Skype history to a blog post in English
Skype history to a blog post 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 blog post. 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 a blog post
- 1
Send the request in time
The request is sent as soon as possible, because the data is deleted on April 1, 2026
- 2
Hand the file over
The Skype history goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the blog post comes back into the chat.
- 3
Ask for the blog post
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Skype history as the author of the post, and the blog post comes in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft.
- 4
Name 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 blog post 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
- 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. 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. From that text comes the blog post, in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft.
Tips
Read the sections of the blog post before you send it on.
Set the language of the Skype history before you send the file.
Rename the file of the Skype history before you send 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 a blog post
Which problems can come with the Skype history?
The past activity of Skype and of Teams is checked in the Teams Free app. The engine does not change the file of the Skype history; it reads it as it is and writes the blog post.
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 blog post is written from it.
What comes back after the English Skype history is read?
the blog post in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft, with the time of every line of the recording 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 blog post.
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 another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Video to a blog postThe 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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