Help us test

Thank you for trying this. You tell a memory out loud, and it comes back as a written story, in your own words. Each story goes into a book. We have just made it simpler, and we want to watch it work for real people.

Before you start

Start with the free story. If someone sent you a personal link with a gift code, use that link instead. You never need to buy anything to help us test.
Use an email you can open. It is how you get back in tomorrow.
What you record is real. It is saved, written into a story and kept private.
It is a computer program, and it says so. Nobody is listening on the other end.

Tell my own story Set it up for someone else

Telling your own story

Tick each one as you go. Your ticks stay on this phone or computer. If you get stuck, stop there. That is the most useful thing you can tell us.

Set up. On the first page, choose Tell my first story, free. Give your name, choose how your book talks about you, then type your email and the 6-digit code we send you. No password.
Tell one memory. Tick the box that says it is a computer program, then tap Start talking. Talk for two or three minutes. Use today's question, or anything you remember. Tap I'm finished when you are done. Rather type? Tap Type instead.
Read your story. It takes a minute or two to write. If you see A detail to check, answer it, or tap I don't remember.
Keep it. Tap Add to my book, then open My book at the top of the page.
Come back tomorrow. Go to the same address and find your way back in. Tell a second story if you feel like it.

If you are helping someone else

Maybe you are setting this up for a parent or grandparent. Try it from your side too.

Set it up. On the first page, choose I'm helping someone I love. Give the name they like to be called.
Give them their own way in. Follow Finish setup to make their private link. They tap it, then Open my stories, and they are in. They tell the stories; you help around the edges.
See what needs you. Once they have told a story, open What needs you. Read it, or help fill in a detail.
Look at the book. Open The book and see how it is coming along.

What we most want to hear

There are no wrong answers. Small things matter most.

Where did you pause, or wonder what to press?
Were there any words you did not understand?
Did anything make you worry your story was lost?
When you read it back, did it sound like you?
Would you come back and tell another one? Why, or why not?

How to send it

Reply to the message this link came in. A few honest lines are plenty. A screenshot of anything confusing is gold: on most phones, press the side button and volume up together.

If you are comfortable with it, tell us your age range, and whether you told your own story or helped someone else. It helps us see who found what easy.