Skype out - does it send tones?
Feb 7, 2006 | 1:29 pm
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Skype out - does it send tones?
I'm going to be in Asia and may need to call my US home phone to pick up messages - to do this I have to do a code with the number pad and it responds to the tones. Does skype have the ability for me hit numbers after the call is answered?
Feb 7, 2006 | 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by dw8146
Skype Out does send tones, but I found the duration of the tone to be too short for my answering machine to respond to the tone.
There ought to be a preference parameter you can set for tone length.
Feb 8, 2006 | 7:50 am
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I seem to need to restart my computer (if I have not shut down for a while), to get the tones to work correctly. Have no idea why it works this way.
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Originally Posted by dw8146
Skype Out does send tones, but I found the duration of the tone to be too short for my answering machine to respond to the tone.
Feb 10, 2006 | 7:09 pm
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It sends tones, but I've had so-so results with it.
You might want to try to download a program onto your computer that will play tones through your speakers, then just hold the mic upto the speakers.
You might want to try to download a program onto your computer that will play tones through your speakers, then just hold the mic upto the speakers.
Feb 10, 2006 | 8:04 pm
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thanks for all the help. Okay I bit the bullet and risked my $10 
and found out
........drum roll
that it does work with my phone (well at least it worked once).
I also enjoyed having a chat with my daughter using skype out - but will probably need to invest in better headset - from Malyasia to the US at a rate cheaper than if I was calling from home
and found out........drum roll
that it does work with my phone (well at least it worked once).
I also enjoyed having a chat with my daughter using skype out - but will probably need to invest in better headset - from Malyasia to the US at a rate cheaper than if I was calling from home
Feb 11, 2006 | 2:45 am
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Originally Posted by Efrem
There ought to be a preference parameter you can set for tone length.
Feb 15, 2006 | 10:40 pm
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I have so far been unsuccessful in logging into my Tmobile Voicemail using SkypeOut. I used to be able to do so last year in Aug/Sept. I bought new credit this time and I cant get through. (Also now there is password entry reqd.. prev I did not... so I am guessing its TONES are faulty). I cant even log on to conference calls that I want to be on.
Feb 16, 2006 | 9:53 am
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On a related note (sorry for hijacking!) is there anyway to program pauses into a phone # string? I'd like to program a single speed-dial that includes phone #, option #, account #, PIN etc.