Skype now (at least as of 2015-2016) has built-in translation options! You specify a contact's default language, turn on the Skype Translator, and all instant messages you type in your language are delivered in her language and vice versa. Then you copy/paste the resulting Russian words into the IM window and click "Send".īut Google Translate isn't even necessary any more in many cases. It's like closed-captioning or subtitles! It's AWESOME!Īnd for those contexts where she still doesn't understand you (or vice versa), you just keep a web browswer open to, paste the English word she doesn't understand into that translation window, and click "Translate". she says something, you can't understand her, she IMs it to you and it's clear. You instantly hear "bloop" (the sound indicating an incoming IM on her end), and she says, "OH, you mean _.".
slowly please.", so you right-click on her name in your contact list, select "Send IM", and you type whatever words were not understood. You say something, she says "Please, say again. SUBTITLES: Skype has an Instant Message (IM) feature that REALLY helps smoothe out language problems. You get to know each other in a way that really reduces that mystery of the first meeting. There is no hiding behind 20 year-old pictures or lucky photo angles, etc. Video calling contributes all sorts of dimensions to your Russian online dating communications. And since pretty much every mobile phone now has a camera, that extends Skype's reach even further. But since 2014-2015 Skype has become available and works well on practically every mobile phone. When this article was first written around 2010 Skype wasn't yet quite as universally available on all smart phones (Android/iPhone). It's easy to use, and even comes in a Russian language version.
And talk time is FREE when both parties have Skype.
If a Russian woman has high speed internet access at home (which is almost universal now), reasonable English language skills, a webcam, speakers, and microphone (nearly all recent computers come with these features), then she can install and use Skype. And although phone is interactive, it is also relatively expensive, and heavy accents are much more difficult to understand by phone, especially with additional international phone line noise.īut now Skype has seriously changed EVERYTHING! Of course email is absolutely indispensible in the process, but it isn't interactive enough to really get to know a girl well enough to risk a trip to see just her. At that time one had to rely on email and phone for most communication with Russian women, both of which have major shortcomings. And when I first started meeting Russian women in my search for a wife 5+ years ago it was virtually unknown. Using Skype to Communicate with Russian Women Skype was not very widely known until around 2007-2008.