I use skype on my ipad regularly.  I have not had any problems with it other 
than that you can't tell if a contact is on or off line. You can set it up so 
that your online contacts are at the top of the list though and that is what I 
do.  Other than that, I can chat, or voice call and it works quite well.

On Apr 18, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:

> Thanks for this. I've done some searches on the web, and it would appear that 
> Skype's been improved. I've just downloaded it onto my iPad, and it seems to 
> be working fine. It's very encouraging. I can find my contacts, scroll 
> through them, choose what I want to do with them. The only thing is I can't 
> see their status although I can set my own status to "online, away, busy, 
> etc.". I can call up the feature which allows me to call landlines or 
> mobiels. Skype seems to require portrait mode. I'm really very pleased with 
> it. Unlike facebook Skype seems to care about blind/visually impaired people.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Simon
> On 18 Apr 2011, at 18:35, Kevin Mattingly wrote:
> 
>> It works on the IPhone and I'd think that it would on the IPad too. I'll be 
>> getting my IPad 2 in a couple of weeks and I can offer up my analysis then.
>> 
>> Kev
>> On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:09 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello All,
>>> 
>>> Is Skype on the iPad accessible? Does anyone on the list use it to chat 
>>> with friends? If not Skype, is there an alternative that would be 
>>> accessible for Voiceover users?
>>> 
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>> 
>>> Simon
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