Skype history to quotes with timestamps in English
Skype history to quotes with timestamps in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
What the Skype stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
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Wait for the file
A big file or a long history can take up to 30 days to export
- 2
Attach the recording
The engine takes the Skype history from the widget of the page; the speech is in English, and the list of quotations comes back with the timecodes.
- 3
Ask the task for the list of quotations
The text of the Skype history is given to the instruction of the list of quotations, and the answer is written in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, one after another.
- 4
Set the language of the speech
The speech of the Skype history is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the list of quotations is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The export gives a copy of the chat history and of the call history of the account
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What Skype keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
A copy of the history is taken through the export portal of Skype, and the request is sent before the data is deleted on April 1, 2026.
- What the file is
The history of the chats and of the calls stays in Microsoft Teams Free for the users who were active between December 2024 and February 2025 and moved to Teams Free before December 1, 2025.
- What can go wrong
The past activity of Skype and of Teams is checked in the Teams Free app.
- What the platform says
The export gives a copy of the chat history and of the call history of the account.
- What the platform says
The data of Skype is deleted on April 1, 2026.
- Length of one file
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
- Free plan
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
- Pro plan
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
The file of the Skype history is what the Skype keeps. The past activity of Skype and of Teams is checked in the Teams Free app. The engine reads the English speech, and the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes come out of it.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Skype history stays out of the list of quotations.
The engine does not translate the Skype history from English.
Rename the file of the Skype history before you send it.
A big file or a history over a long period of time can take up to 30 days to export.
Questions about Skype history and quotes with timestamps
What does the Skype say about the Skype history?
The past activity of Skype and of Teams is checked in the Teams Free app. The engine reads the English speech of the Skype history and writes the list of quotations from that text.
Which problems can come with the Skype history?
A big file or a history over a long period of time can take up to 30 days to export. The engine does not change the file of the Skype history; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
How is the list of quotations built from the Skype history?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; every line comes from the transcript of the Skype history.
Is there a limit to the length of the Skype history?
One file of the Skype history may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Skype history?
Bring the file of the Skype history to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the list of quotations with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on skype chat history to text meeting action items ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Interview to quotes with timestampsThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
- Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- SSkype support: Skype is retiring in May 2025, what you need to know (read 2026-10-25)support.skype.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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