Skype Software Tools

AmperorDirect is proud to recommend the below software tools for Skype. Each of the below software solutions is Skype Certified and offer great value to any Skype user.

Pamela 3.5

Description

Pamela 3.5 for Skype is your own personal digital assistant for Skype.

Pamela adds cool features to Skype:

Call Recording
Video Recording
Answering Machine
VideoMail
Emotion Sounds
Auto Chat Reply
Birthday Reminders
Skype Status Change
Chat Recording
Email Forwarding
Contact Personalization
Auto Start Applications
Skype Blogging
Skype Podcasting

Features



	Basic	Standard	Professional	Business
Price per License Valid for life, not tied to your Skype user name, free upgrades, free support	Free	$12.95	$ 24.95	$ 36.95
Skype Certified
NEW: Supports Vista and 64 bit XP/Vista
Efficient and easy to use interface NEW: Updated interface for more efficiency
Multiple language support
Skype Call Recording (to WAV or MP3) Supports Skype2Skype, SkypeOut/In, Skypecast and conferences Duration is per Skype call	15 minutes	30 minutes	Unlimited	Unlimited
Automatic call recording Record any inbound and/or outbound call fully automatically	-	-
NEW: New audio engine for perfect call recordings without echo or latency. Designed for Skype 3.x
Skype Answering Machine (Voice and Video)
Automatic chat reply when you are away from Skype
NEW: Play Emotion Sounds during a call
Cool looking Notification Windows
Automatic Skype Status and/or Mood change when on a call
Start Assistant to get you up and running quickly
Birthday notifications Never miss a birthday of your Skype contacts NEW: Set dates manually if unavailable via Skype
VideoMail - have your callers leave you a video message!
Optional funny and cool Greeting Messages
Built in Language Editor
Offline recording with the Custom Recorder Great for podcasters and bloggers
Manage your Skype VoiceMail directly with Pamela
Automatically start Skype when starting Pamela
Send personalized replies per contact with Personalization Includes support for PamCast and Blogging	-
Apply Personalization to your Skype Groups at once	-
Configuration Assistant for Personalization	-
Define when Pamela is active with Time Scheduling Schedules you Skype Status too!	-
Email Forward audio files automatically or manually Templates editable and added support for Chat history and Skype Voice Mail	-
Set a separate Greeting Message for your SkypeIn number	-
NEW: Remote Control function so you can integrate Pamela into other applications easily	-
UPDATED: Record Skype Video Improved for Skype 3.0	-	-
Record Skype Chat and Multichat history	-	-
Take Notes during a Recording and Store them NEW: Add notes to existing recordings	-	-
Automatically start external applications on calls NEW: Trigger on Voicemail and Call Recording too	-	-
Configuration Assistants for Blogging and Pamcasting	-	-		-
Supported Blog Services: Livejournal, Blogger.com, Wordpress, Drupal, TypePad, TextPattern, Movable Type and Radio Userland	-	-		-
Blog Skype audio and video recordings with HTML templates	-	-		-
PamCast Skype audio (voicemail and recorded calls). PamCast is what we call PodCasting. All templates can now be edited.	-	-		-
Log all Skype/Pamela communications with Application Logging	-	-
Look at and enter SkypeAPI commands with the Console	-	-
Professional Voicemail Greeting Message	-	-	-
Enhanced Priority Support	-	-	-
Special License Packs for 5, 10 and 25 Users	-	-		On request
Technical Support	Forum	Forum Helpdesk Email News	Forum Helpdesk Email News	Forum Helpdesk Email News 48hr Reply

Screenshots

Main Pamela Interface

Completely redesigned for easier usage. Pamela has its own local Skype answering machine system which is completely free!

Skype Voicemail Support

Pamela 3.5 fully supports Skype Voicemail. Easy access to the Skype voice mail system from Pamela.

Record Skype Calls and Video

Pamela allows you to record Skype calls and Skype video calls. All recorded sessions are listed in an easy overview window. Video recordings are noticable by a special webcam icon. From here you can email forward, podcast or blog your recordings. Now available in all Pamela versions!

Skype Chat Recorder

Pamela can record all your Skype chat sessions (single and multichat) to your local computer. Want a paper trail and/or want to be able to easily search your entire Skype chat history, then Pamela 3.5 is what you need!

Personalization

Set individual greeting messages and auto chat reply messages per contact and impress your friends and collegues! Easily personalize all your contacts in a Skype group.

Birthday Notification

Never miss a birthday of your Skype contacts! Pamela will notify you of upcoming and current birthdays. You can have Pamela send a pre-set congratulations chat message or have Pamela call the contact on their birthday.

Languages

Pamela is a true multi language product and has a comfortable built in language editor. Join in and add your language to the Pamela package (and your name to the credits!).

Pamcasting

What we call Pamcasting is normally called Podcasting. This function allows you to manually or automatically publish podcasts (even an XML is generated by Pamela automatically). It is a very complete solution and a Podcasters dream!

Blogging

Use Pamela to automatically blog Skype audio or video files to your website. Pamela will even generate the required HTML template automatically for you! It is a very powerful and rich solution. Try it!

Skylook

Description

Skylook is an extension to Microsoft Outlook®.

Download Skylook here and try it free for 14 days, or read on for more information.

Standard Outlook lets you send, receive, forward, reply to, store, organize, search, follow-up and archive emails.

Outlook with Skylook lets you do all those things with phone calls too, as well as PC-to-PC calls, voicemail, instant messages and SMS*. (Calls are recorded to MP3 for storage and archiving). Skylook also combines email, reminders, calls, voicemail, instant messages and SMS in powerful ways - e.g. to send you SMS alerts when you miss reminders, or to read important emails to you on your phone when you are away from your desk.

Features

Call Outlook contacts’ phones or PCs using Skype™.
Record calls to MP3 or other audio formats.
Receive voice mail messages in the Outlook inbox.
Receive alerts via SMS or phone when important appointments are due.
Get IMs forwarded to SMS or your phone when you are away from your PC.
Have important emails read to you over your phone when you are away from your PC.
Receive alerts via SMS or phone when important contacts come on-line.
Take notes about each call during and/or after the call.
Archive all communications including calls, voice mail, IMs and SMS. Screen/Monitor calls from your PC or from your phone.
Synchronize your Outlook contacts with your Skype contacts.
Review all communications with a contact in one place, including calls, IMs and email.
Use Outlook to manage follow-up on calls and voice messages, just like you currently do with email - e.g. mark as unread, move to folder, flag.
See who is on-line without leaving Outlook.
Answer calls automatically with a Skype Answering Machine built into Outlook.
For a more extensive list of capabilities, click here.

CrazyTalk

Description

CrazyTalk is Facial Animation & Lip-sync Software

Show Your Ideas While You Are Talking!

Create and control a virtual cast of live talking characters ready to deliver an animated vocal performance for your video, web, mobile or messaging projects. Just a single photograph, recorded or imported audio, combined with transitional effects, animated illustrations and expressive emoticons, and CrazyTalk's powerful facial morphing animation technology is all you need to begin creating speaking actors, virtual guides, and digital hosts adding perfect personalities to any multimedia experience.

Features

Facetrix, photo-based 3D facial morphing technology

CrazyTalk's industry-leading 3D photo morphing Facetrix technology lets you import any facial image and bring it to life via a simple fitting process. Once the image is bonded with CrazyTalk's 3D head framework, your talking character is able to lip sync with any speech and exhibit unlimited expressions and gestures (such as smiling, frowning, crying and laughing).

	Create 3D talking characters from a single photo and audio, real human, comic illustration, or pet photos.
	Photo editing - Load photos from any device, Rotate, Crop, Resize, Enhance before face fitting
	Photo fitting technology automation of face fitting, auto fitting and 3 manual modes of facial fitting adjustment
	Advanced Face Settings - fake eyes, fake teeth
	Use Mask to create custom photo background, ensuring realistic 3D head movement
	Various Live stand-by modes to display the avatar's characteristics
	Apply realistic facial expressions and face morph effects during talking animation

Expressix, speech animation technology

CrazyTalk's speech technology, Expressix, analyzes the audio of your talking messages and provides lip sync between the character and the audio. You can also add animated comic effects to dramatize your message. To create a talking message you can record your own voice, import a wave file or type in a text message. Then adjust your voice with the Audio Morphing Filter.

