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Skype Users Now Have A New Way to Fax Documents

This year’s winner of the SkypeMashup competition is PamFax, a Skype extension that allows users to send faxes from their desktop. The extension, created by PamConsult, is the first of it’s kind for Skype.

According to Skype Journal,
“The PamConsult team created PamFax to solve the problem of providing a very simple process (especially relative to the somewhat cumbersome WinFax) of using the Internet to easily fax an MS Office document anywhere worldwide. The primary Skype feature here has nothing to do with voice; they used the Skype Extras publishing platform not only to install the application but also as a transaction processor for collecting revenues for the service using Skype credits. Skype Chat is used to send notifications re a fax’s delivery. In addition they developed a web-based portal to manage and archive your use of the service. The application can be launched from the Skype Extras menu or from within MS Excel or MS Word. A link to Google Maps will also show roughly where the fax is being sent (to within an Area Code).”

I tried to install the extension this afternoon, but I was unable to complete the installation (it was my fault). For the first time in a few months, I am excited about something related to Skype. This extension will make my day (and thousands of others) a little easier and will serve as another tool for business users.

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