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.
Skype history
Skype history to flashcards for revision in English
Skype history to flashcards for revision 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.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Skype stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the revision deck in the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into flashcards for revision
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Send the request in time
The request is sent as soon as possible, because the data is deleted on April 1, 2026
- 2
Upload the file
The Skype history goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the revision deck comes back into the chat.
- 3
Run the instruction of the revision deck
The instruction of the task asks for the revision deck and puts the answer about the Skype history into the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Mark 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 revision deck is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The chats and the contacts of Skype move to Microsoft Teams Free automatically when you sign in with the same credentials
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
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.
The past activity of Skype and of Teams is checked in the Teams Free app.
The export gives a copy of the chat history and of the call history of the account.
The data of Skype is deleted on April 1, 2026.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
The file of the Skype history is what the Skype keeps. 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. The engine reads the English speech, and the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions come out of it.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Skype history stays out of the revision deck.
Set the language of the Skype history before you send the file.
The file of the Skype history stays on your own disk.
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 flashcards for revision
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 revision deck is written from it.
What does the Skype say about 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 reads the English speech of the Skype history and writes the revision deck from that text.
How is the revision deck built from the Skype history?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the revision deck in the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; 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 revision deck with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on skype chat history to text meeting minutes ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Lecture to flashcards for revisionThe 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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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps