For grandparents
Grandma reads.
Every night.
From Florida.
The grandchildren are a flight away and growing up between visits. Voicebooks lets a grandparent read them the books — their voice, their pace, all the funny bits — from wherever they live, for free, with nothing to set up but a link.
For the grown-up children
The invitation is a link. That's all Grandma has to do.
From the Family tab, invite Grandma by email. She taps the link, signs in with Google or Apple or a password, and she's a recording artist for your family. No plan, no card, no app store hunt — the web works fine, and the app is there if she wants it.
She sees the shelf. She picks a book. She reads a page. She either loves the take or does it again. A book can take her a week and that's fine.
- Free — a grandparent never pays for anything
- Unlimited — all four grandparents, and the great-aunt
- Two families? One grandparent can record for every set of grandchildren
For the grandparent
You don't have to be good at this
You don't need a quiet room, a good microphone or a steady voice. Every kept take is gently cleaned up, and the original is always there. You can retake any page as many times as you like. Nobody hears it until you say it's done.
And when you do publish it — when a five-year-old in Seattle listens to you read Room on the Broom at bedtime — the app tells you. Every night they do.
What families do with it
One recording per grandchild
"Ava, this is Grandma." Every recording asks who it's for. Ava's version and Ben's version can be different.
Learn moreA shelf at Grandma's house too
When the kids stay over, a Stay brings every voice with them. When they're home, Grandma's recordings are already there.
Learn moreBoth grandmas
Two versions of the same book sit side by side. The child chooses whose voice reads tonight.
On Grandma's TV when they visit
Pair the television from a phone and the pages fill the screen.
Learn moreKept forever
These are the recordings families ask us about years later. They never expire.
Learn moreA gift that goes both ways
Give Voicebooks to the family, and Grandma records on it. Or the other way round.
Learn moreMy mother is 81 and in Cork. My kids are in Sydney. She's recorded forty-one books. My son does her accent when he reads now. I cannot tell you what that's worth.
The gift
Give it to the grandparents. Or from them.
Go deeper
How-to
Invite Grandma and Grandpa to record
People are always free. An invitation is an email; whoever opens it is a recording artist for your family.
How-to
Record your first book
The whole thing is a book, a page and a red button. Here's the walk from an empty shelf to a published recording.
The keepsake
A voice that stays
Every book you record keeps playing — for the nights you're away, and for always.
For
Separated co-parents
Both voices, in both homes
Invite Grandma tonight
Free for her, free for you to start. One link.