Skype history to file in English
Skype history to file 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. The engine reads 99+ languages.
Transcribsi reads the Skype history in English and writes the minutes. The file comes off the platform as it is, one file may be up to 30 minutes, and the free plan gives 3 files a day.
How to get the file and turn it into file
- 1
Send the request in time
The request is sent as soon as possible, because the data is deleted on April 1, 2026
- 2
Attach the recording
The Skype history goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the minutes comes back into the chat.
- 3
Apply the instruction of the task
The text of the Skype history is given to the instruction of the minutes, and the answer is written in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item, one after another.
- 4
Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Skype history is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the minutes.
- 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
- 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 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 Skype history is only the input: the engine reads the English speech and writes the minutes out of the transcript.
Tips
The instruction of the minutes is already written.
Set the language of the Skype history before you send the file.
Take the file of the Skype history as soon as you have it.
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 file
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 minutes from that text.
What does the Skype keep for the Skype history?
A big file or a history over a long period of time can take up to 30 days to export. The file of the Skype history is the input of the engine, and the minutes is written from it.
Who reads the minutes after the Skype history is sent?
the person who keeps the record. The transcript of the Skype history is read first, and the minutes comes out of it in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the minutes comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Skype history?
The file of the Skype history and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the minutes.
Related pages
- The same task on skype chat history to text video to blog post ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Meeting minutes ready to fileThe 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.