	Record your own voice or Import pre-recorded wave files
	Voice lip sync analysis
	Type any text message to be read back, Microsoft SAPI4, SAPI-5 Text-To-Speech compliance for business applications
	Proprietary Expressix creates natural lip-sync animation from audio and text
	Adjust and alter your voice nature with Audio Morphing Filter
	Custom emotions and gestures
	Animated SFX and custom Emotives
	Add independent Music Background

Timeline editor

CrazyTalk's Sequence Editor is an advanced editing interface designed to produce the professional animation output, designer can fully master the animation sequence through the timeline interface, product perfect lip sync result, and build distinctive human nature control individual elements such as head movement and eyeball movement.

	Expression, Special Effects, head, shoulder and lip (mouth shape) tracks
	Quick editing - users can group select, copy and paste, shift animation key location, strength directly from the timeline
	Advanced fine tuning: click icons on the sequence interface to bring dialog box and adjust parameters
	Timeline editor can perfectly work with IM as the talking head editing interface, saving edit result then update iClone face animation settings

Blazing Visual Experience

Customize your talking video with full frame images, transitional effects, animated illustrations, and expressive emotions to impress your audience.

	Rich library of customizable SFX effects
	Custom your animated effects by importing images and animation files
	Modify and fine-tune special effects - the location, size, transparency, and speed
	Manage your own custom special effects library
	Personalize your emotions for CrazyTalk for Skype

CrazyTalk's content manager

A convenient tool to assist you in managing your collection of talking images and talking messages. Content can be added, edited, deleted and moved, the same folders are also shared with iClone (3D character animation tool) as common design assets.

	Organize and categorize content files
	Add, move, delete, copy, paste categories and content files
	One-click preview function
	Quick links for importing or exporting

Flexible media output

Custom size video output, DVD quality output, a comprehensive range of different output formats for the home, office and web.

	Large Size (DVD video quality) output, MPEG-4 Video with adjustable bit rates, etc.
	Targa (TGA) with Alpha channel output
	WMV (Streaming Media), AVI, RM (Real Media)
	Compatible with Office documents & Flash MX
	CELP (MPEG-4) audio compression to reduce file sizes
	Email file attachments compressed as CAB files for smallest possible size
	BMP image sequence & WAV audio export

Interactive talking web-based characters

Create talking web based characters controllable with JavaScript or VB script to give visitors to your web pages an interactive experience.

	Auto-installable Active web component
	Web component interactivity controllable using JavaScript or Visual Basic
	Script level access to property, method and event controls
	Export in Windows and RealMedia streaming media formats for publishing on your web site
	Sample scripts to assist developers in learning how to control a talking image

PowerPoint and application program embed

CrazyTalk's Active component shows the highest display quality, facilitate real-time interaction, also served as a standard control for document embed, application program designer can use the SDK to do make real-time interactive control over CrazyPal.

	Microsoft PowerPoint Tools Embed - EEG. MS Presentation with CrazyTalk's component, save memory, better interaction, and package wrapping
	Shockwave Embed
	SDK for Application Design - what programmers can do about CrazyTalk's component

Mobile friendly output - 3GP/MPEG4

The output of CrazyTalk's can be send as video message to MMS/3G handset, or interact with CrazyPal on your mobile phone.

	3G Mobile Video Compatible Output - 3GPP and MPEG4
	From best video quality to smallest size, flexible parameter adjustments - Quality, Size, and Bit Rate

Share the talking head with iClone - 3D character animation tool

Now the iClone 3D characters not only dance, they can talk. iClone users can import talking head, audio script designed by CrazyTalk, save time fitting the face, and add realistic talking faces to iClone.

	Pass the face photo and fitting information to iClone through Reallusion Face JPEG, JPEG file containing the face fitting information in meta tag
	Load CTS (the CrazyTalk's Talking Script) from iClone to generate animated 3D talking character

Send talking/animated electronic greeting cards

Send a personalized electronic greeting card complete with your own talking character, choice of card template, text message, background music and graphic effects.

	Categorized card templates
	Add your own talking character and talking message
	Include a text message
	Add background music
	Add JavaScript graphical effects
	Send all images, sound, animation is a neatly packaged email attachment

Send talking messages

Send a personalized talking messages complete with your own talking character with a choice of messenger frames.

	Create messages with your own talking character and talking message
	Send as HTML email, or compressed attachment
	Exe standalone player includes different frames to match your style

Skype Software Tools

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