Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I've found that quitting Skype fixes it, regardless of what other programs are running. Interestingly, my father swears by Magic Jack and hasn't had this problem. *shrug* Oh well; not that many people call me anyway. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MS

Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Kimberly thurman
Mark, I haven't experienced this with Skype, but I have a Magic Jack, and often have the same problem. I think the interference has something to do with the internet connecting with the land lines, cell phones, etc. I experience this when talking to people who have cell phones more than land

Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
another problem I've sometimes had occurs during Skype calls to telephones, or from them. A few minutes into the conversation, callers report that my audio breaks up and is shot through with a clicking type static which makes it impossible to understand me. Since I'm using Skype as my main hom

Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread M. Taylor
Mark, I love your answer and concur with it, completely. (Smile) Michael, Using Skype to enter extensions while on a call can be tricky. This is because of the latency factor. While I have never encountered this problem using Skype for the Mac, I often encounter it when using Skype on my Wi

Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
That is decidedly odd, and no rational explanation for that behavior comes to mind. That having been said, I must conclude that your computer is possessed by a demon, and I recommend having a shaman walk around it three times reciting the Lloyds (of London) prayer backwards in Esperanto. • M

Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi Mark, This idea sort of worked, but only sort of: 1. Pressing Command-2 indeed permitted me to generate touchtones, but no matter how quickly I pressed and released a key, the tones were sustained and in almost every instance, the tones beeped twice. 2. Sometimes, although I know which nu

Re: Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Press Command 2 to turn on the dial pad in Skype, and you should hear them just fine. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscri

Generating Touchtones on the Mac

2011-07-06 Thread Michael Busboom
Greetings, one and all, Up until recently, I used a service on Skype that would allow me to call a university switchboard, and enter the person's extension via the numbers on my Mac keyboard. As I typed the extension, I was able to hear the touchtones that were generated as I entered each numb