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Hack Skype to make phone calls directly from your Web browser
Overview
Configure Internet Explorer so that you can make Skype calls directly from a Web page or from the browser toolbar.
Skype uses the packet protocols of the Internet to transmit voice data - essentially creating a free VoIP service. This hack from Skype Hacks: Tips & Tools for Cheap, Fun, Innovative Phone Service, by Andrew Sheppard explains that there are three ways to make Skype calls directly from within a Web browser.
- The skype URL prefix
- The callto:// URL prefix
- The Skype toolbar
Title: Skype Hacks: Tips & Tools for Cheap, Fun, Innovative Phone Service
Author: By Andrew Sheppard
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Hack 43: Make Calls from Your Web Browser
ISBN: 0-596-10189-9; First Edition December 2005; Copyright 2005
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| Publisher | TechRepublic |
File Format | PDF |
| Date Published | February 2006 |
Downloads | 4321 |
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