01 / THE SMALL THINGS
An ordinary life is full of things worth remembering.
Family history lives in more than names and dates. It lives in the meals someone made, the friends they found, the decisions they were nervous to make, and the little things that made them laugh. Those details help us understand the people we love.
Finding time to collect them can be hard. Writing a whole life story can feel like a very big task. Stories gives you a smaller place to start: one question, one recording, one memory. You can build the book a little at a time, together.
02 / OUR VALUES
The storyteller comes first.
Their story. Their choice.
A memory can be personal, unfinished, or simply something a person wants to keep to themselves. In Stories, drafts stay private to the storyteller until they approve a version for the family book. Sharing an original recording requires separate permission. The person telling the story decides what they are ready to share.
A helping hand with the words.
With your consent, AI can transcribe a recording and help shape it into a readable draft. It can also make mistakes. Review names, dates and details, edit anything that feels wrong, and approve the version that feels like you. You can write and edit stories yourself, too.
Room for the everyday.
You do not need a remarkable adventure or a perfectly told story. A walk to school, a favourite saying, or the way a kitchen looked on a Sunday can be a whole chapter. We want it to feel comfortable to begin, even when you are not sure what to say.
A book you can take with you.
Approved stories become a family book you can read together and download as a PDF. Original recordings have a storage period, explained in our plans and audio storage details. Written stories remain after the audio expires, until you delete them.
Your family’s words are separate from product analytics. Read our privacy and analytics notice for how we handle books, recordings and your choices.
03 / A PLACE TO BEGIN
Ask about something small.
Choose a question you would enjoy hearing the answer to. Let the person take their time, follow the detail that interests them, and stop when they have said enough. You can always come back for another story.
“What did home feel like when you were growing up?”
The kitchen. The sounds. The people who were there.In Stories, you can invite a loved one to be the storyteller, save a recording or write a memory, then review the words before adding them to the shared book. See how Stories works or explore the current plans. New accounts and AI processing are available in supported regions.