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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.
Clickipedia
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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