From phone call to printed memoir — here's exactly how it works, step by step.
No long onboarding. No technical knowledge required. You answer a few simple questions about your loved one and we handle everything else.
Tell us your loved one's name, the era they grew up in, and the topics that matter most to capture — childhood, career, family, pivotal memories.
We generate a unique phone number just for your loved one. Save it in their contacts as "My Story Line" — that's the only setup they'll ever need.
You can set this up as a gift for a parent or grandparent, or create your own story to pass down to the next generation.
They don't download anything. They don't create an account. They don't even need a smartphone. All they need is their phone and their voice.
No scripts. No preparation. A warm AI interviewer asks exactly the right questions — and listens like it has all the time in the world.
After a few conversations, we transform everything into three formats your family will treasure for generations.
Organized into chapters with a narrative arc. Historical context woven in automatically. Family photos placed exactly where they belong in the story.
A professionally cleaned recording chaptered like a podcast — in their actual voice. No AI narration, no voice cloning. Exactly how they spoke, preserved forever.
A real book on your shelf. Full color, professionally typeset, shipped to your door. Order as many copies as you want — for every branch of the family.
Everything is also available via a shareable family link — so cousins, grandchildren, and far-flung relatives can experience it too.
Elders who've never used a smartphone can do this effortlessly. Phone calls aren't a workaround — they're the right medium for this kind of storytelling.
If they can answer a call, they can do this. No apps, no downloads, no passwords. It works the same way they've been using phones for 60 years.
People talk more freely on the phone than they write. The spoken word carries emotion, pacing, and personality that text never captures.
Other memoir tools require your loved one to sit at a computer and type answers. Most elders stop after two sessions. They never stop a phone call.
When someone asks "what do you remember about that summer?", the answer branches. Writing prompts get one-sentence answers. Phone calls get stories.
You set up a profile for your loved one — name, topics, the era they grew up in. We give you a dedicated phone number to save in their contacts. They call in and our warm AI interviewer takes over. It asks thoughtful questions, listens, and follows up naturally. No app, no passwords, no tech required — just a phone call.
That's exactly the point. If they can answer a phone call, they can do this. There's nothing to download, no screens to navigate, no buttons to press. They just pick up and talk — the same way they'd call a grandchild. Zero tech required on their end.
Each session is 15–20 minutes — comfortable, never rushed. Your loved one can do multiple sessions over days or weeks, picking up right where they left off each time. Most families complete their memoir in 4–8 sessions spread across a few weeks.
Three things: a digital memoir organized into beautifully written chapters with historical context woven in, a cleaned audio file chaptered like a podcast in their real voice, and optionally a printed hardcover book shipped to your door. Everything preserved, forever.
Five minutes of setup. A lifetime of stories captured. The book your family will open for generations.