A simple skype4py script that allows speed dialing with pauses and extensions.

• Ensure that you have Skype installed. On Ubuntu this can be done using the following command:

    sudo apt-get install skype
  

• Ensure that you have skype4py installed. On Ubuntu this can be done by performing the following commands

    sudo apt-get install python python-pip
    sudo pip install --upgrade Skype4Py
  

• Copy speeddial.py to a known location and ensure that it is executable (i.e. chmod +x speeddial.py). In the future, we will refer to this location as $SPEEDDIAL_HOME

After following the Installation instructions, you can use speeddial.py as soon as you have started Skype by executing the script with the number you wish to dial. For example, I create a script named conference.sh that looks like this:

$SPEEDDIAL_HOME/speeddial.py 18001234567

Now to run it all you need to do is execute the script. This isn't all that useful since you can create a contact within Skype that has a number. However, the script also supports pausing and extensions. For example, if you enter the following:

$SPEEDDIAL_HOME/speeddial.py 18001234567,,890#

• The number 18001234567 is dialed
• It waits 2 seconds (1 second for each ,). You can add as few or as many , as you like
• It dials 890#

Now you can create a shortcut (i.e. bash script, alias, etc) for each phone number you call frequently!