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This claims to be clearer then using the telephone
http://www.skype.com
Anyone got a headset and microphone to put it to the test??
http://www.skype.com
Anyone got a headset and microphone to put it to the test??
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What do you think of it Diamondgeezer ??
Although I can't judge the quality cos th eperson I was testing with was too shy to talk ... LOL but they played music for me and sounded OK..
Just need to find a friend who can download it also and try it with me :cool: nooooow who to try and convince
also forgot to say, it is deffo free isnt it Diamondgeezer ??
Yes PC to PC voice chat is totally free - in fact how would they charge you for it?? They dn't take any personal details form you... there is no PC to landline phone option - so yes PC to PC is free and that's what I wanted to test out ... Anyway if you join maybe we can chat and test the quality out - BTW what kind of internet connection do yo have? I have ADSL.
Oh I found from using MSN to chat to someone last night that I had a slight echo which was reduce when I reduced the filtering of my software firewall!!
I have broadband......I'll install it and get back to you on it
Yeh i agree with you, Deffo better than yahoo, though it does still break up it is rather good..
Rachie
So you guys reckon it's better then MSN too? All I know is it's dead easy to configure ... what sort of headsets are you using cheap ones or decent ones? I have a Labtec one which is supposed to be one of the better ones.
although I'm interested in getting a USB handset that looks like a phone.
Oh OK, I'm assuming you were talking to Rachie - so none of you are using a headset ... OK, that's interesting cos obviously with seperate speakers you pick up feedback so would be intersting to hear somepeople who have proper headset setup's on both side to see if the quality surpasses a telephone as they claim.
Espacially since the voice signal is encrypted along the way!!
I was getting annoyed cos I only had one Audio Line out and needed it to go to any of three devices
PC Speakers - for music
TV for watching movies
HeadSet for speaking to people via MSN or PC to Phone
So now I have the TV line out and Headphones plugged in and seems to work fine.
My added soundcard is also the SoundBlaster Live Platinum with a extra part that takes up one 5.25 drive bay but has loads of extra sockets for headphones or mostlikely what I'll connect - my PC Speakers!!
Which bit didn't you understand??
Been using my PC with 2 soundcards for a few days now ... oh it's so much better now I don't have to keep plugging and unplugging things!!!
Other than when having a text chat, Do you actually see anything differant..Is it me cause i dont see much else differant....other than that and the start up screen of skype being a diff colour also
In the setup thing you select always authorise
Well the visual elemets is the only difference I can see, seeing as I've never actually talked to anyone on it, but text messaged them but I saw a huge list of so called improvements, I thin it's quicker though to find when contacts are online
I dont recall seeing that option though