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Preserving family history: how a private memory archive is built
A family archive is not built in a weekend. It grows from many small moments — a voice message, a photo, a name. Whoever asks regularly has a book within a year.
In five steps
- Choose your questions: Three simple, personal questions are enough to start. Concrete beats abstract — 'What did the inside of your house look like?' works better than 'Tell me about the old days.'
- Receive a WhatsApp voice message: Dede, Nine or your parents reply in Turkish, German or a mix — via voice message.
- Save the original audio: The recording is archived unchanged. No AI, no polishing, just the real voice.
- Transcript and summary: So you can find stories again later, a transcript and short summary are created automatically.
- Connect photos and the timeline: Themes emerge from the answers. Photos gain names, places and years.
What remains at the end
Voice messages in the original voice. Photos with names, places and years. A timeline showing family life in chapters. A shared place where cousins, grandchildren and future generations can listen to and read the story of their family.
Ready to capture your own family memory?
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