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title: How To Dial Into Teleconferences Using Skype Out
date: 2007-09-06T14:45:17Z
modified: 2007-09-06T14:45:17Z
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timestamp: 2007-09-06T14:45:17Z
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Having paid money to Skype in order to call normal telephone lines using the Skype Out service, it was pretty annoying when suddenly the service stopped allowing me to dial into teleconferences. The problem – dialing the number works fine, but then its impossible to enter the numbers (seems like every number entered registers twice, a kind of echo effect). Turns out its pretty much a hardware error. I came across one person that recommended using an alternative dial tone generator turned up real loud into the mic…. After cursing for a bit I just used a different headset (one that had worked before). My Logitech USB headset works like a charm. An older mic/headset model on the other hand doesn’t. My recommendation- make sure you’re using a decent USB headset and then Skype Out.