How to Use Yahoo Video Conferencing

Yahoo! video conferencing on Yahoo! messenger requires a webcam such as this one.

Yahoo! Messenger is a way to talk to your friends through web camera chatting, chatting using a microphone which is a lot like calling them on the phone, and typing messages back and forth. Video conferencing is another way to chat using a web cam and is free for everyone to use. During a conference, you can invite an unlimited number of people to chat using a microphone or webcam (or the traditional way, by typing) in a chat room type setting.

Things You'll Need

• Yahoo! Messenger
• Webcam

Instructions

1. Click on the third tab from the left, labeled "Action," and click on the next-to-last option, "Invite to Conference...."

2. Click on the arrow next to your user name at the top next to the words "Host." Select a screen name from the options that you'd like to use. There might not be any options to choose from if you don't have multiple Yahoo! screen names.

3. Click on your friends' names from the list of options under the words "Messenger List" these are the people you want to invite to your conference. Click on the "Add" button to add them to the conference list. If you wish to remove someone, click "Remove," under "Add," and if you'd like to invite someone who isn't on your buddy list, click on "Invite Other..." and enter their screen name and press "Enter."

4. Type a message that you'd like to send to everyone on the invitation list under "Message:" or use the default, "Join My Voice Conference...." Verify that there is a check mark next to "enable voice for this conference" if you would like to talk to everyone in the chat room (conference) using your microphone. Click on "Invite" at the bottom.

5. Click on "Webcam" in the upper left corner to enable video conferencing once in the conference. If a message pops up saying you will allow others to view your webcam, press "OK."

References

• Yahoo Webcam