For grandparents who’d rather talk than type
A patient AI interviewer talks with her, listens, and asks the follow-up questions you would. A few weeks later she’s holding a hardcover of her own stories, and every page plays in her voice.
Chapter 4, page 61
The radio on Mill Street
Every Sunday my father carried the radio into the kitchen like it was a cake. We weren’t allowed to touch the dial. He’d find the cricket, sit down, and say, “Now nobody breathe.”
Your grandfather heard that radio from the street the first time he walked me home. He said that’s how he knew which house was mine.
Scan to hear her tell it.
Recorded 12 March, 4 min 20 s
Every family has a once upon a time.
Hers, told in her own words.
Printed, bound and kept for good.
What a conversation sounds like
Half an hour of conversation, whenever she likes. The interviewer remembers last week’s stories, follows the details and never pushes on topics you’ve asked it to avoid.
Talking with Grandma Rose
Chapter 1 · Elm Road
My mother ran the bakery on Elm Road, and she was up before anyone. By the time we came down, the whole house smelled of bread. While the loaves rose she hummed the same three songs, every single morning, and I can still sing you the first one…
Her own words are kept. Highlighted phrases came straight from the conversation.
Illustrative example. Every conversation starts by saying it’s an AI.
Two ways to talk
Most storytellers talk on a tablet or computer. If a screen is too much, we’ll ring her instead.
She opens her personal link and taps “Start talking”. No app, password or typing, and she can stop whenever she likes.
We call her at a time she picks, on a mobile or a landline. Same interviewer, same book.
How it works
She never installs or types anything. You spend five minutes on setup; we do the rest.
Her name, the places she’s lived, anything to steer clear of, and the language she’s most at home in.
She opens her link on a tablet or computer and taps one big button to start. Each half-hour chat covers one chapter of her life.
Each memory arrives as a written story with the recording. Relatives add photos and send questions for next time.
You approve a preview and we print color hardcovers, with a QR code beside every story.
What you get
Family includes three books, Heirloom six. More are $35 each, so every grandchild can have one.
Every story gets its own QR code, not one per chapter.
Nothing to renew. Scan a page in twenty years and she’s still there.
Relatives send questions and photos; one person approves the book.
She can tell her stories in Hindi, Spanish, Tagalog or Mandarin, with a bilingual edition on Heirloom.
Why it’s different
Most memoir services send one question a week for a year. Lots of books never get finished.
| Feature | Once Grandma | Typical question-a-week service |
|---|---|---|
| How she tells her stories | Talks out loud: one tap in the browser, or by phone | Types answers to weekly emails or uses an app |
| Time to a finished book | A few weeks | Often a year |
| Hear her voice in the book | A QR code on every story | Usually not |
| Extra hardcover copies | $35 each | Usually $39–$99 each |
| Subscription | None. Pay once, keep it all | Often renews every year |
Pricing
It’s a gift, so you pay once. Extra copies are $35 each, and phone calls instead of the browser are $20, on any plan.
$99one time
A short, lovely book of the stories she tells most.
Most families pick this
$179one time
Her whole life story, with a copy for each branch of the family.
$299one time
A linen-bound edition for a big family, with an audiobook in her voice.
Founding families: the first 500 people in line when we launch get Family for $149 instead of $179. Inviting friends moves you up the line.
We’re opening to a small group first. Join now, get your invite link, and every friend who joins moves you closer to the front.
Buying a gift for the holidays? Get a gift certificate and she can start in January.
Yes, always. It introduces itself at the start of every conversation. Many families sit in on the first one to make introductions, and you’re welcome to.
That’s who it’s built for. Her personal link opens straight to one big “Start talking” button, with no app, password or typing. If a screen is still too much, add phone calls for $20 and we’ll ring her at a time she picks, landline included. Heirloom includes them.
It tidies the “ums” and keeps her phrases. You choose how much polish, from almost word for word to gently edited, and the original recording is always one scan away. It never adds things she didn’t say.
Only the family members you invite. She can skip, pause or delete anything, and we never use her recordings to train AI models.
Founding families get early access in early 2027, starting with the front of the line. Gift certificates bought now can be redeemed from January.
