Skype

A free way to keep in touch

This is a free way of keeping in touch.

However make sure you have a newish computer with a bit of grunt in it.

Why?

Because if you don’t you’ll not get it to work properly and that would get you pretty upset.

When you visit the web site there are questions to help guide you to the right download program suitable for your system, xp, windows 7.

The program asks you if you want it to check through your contacts and this clever system checks out who on your list is registered with Skype and then you can quickly see who you can contact. It also sends introductory messages to your contacts to introduce your contact details.

A reciprocal action works for you if someone else finds you on their list and you then have the option of accepting or rejecting the contact. Well there are always some people out there who you would not like them to see how you looked. Positive thoughts are this is a great way to catch up with the grandchildren and see actually them.

The video calls are free and you can also save money on audio phone calls. One thing Skype does say and that is emergency phone numbers are not supported.

There are neat facilities to leave a photo or video of yourself and if you‘re not happy with that you can choose a cartoon or standard picture.

And just in case you forgot what you said there is an add-on program to record your conversation as well as a selection of online games to play when the conversation wears a bit thin.