Tell your life story out loud. We’ll turn it into a book.
Talk whenever you like, for as long as you like, in whatever order it comes. If you get stuck, Finn asks you questions. The book sorts itself by the years of your life, in your own words.
- No password. Nothing to type but your email, once.
- Works on any phone or computer with a microphone.
- Everything you say is saved as you go. Nothing is ever lost.
Giving this to a parent? See how it works as a gift.
Sit down. Tap one button. Talk.
You sit down and tap one button.
On your phone or at the computer. Nothing to type but your email, once.
Just talk. Stuck? Bring Finn in.
Start wherever you like and talk for as long as you like. When you run dry, one tap brings Finn in: a patient interviewer, one plain question at a time, who follows what you say. Send him away whenever you want.
It goes into your book the same day.
What you said is written into the chapters where it belongs, in your own words. Your turns of phrase stay. The ums go. A new part of your life starts a new chapter; an old one grows.
Sitting by sitting, it becomes a book.
Come back whenever. Finn remembers what you have told him and goes to the parts you have not. After a handful of sittings you have a book the family can read.
On your own, or with Finn when you want him.
Most people just talk. Finn is one tap away for the moments you run dry, and one tap sends him away again. Nothing stops recording.
Just you, talking.
No questions, no voice, no interruptions. Start anywhere and talk for as long as you like. Most people start here and stay here.
For when you run dry.
One tap brings him in. Finn asks one plain question at a time and follows what you say: who was Eddie, what did the salon look like inside, and then what happened. He knows what you have already told and never asks it twice.
Your words. Your voice. Just tidier.
Nobody is turned into a novelist. The old Ford that never did start right stays the old Ford that never did start right. We take out the ums, join the pieces, and keep the way you actually talk.
“My first job was at the A&P on Bridge Street, bagging groceries for sixty-five cents an hour. I bought my first car with that money, a 1952 Chevrolet. It never did start right in the cold.”
An example of the style, not a real storyteller.
The first sitting is free. The whole book is one payment.
Record your first chapter, read it, and decide. Nothing monthly. Nothing to cancel.
One payment, for one book.
- As many sittings as the story needs
- Everything you tell goes into the book the same day
- The finished book on a private page, with a link for the whole family
Before you start
What if I don't know what to say?
Tap I’m stuck. Bring Finn in. Finn asks: where were you born, who were your parents, what was the house like. One question at a time, and he follows wherever you go. When you are rolling again, send him away.
How long does a sitting take?
As long as you like. Some people do five minutes, some do an hour. Stop whenever you want and come back another day. Finn remembers where you were, and whatever you tell goes into the right part of the book.
Who can hear my recordings?
You. They are private, they are never deleted without your say, and they are used only to write your book. The finished book is on a page only people with the link can open.
What if the phone rings, or I lose the signal?
Everything you say is saved a few seconds at a time, on your phone first and then to us. If the connection drops, it catches up when it is back. If you close the page by mistake, open it again and keep going.
Can I fix a name it got wrong?
Yes. Under each chapter there is a place to type the name as it appears and what it should be. It is fixed everywhere in your book at once.
Do I need a password?
No. We email you a six-digit code and you type it in. That is the whole sign-in.
I'm doing this for my mother or father. How do I start?
Send them this page, or sit with them for the first sitting. Use their email address if they have one, or yours if you will be the one opening it. Everything after the first tap is big type and one button at a time.