What does the Skype keep for the Skype history?
The past activity of Skype and of Teams is checked in the Teams Free app. The file of the Skype history is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
Skype history
Skype history to quotes with timestamps in Russian
Skype history to quotes with timestamps in Russian: 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.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
The Skype history becomes the list of quotations: the engine reads the Russian speech and the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
- 1
Open the export portal
The export portal of Skype is opened and the request of the data is sent
- 2
Give the file to the service
The file of the Skype history is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back in the export of the service.
- 3
Give the transcript to the instruction
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Skype history as the editor of the interview, and the list of quotations comes in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
- 4
Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Skype history is in Russian, so the language of the widget is set to Russian for the list of quotations.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The data of Skype is deleted on April 1, 2026
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
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The case
What the recording does not give you
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. That is the part that depends on the Skype; everything after it is the work of the list of quotations, and it is the same for every recording.
Tips
Send the transcript to the instruction only once.
The engine does not translate the Skype history from Russian.
Check who may download the file of the Skype history.
A big file or a history over a long period of time can take up to 30 days to export.
Skype was retired on May 5, 2025 for the free and the paid users; the service for business keeps working.
Questions about Skype history and quotes with timestamps
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 Russian 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.
How long may the file be, and how much is free?
One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, and the free plan gives 3 files a day for the list of quotations.
Where does the file of the Skype history wait?
On the Skype. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Skype history is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
- The same task on skype chat history to text meeting minutes enThe 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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