Your loved one talks.
A biographer asks questions, listens, and follows up, in their own language. They just speak.
Memoir is asking
“How did you two first meet?”
Sample voices · Tap to hearTurn your loved one's life story into an audiobook in their own voice.
A biographer calls and gently interviews them. We turn it into a real audiobook your family keeps forever
Now available in 10 languages
Their story, in their own mother tongue.
English
Español
עברית
Русский
Deutsch
Français
Italiano
Português
中文
हिन्दी
How it works
A conversation becomes
a family audiobook.
We make the audiobook
We edit the recording, arrange the story and add music.
Editing the story
Voice, pacing, and music.
Production previewYour family keeps it.
Their life, in their voice. A finished audiobook to listen to for generations.
Ready to listen
Their stories. Their voice.
Hear a finished chapterTry it yourself
Talk to a biographer for two minutes.
Tell Daniel one story about someone you love — and a minute later, hear it back as a produced memoir, with music.
The finished audiobook
Hear it for yourself.
Three real memoirs. Their voices. This is what your family receives.
Choose your Memoir.
Take up to a year to record — and move up a plan anytime.
Memory
$149
One hour of recording time.
- A biographer of your choice
- Their photographs woven in
- Private family listening page
Up to an hour of finished audio — typically 40–60 min.
Start with MemoryStory
$499
Five hours of recording time.
- Everything in Memory
- Multiple chapters across their life
- A free Memoir mic (U.S.) coming soon
About four to five hours of finished audio.
Choose StoryLegacy
$999
Ten hours of recording time.
- Everything in Story
- A new chapter every month for a year
- A free Memoir mic (U.S.) coming soon
About eight to ten hours of finished audio.
Choose LegacyHoliday gifts
Give the gift of a story.
Choose a plan, tell us who it is for, and we take care of the rest.
Give a Memoir
Send a friend the gift of their own story. We email them the moment you pay.
Plans from $149
Buy one, give one free
Start a Memoir for yourself or your parent, and give a second one to a friend, on us. Two for the price of one.
You pay for one plan, once. This offer can’t be combined with a discount code.
Included free with Story & Legacy
A Memoir mic, shipped to their door.
A beautiful microphone so every story is captured in warm, clear sound. Nothing to plug in, nothing to configure, nothing to learn.
What our first families say
FAQ
How does it actually work?
Set it up in about five minutes — choose a biographer's voice, add a few photographs, tell us who they are. Then they simply talk: a warm, patient biographer asks about their life and follows the thread, whenever they feel like it. We produce those conversations into a beautifully finished audiobook — in their own voice, with music and their photographs — on a private family page to keep and share.
Which languages does Memoir speak?
Ten languages. The biographer interviews your loved one, and the audiobook is made, in their own language: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin and Hindi.
Are our stories private?
- Recordings are stored privately and encrypted.
- Only you, the people you share your link with, and the small Memoir team who produce your memoir can listen.
- Your stories are used only to make your memoir — never sold, never used for advertising.
- Ask us any time and we'll delete everything.
What does it cost?
One payment, no subscription — priced by recording time. Memory ($149) is one hour of recording time (up to an hour of finished audio, typically 40–60 min); Story ($499) is five hours of recording time (about four to five hours finished) — most families' choice, and it includes a free Memoir mic in the U.S. (coming soon); Legacy ($999) is ten hours of recording time (about eight to ten hours finished) plus one new chapter every month for a year. You have a full year to record, and you can move up a plan anytime.
How long is the finished memoir?
Each plan is priced by recording time — Memory is one hour of recording, Story five, Legacy ten. The finished memoir runs up to that length — an hour of recording is typically 40–60 minutes finished. We gently edit out filler words, false starts, long pauses, and any technical issues like background noise, so it stays warm, clean, and easy to listen to — and naturally a little shorter than the raw recording.
What is a recording session like?
Relaxed and unhurried — usually about twenty minutes, at their own pace, with no script and no pressure. The biographer listens, asks gentle follow-up questions, and never rushes. They can pause and come back whenever they like, and even a short session is saved.
Whose voice is the finished memoir in?
Theirs — always. The audiobook is your loved one's real voice telling their real stories, gently produced with music and sound. Nothing is faked or replaced. Keeping their actual voice, forever, is the whole point.
What if they're not comfortable with technology?
It's made for exactly them: one button, a friendly voice, no apps or menus to learn. And if a call ever drops, nothing is lost — the biographer picks up right where they left off.
What will the chapters be about?
Whatever matters to them — childhood and roots, family, love and marriage, work and calling, the hard times and how they came through, the people they've loved, and the wisdom they'd want to pass on. You can suggest topics when you set it up, and the biographer draws out the rest naturally.
How do we get the best sound?
A quiet room does most of the work — close the door, turn off the TV, and let them speak naturally. Story and Legacy include a free Memoir mic (U.S., coming soon) that makes every story warm and clear, with nothing to set up. And we clean and master every recording afterward, so it always sounds beautiful.
Why Memoir, and why now?
Because the window closes faster than we expect, and a loved one's voice and stories are irreplaceable. Most of us mean to capture them "someday." Memoir makes someday now — a warm, patient way to turn a whole life into an heirloom your family keeps forever.