A family memory archive
Keep it the way they told it. In their own words.
Upload what you already have: voice messages from grandma, a tape from an anniversary, grandfather's letter, memoirs in Word. The service transcribes, sorts by people, places and years, shows what nobody has asked yet, and builds a book. Nobody touches the originals.
Audio and video of any quality, voice messages in bulk, letters, diaries, scans, chats. Russian speech with patronymics, diminutives and dates in words.
How it works
From a box of recordings to a book in six steps, and at each you can see where everything came from.
01
Upload or record
Files, voice messages from a messenger, a recorder in the browser. Works from a phone; recordings are kept even offline.
02
Verbatim transcript
Who said what, with timecodes. Unclear parts are marked as such. Corrections are a separate layer; the original never changes.
03
Sorted out
People with their nicknames, places, events, years. Every fact opens down to the line you can listen to.
04
Contradictions and gaps
If two recordings say different things, both versions sit side by side and the family decides. A map shows what nobody has asked about yet.
05
A plan for the next conversation
Four to six questions from the family queue and the gaps, with a 'why' and a gentle way to step back. A catalog of a thousand questions in Russian.
06
Book and voice
A print-ready PDF: chapters from genuine words, photos captioned with who named them, a QR code on every quote to hear the voice. Retellings kept separate and marked.
This is what generated looks like
A retelling is always in a dashed frame, with a label and sources. It cannot be mistaken for a recording.
This retelling was generated by the service from the memories of Maria Ivanovna. It is not a recording of его words.
We moved to Karaganda in fifty-four or fifty-six, I get confused myself. I remember it was winter and we took our things on a sledge to the station.
Sources · 1 source
- Recording of 12 May 2019, 14:02
The service keeps what a person said and retells only that. It does not verify facts or establish the truth.
And this is genuine
'In fifty-four we moved to Karaganda. The journey took a week. Two suitcases, a bundle of pillows and grandmother's icon wrapped in a towel.'
A line from a recording: verbatim, with a timecode and a listen button. This is how everything said is kept.
Five rules that are never broken
Sources are untouchable
Recordings, letters and transcripts are not edited. Corrections and notes are a separate layer; old versions stay.
Every fact is traceable
Every fact, summary and chapter links to a line and a recording. Nothing is published without a source.
Contradictions are not merged
The service does not pick the 'right' version and corrects nobody. Versions sit side by side; the family's decision is only a note.
Generated is separate from recorded
A different frame, a label, a tag in the file and a separate folder in the export. At every level.
Voice only with consent
A voice profile is made with the narrator's explicit consent, can be revoked at any time and is used only for retellings from this archive.
What the service never does
- It does not converse on a person's behalf or answer for them. A retelling is a story on a topic, not a conversation partner.
- It does not pass generated content off as recorded.
- It does not add to retellings or chapters anything that is not in the archive: no background, no feelings, no 'probably'.
- It does not pick the 'right' version of memories and does not verify facts.
- It does not edit sources.
- It publishes nothing outside: the archive is visible only to the family.
- It does not give the voice away: the profile cannot be downloaded and arbitrary text cannot be voiced.
The archive belongs to the family
Exporting the whole archive in open formats is free, always. If the service ever closes, you will have at least twelve months to download everything, and we will notify you by email.
- · One-click export: originals, transcripts, photos, facts, notes, as a ZIP with your password.
- · An automatic monthly copy on request.
- · Everything encrypted, sign-in with two-factor protection, an access log.
- · Memorial mode: after a narrator passes, reading, listening and export stay free indefinitely.
Who takes part
- Narrator — whose memory and voice it is; may not use the service or may already be gone, their wishes are kept and never changed.
- Recorder — a grandchild, daughter or son: the recorder, uploads, the conversation plan.
- Organizer — owner of the space: members, consents, visibility, plan.
- Relatives — questions, photos, reactions, confirmations.
Plans
The family pays, not each narrator. Credits go on transcription, analysis, retellings and voicing at the prices of the chosen models.
Free
€0 / 0 ₽
About an hour of audio or a hundred pages of text a month on economy models, up to 20 photos, search, export. No voice profile.
Family
990 ₽ / €14 per month
About fifteen hours of audio a month, unlimited members, question catalog and plans, photos, tree, gaps, contradictions, a book with QR codes, retellings.
Year of Family History
9,900 ₽ / €149 once
Twelve months of Family, a gift card and a book layout. The best gift for 8 March, 9 May and anniversaries.
How to give
There is no online payment yet: certificates are issued manually after an email. Printing through a partner print shop is the next stage; the layout and data export are always free.