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 task list is written from it.
Skype history
Skype history to a task list in English
Skype history to a task list 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
The Skype history becomes the task list: the engine reads the English speech and the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later 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 a task list
- 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 recording of the Skype history is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the task list comes back as a file of text.
- 3
Apply the instruction of the task
The instruction of the task asks for the task list and puts the answer about the Skype history into the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The recording of the Skype history is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the task list follows.
- 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. The Skype history is read by the engine in English, and the task list is written from the text, not from a guess.
Tips
The sections of the task list are the same for every recording.
Set the language of the Skype history before you send the file.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
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 a task list
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 task list from that text.
Who reads the task list after the Skype history is sent?
the person who made the memo. The transcript of the Skype history is read first, and the task list comes out of it in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
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 task list 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 task list.
Related pages
- The same task on timecoded recording to text lecture to flashcards ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Voice memo to a task listThe 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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