iFree Recorder : An Application That Record Skype Calls Automatically

iFree Recorder is a easy-to-use tool for recording Skype voice conversations. It can record Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn calls, Conference calls. Once activate iFree recorder, Skype user can adjust Skype Call Recording option either choosing record both sides conversation, only record my side or Only record remote side. Plus more, Skype user even can adjust Skype voice recording audio mode and audio bitrate too.

iFree Recorder has following features :

• Automatic or manual recording capabilities.
• Can be used to record Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn calls, Conference calls.
• Can Record both sides / Only record your side / Only record remote side
• Record your calls to MP3 format (Using Lame MP3 Encoder).
• Record history.
• Built-in audio player.

Skype Recording Audio Quality Option:

• Recording Mode – It’s support Mono/Stereo/Joint Stereo Mode.
• Recording Bitrate – Choice of bitrates from 32 bits upto 256 bits.
• Recording Rate – Choice of rate from 16kHz upto 48kHz.

Quick start:

1. Double click the iFreeRecorder.exe file to install it, and make sure you have Skpye installed.

2. iFree Skype Recorder will try to connect to Skype on the first start, and will be waiting for authorization.

3. Click "Allow Access" button to allow iFree Skype Recorder to use Skype.

Download iFree Recorder from HERE

Google's Gmail PC-to-Phone Call Service

The Google Voice project has gone a long way from just simple voice call recording. Skype geeks must be trembling already because the Gmail Voice Call feature, Gmail’s PC-to-Phone calling, is doing well. Google’s Gmail new feature that lets you do voice calls to landline and mobile numbers right from your e-mail account is pure genius. No need to download and install a separate application like you do with Skype and other VOIP services. Gmail is not yet as popular as Hotmail or Yahoo Mail but with the introduction of this PC-to-Phone calling feature, it might just double its subscribers within the year.Skype should feel very threatened, while it enjoys more than 500 millions users now.

The new PC-to-phone feature is integrated into the chat list on the Gmail page. Making a call is actually very similar to starting a regular chat or video sessions. Once a user has clicked on the “Call phone” button on the top of the friends list, a telephone key pad appears—after that, a user can dial the number (by clicking on the numbers with a mouse, copying or typing a phone number) and start a conversation.

And what about the prices? Calls to the USA and Canada will be free, and to make a call to some other country, users are asked to pay strikingly little money—for instance, a voice conversation with a friend in Australia, France, Germany or the UK and more will cost only $0.02 per minute (the full list of rates can be found here).

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Source: Google.com

Trick To Run Multiple Skype Accounts On A Single Computer

If you have heard about multi-yahoo and multi-msn but haven’t heard about using multiple Skype accounts on a single computer than know this that Skype has given this facility.This is a great trick because sometimes you need to use more than one accounts on a single computer for multiple communications at the same time. This is valid for 4.0 version and later.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start > Run (or press the Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time)
2. In the Run window, enter the following command (include the quotes) and press OK
3. "C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe" /secondary

If you get any error messages, please copy and paste the exact command from this post and try again. You may can get this error if you have changed the installation directory at the installation time.

Alternative Solution:

1. Find the Skype executable file (Skype.exe) in: C:Program FilesSkypePhone
2. Right click on it and choose: Send to > Desktop (create shortcut)
3. Locate the shortcut on the desktop, then right-click on it and choose Properties
4. In the Target field, add: /secondary. The Target field should now be: "C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe" /secondary
5. Click OK. You can now start a new instance of Skype every time you double-click on the new shortcut.

The above solution will make a second instance for future use, you won’t be given the first method’s command every time on RUN menu to open the second instance. You just double click the secondary instance from your desktop and it will up for you.

To make it more convenient and easy, you can put this shortcut in windows32 directory under window directory and use it a global short, for that copy this shortcut in windows32 directory. Enter the name of the shortcut in RUN menu and it will work.

Source: forum.skype.com