Description
Heardloom is a unique platform designed to help families record, organize, and share their personal histories and memories. At its core is Lana, an AI interviewer capable of conversing with family members, particularly elders, in their native languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Tagalog, Spanish, and Vietnamese. This capability bridges language gaps, allowing deeper conversations about family history that might otherwise be difficult.
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The process begins with a simple setup, where a family member invites storytellers. The storyteller then interacts with Lana by simply talking into the app. Lana is designed to be a patient listener, understanding everyday speech and regional accents without requiring formal phrasing. She uses "backstage memory" to recall previously mentioned relatives, places, and dates, ensuring conversations flow naturally and build upon past discussions. She can also follow up on unfinished threads and incorporate questions sent by other family members, making the experience feel like a personal visit rather than a formal interview.
After each conversation, Heardloom's AI biographer meticulously processes the audio. It transcribes stories faithfully in both the original language and English, verifying every sentence against the exact audio moment. This ensures accuracy and prevents any fabrication. The platform then automatically weaves these details into a comprehensive family history, creating biographies, populating a family tree, mapping hometowns, and organizing events chronologically on a timeline. It even extracts family recipes and traditions, adding them to a dedicated heritage page.
Heardloom also addresses the challenge of differing memories within a family. If two relatives recall a date or event differently, the platform keeps both versions side-by-side, each linked to its original recording, preserving every perspective. The stories are presented in a living family book format, allowing users to browse by person, place, or tradition, ask questions, and tap any line to hear the original audio. Users can also add old photos, and Heardloom will link stories told about those photos directly to them.
Privacy is a key feature; only invited family members can access the stories, and storytellers can mark any part of a conversation as private, which is enforced in code. Heardloom operates on a subscription model, offering a free first recording for every storyteller. The Family Plan, priced at $10/month annually or $15 monthly, covers unlimited storytellers and family members, ensuring all created stories and recordings remain accessible to the family forever, even if the subscription is canceled. The app is available on both iPhone and Android, making it accessible to a wide audience.
- CategoryAI Writing Assistants
- Pricing ModelFreemium
- DeploymentCloud
- PlatformsiOS, Android
Heardloom's Core Features
AI Interviewer (Lana) fluent in multiple languages
Multilingual story transcription (original language and English)
Audio linked to every sentence for verification
Automatic weaving of stories into family tree, timeline, and map
Biographical fact extraction and organization
Heritage page for recipes and traditions
Ability to handle multiple perspectives on events (e.g., different dates)
Patient listening designed for elders, understanding accents and pauses
Follow-up questions based on previous conversations and family input
Support for solo or group conversations (dinner table mode)
Photo integration with story linking and AI questioning
Code-enforced privacy for sensitive stories
No ads, no tracking, and stories are never used for AI training
Accessible on iPhone and Android devices
Stories remain accessible forever, even after canceling a plan
How to use Heardloom?
Set up family: Create your family profile, add members, and invite storytellers via link or code.
Start conversation: Storytellers open the app and tap one button to begin talking with Lana in their own language.
Lana listens and remembers: Lana gently introduces herself, uses backstage memory to understand context, and asks follow-up questions.
Stories are written: Heardloom transcribes conversations into multilingual stories, verified against audio, minutes after they end.
Family history woven: Details are automatically organized into biographies, family trees, timelines, maps, and heritage pages.
Explore and share: Browse stories by person, place, or tradition, listen to audio clips, and share with invited family members.
Heardloom's Use Cases
- Preserving Family History
- Bridging Language Gaps
- Creating Family Biographies
- Documenting Heritage
- Connecting Distant Relatives
- Organizing Old Photos
- Oral History Projects
- Family Storytelling Sessions
