VIDEO: Skype: Activate Push to Talk

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This is how you can talk to friends on Skype

Calling and talking to your friends using the headset is child's play. And this is how you proceed:

  1. Start Skype as usual and enter your personal information to log in.
  2. Now you can see an overview of all friendswho are currently online on Skype. The advantage of Skype: You can call any of your friends or family members worldwide for free. The only requirement is that your friends have Skype installed and be online when they want to talk to you.
  3. Right click on the name of the friend you want to chat with.
  4. In the new window that opens, you can click on "make phone calls" right at the top (left mouse button). At that moment your friend will be called and all you have to do is take the call. Once that's done, you can call for as long as you want at no cost.
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Instead of a headset, you can also use a microphone and your speakers.

How to enable push to talk on Skype

If you use a microphone and speakers instead of a headset when talking to your friends, there is a risk that your friend will constantly hear himself. You can prevent this by activating push to talk. Even if you are still talking to other people in your home, it makes sense to use push to talk. Here's how to turn it on:

  • Skype itself has no integrated push to talk function. But there are two options that still work.
  • Option 1: Assign a button to mute the microphone. Instead of holding down a key when you speak, you can deactivate the mute function and then activate it again after you have spoken, each time with the press of a key.
  • How to set the key for this: Click "Actions" -> "Options" and go to "Advanced" and "Keyboard shortcuts" in the following menu. If you now select "Change", you can call up the change menu with the right mouse button and turn on any key or key combination that will disable the microphone.
  • Alternatively, there is also a written program that enables you to use the usual push to talk function for Skype. Use the program for this skype PTT. To be able to download this from the forum, you have to register there.

Have fun skyping with your friends.

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