Skype history to show notes in English
Skype history to show notes 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.
Upload the Skype history and ask for the show notes. The speech is in English, the engine keeps the time of every line, and one file may be up to 30 minutes. The free plan gives 3 files a day.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
- 1
Open the export portal
The export portal of Skype is opened and the request of the data is sent
- 2
Upload the file
The file of the Skype history is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Give the transcript to the instruction
The instruction of the task asks for the show notes and puts the answer about the Skype history into the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; 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 show notes is written.
- 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
- 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 Skype history holds the voices and the order of the words. 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. From that text comes the show notes, in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
Tips
Send the transcript to the instruction only once.
Set the language of the Skype history before you send the file.
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 show notes
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 show notes 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 show notes from that text.
Who reads the show notes after the Skype history is sent?
the producer of the episode. The transcript of the Skype history is read first, and the show notes comes out of it in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
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 show notes 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 show notes.
Related pages
- The same task on skype chat history to text voice memo to todo ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Podcast episode to show notesThe 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
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.