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Video Conferencing

                 You use telephones and mobiles to talk to your friends and relatives. With the advancement of
                 technology, you can now see the person with whom you are talking. This technique of seeing
                 the person while talking is called video conferencing. In video conferencing, there can be more
                 than two people at different locations simultaneously talking to each other using both audio
                 and video. For video conferencing, you should be connected to the Internet. In addition to the
                 Internet, you need to have a webcam and microphone connected to your computer/laptop.
                 Most of the online chat service providers give facility of video chat and video conference. There
                 are software also available that allow you to do video conferencing. Some popular software are
                 iCall, TrueConf, Meetings.io, etc.
                 Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP)
                 Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that gives calling facility over the Internet. It
                 is basically used for voice communications over networks like Internet.
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                   The first VoIP service was developed in 1973 by Danny Cohen. He named this service as
                   Network Voice Protocol (NVP). The commercial use of VoIP started as late as 2004.

                 VoIP is an Internet-based telephone service that is also used to transfer voice, fax, SMS and voice
                 messaging. VoIP is available on smart phones, personal computers, laptops and other hardware
                 devices that can access the Internet. The most common and popular VoIP services used in India
                 are Skype and Telegram.
                 To use VoIP service of Skype, follow these steps:

                 Step 1  Download the  Skype from the  www.skype.com website and
                         install it on your computer.
                 Step 2  Double-click on the Skype icon to start Skype.
                 Step 3  Click on Sign in or Create button to create an account on Skype.
                         The Sign in screen appears.

                 Step 4   Click on Create one! link. The Create account screen appears.
                 Step 5   Enter your e-mail and click on the Next button.

                                                                                               Creating an account on
                                                                                                       Skype
                                                       Step 6   Enter a password and click
                                                               on the Next button.

                                                       Step 7   Skype asks you for  your  personal  details such as
                                                               your name and it also asks to upload your photo.
                                                               Then, click on the Continue button.
                                                       Step 8   Skype further asks you for checking your microphone
                                                               and webcam. Click on Continue button each time.
                                                               The Skype Welcome screen opens.
                         Skype welcome screen                                                          Contact button



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