[ddots-l] Skype. Was: Am I in over my head?
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 00:34:51 +0100
Come on guys! Do please change the Subject line when
appropriate!
Skype (note the spelling) is what is known as Voice Over
Internet Protocol, or VOIP. Let me try and explain in
simple terms.
Skype is software which lets you talk to another Skype user
anywhere in the world absolutely free of charge. For best
performance it is best to have ADSL or Broadband, although
it does work with dial-up connections. You can also call
from your PC to a telephone, but you do have to pay for this
service, albeit it at a much cheaper rate in most cases than
a normal telephone call.
All you need is a sound card in your system, speakers, and a
microphone, which I imagine most of us have.
You then need to download and install some software from
www.skype.com.
I won't try and explain the installation here, but suffice
to say it is fairly simple.
And for those of you with sighted family and friends, you
can now add a web camera option, so you can be seen while
you talk.
As I'm writing this, I can see that here are 1,724,028
people talking on Skype right now. At weekends, it gets way
over two and a half million.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Aregullin, Manuel
Sent: 07 July 2005 00:01
To: 'ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Am I in over my head?
Hi guys,
I've just been doing some research into whats available to
try to learn this stuff. It seems that there are a couple of
places out there. Some of which take the trade school
approach, that is there courses last for 3 or 4 months. The
prices aren't that bad either. I didn't bookmark any of them
otherwise I'd have included the links.
I've often been advised to ask arround town to see if you
can intern with local studios.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Christopher
> Bartlett
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:04 PM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Am I in over my head?
>
>
> It occurs to me that it would be a good thing (tm) if
those of us who
> are completely bumfuzzled could find mentors. In an
absolutely ideal
> world, one would bring one's setup to a mentor and have
him/her help
> you get it at least going to the point of being able to
record and
> play back. I am finding that the CakeTalking tutorial
will be
> fabulously useful once I have achieved this very basic
thing, but
> until then, 98% of it isn't doing me much good.
>
> I am lucky. I have someone relatively local who has
volunteered to
> help me. I wonder if there's a way to facilitate this
sort of
> exchange, with the idea that when we neophytes are
grizzled veterans,
> we will bring along some other dewy-eyed novice as we were
brought
> along.
>
> In saying this, I in no way wish to lessen the importance
either of
> the major efforts put forth by Dancing Dots in writing the
tutorials,
> or of this list and those on it who take time to answer
questions.
> There are
> some things better taught hands on, and for me, this
appears to be one
> of them. Maye it is so for others as well.
>
> As a related question, does anyone know of classes or the
like that
> exist to teach this stuff?
>
> Chris Bartlett
>
>
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