Skype

Skype Overview

Skype is a chat software that presents an apex level of video, voice and instant messaging experience that gets superior every single day. Setup and sign-up are a walk in the park, and the software supports practically anything close to a headset or a webcam available in the bazaar. Once familiar with the interface, frankly takes a few minutes, it's extremely easy to test video and voice quality for free. The voice rates are hilariously cheap, that comes in handy for international travelers and business people.

Skype Review

The fundamentals- Contacts, Video and Voice

The first thing that pops into everybody’s mind when they hear the word Skype, is free video and voice chat. That’s exactly what Skype
was created around and is also the core of the software’s main purpose. Apart from those two, the software does so much more too. It has the option for screen sharing, direct file transfer, instant messaging, business telephony and even the basic function of SMS.

When the word ‘free’ is uttered on behalf of Skype, people always worry about the voice and video quality, it's not quite uncommon to expect this, but the new software does an admirable job of efficiently condensing and broadcasting the information. For instance, if a user’s existing bandwidth radically declines, Skype will involuntarily fine-tune voice quality, to avoid call drop or voice breakage. In simple terms, the user can still see or hear the other person, but the quality of voice or video will be reduced based on the bandwidth availability.

The main two reasons why the quality drops in Skype is either because, of a slow internet connection or the user using low-end aftermarket equipment. Yes, the software can configure itself according to the computer’s hardware and can also regulate a voice test to check the quality, but as for any tool, even Skype has a maximum value of what it can accomplish.

30 million users and growing by the minute are part of the software’s ever growing attraction level. Fortunately, Skype makes is pretty easy when it comes to finding the right person, people can search for them by using their full name, phone number, Skype name or by email id.

Just like a normal cell phone, once the contact has been added to the account, calling them is just one click away. Just select their name, and choose the type of call wanted, video or voice, and get connected. There are also other options available like SMS, file sharing, file transfer and many more, the user has to right click on the name of the particular person and will find a list of options, like the above mentioned, which is all very easy to do by the way. The user also has the option to group contacts for easy access of con-call and video conferencing. Skype members can have any number of group calls as they want, because it’s free, but are limited to 10 people for video and 25 people for voice.