An alternative to a fill-in memory journal.Tell your story aloud.
A journal gives you a place to write. With My Life Tales, you can speak your answers instead. We turn them into a book with your photos and recordings.
- Speak instead of writing
- A hardcover book with your photos
- Hear the real voice through QR codes
Grandma & Grandpa proof, 2,500+ stories told, Choose from over 200 questions, A unique & timeless gift
My Life Tales and a fill-in memory journal
Two ways to keep your memories. The right choice depends on how you like to tell them.
My Life Tales
£49 one-off
Fill-in memory journals
Features vary between journals. Check the one you choose.
- Answering
- Speak or type your answers through a link. We help shape them into stories.
- Fill-in memory journals: Write your answers in the journal.
- Questions
- Choose from our questions and add your own.
- Fill-in memory journals: A prompted journal provides questions on its pages.
- Your voice
- QR codes in the book open your original recordings.
- Fill-in memory journals: A paper journal preserves your written words and handwriting. Audio depends on the product.
- Photos
- Add your own photos alongside the stories.
- Fill-in memory journals: Space and ways to add photos depend on the journal.
- Sharing
- Order extra copies for your family.
- Fill-in memory journals: Your handwritten journal is an original keepsake.
How it works
Not a book you write yourself with a pen. Your loved one tells stories over the phone, and we turn them into a book in their own words.
Choose the questions you want to ask
Browse our questions, from childhood to love, write your own or add an old photo. We send one at a time to the storyteller, by WhatsApp or email.
Step 2Grandma & Grandpa proofThe storyteller speaks the answer
One tap on the link and the storyteller can start, with or without video. No app, no password. Rather type? That works too. All at their own pace: a question a week, or more often if they like.
We do the writing
Every answer becomes a written chapter. Choose a word-for-word transcript or a flowing story. You can edit every word.
No fuss with technology. All they have to do is talk.
It arrives as an ordinary message. One tap on the message and they start talking.
Learning to skate
What if they're not good with phones?
They don't need to be. One tap on the message and the question is there. No app, no account, no password.
What if they don't know what to say?
They get one question at a time and say whatever comes to mind, just like at the kitchen table. No writing needed.
What if they slip up?
That's fine. They can pause, start again and play everything back. We take out the slips and filler words.
Photos, stories and their voice, kept together in one book.For the generations after you.
- 1QR code: hear and see them tell it
- 2A photo from back then
- 3The story, written out
What families say
“We cried and laughed together when the book arrived. All those stories from years ago, finally on paper.”
“My mum told me things I had never heard before. The loveliest gift I have ever given.”
“One question each week, and after a few months there was a real book. I had not expected it to be so easy.”
“My dad is no writer, but he can certainly talk. Now the grandchildren read his stories.”
“I thought my life was nothing special. Holding the book changed my mind.”
“With his photo on the cover. Now the whole family wants their own copy.”
More than a book
The book is what remains. This is what happens along the way.
Everything in one price. Kept for generations.
Your book of stories
£49
- One full-colour hardcover book, up to 400 pages
- Finish the book at your own pace
- Every story written out automatically, right away
- Unlimited stories and photos
- Beautiful layouts
- Data stored securely in Europe
30-day money-back guarantee.
Which suits you?
A fill-in journal may suit you if
- You enjoy writing by hand
- You want to keep your handwriting
- You like working on paper
My Life Tales may suit you if
- You prefer talking to writing
- You want to keep the sound of a loved one's voice
- You want photos alongside the stories
- You would like printed copies for your family
Frequently asked questions
Let the stories flow, one question at a time.
Setting up takes about five minutes, and the first question goes out this week.
