A conversation, not a questionnaire.
No writing, no homework, no tech skills. A thoughtful question, and the stories start coming.
The conversation unfolds
Open the app and press record
Download Echoes, create an account, and complete a quick consent step. Then choose a journey path and start talking. The interviewer takes it from there.
The interviewer asks
"Tell me about the house you grew up in…"
"What did it smell like when your mom was cooking?"
"Who lived there with you?"
The conversation begins
Think of it as a thoughtful friend who asks exactly the right questions. The interviewer is an AI, informed by decades of interviewing research — patient, curious, never in a hurry, and never pretending to be a person. It listens, adapts, asks follow-ups, and gently steers toward the stories that matter most.
See the research behind it →Choose a journey path
Pick the approach that fits — a guided life timeline, themed storytelling, curated highlights, or a freeform conversation. Each path captures a different dimension of their story across multiple sessions.
Their Audio Story
Love & Relationships
3:45 / 5:20
Your Stories
Their story finds its voice
Once enough stories have gathered, choose how the memoir is produced — raw recordings for pure authenticity, narrated by a professional voice for a polished story, or full documentary style weaving narration and their real voice together.
An interviewer that actually listens
Cross-story memory
It remembers Grandpa mentioned his brother in an early story and weaves him back into a later conversation naturally.
Emotional intelligence
It senses when to go deeper and when to lighten the mood, matching the emotional cadence of the conversation.
Natural pacing
Short answers get gentle follow-ups. Long stories get room to breathe. Topics change the way they do in a real conversation — never like a checklist.
Timeline awareness
It spots gaps in the life story — decades skipped, people unmentioned — and gently circles back to fill them in.
Everyone can participate
