well… that is “not in my job description ;).”</p>