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StoryWorth for iPhone – record family stories and print them as a book

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Post by alooPotato » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 3:34 PM UTC

StoryWorth for iPhone – record family stories and print them as a book
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Post by alooPotato » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 3:36 PM UTC

I started using StoryWorth more than a year ago. My parents love writing their stories. Didn't know they recently started letting you print them to an actual book, definitely giving it a try.

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Post by chung » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 3:50 PM UTC

The book option is a new one...my parents have been asking for it!

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Post by alisonr » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 3:59 PM UTC

I've been using StoryWorth's online service for a few months. Excited to use the new app on my iPhone! Both my mom and my mother-in-law have responded to several of the story prompts and feel comfortable now knowing the stories they submit are private between us. Recently (with permission from the Grandmas of course) I invited my sisters and my husband to have access to the stories and I hope to eventually turn them into books as gifts. Thanks!

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Post by nickbaum » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 4:50 PM UTC

I'm the founder of StoryWorth, happy to answer any questions!

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Post by LLG » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

nickbaum wrote: post #5

I'm the founder of StoryWorth, happy to answer any questions!

It this just available for iPhones? Or do you have a web app as well?

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Post by nickbaum » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 5:11 PM UTC

LLG wrote: post #6

nickbaum wrote: post #5

I'm the founder of StoryWorth, happy to answer any questions!

It this just available for iPhones? Or do you have a web app as well?

We actually started with a web app, and it's mobile-optimized enough that it should work without problem on an Android phone.

Storytellers can also use it entirely over email, and even over a landline!

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Post by alistproducer2 » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 5:14 PM UTC

nickbaum wrote: post #5

I'm the founder of StoryWorth, happy to answer any questions!

I love this idea. I actually had an idea in a somewhat similar space. I'm pretty sure I'll never actually do it so I'll share.

I thought it would be cool to offer a service to store family history in some super long-lasting acrylic. Maybe laser etch binary into the block or something like that?

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Post by nickbaum » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 5:21 PM UTC

alistproducer2 wrote: post #8

nickbaum wrote: post #5

I'm the founder of StoryWorth, happy to answer any questions!

I love this idea. I actually had an idea in a somewhat similar space. I'm pretty sure I'll never actually do it so I'll share. I thought it would be cool to offer a service to store family history in some super long-lasting acrylic. Maybe laser etch binary into the block or something like that?

Oooh, like a family history version of Han Solo in carbonite :)

I do think the printed books give it some of that longevity. They may not last 1000 years, but I love the idea that someone's great-great-great-grandchild could read their stories a couple of hundred years from now.

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Post by encoreptl » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 5:56 PM UTC

Now that voice calling is almost free even internationally and you can email your parents at anytime, I do not know why this would be a useful service? Calling someone or writing a letter or even emailing directly has a more personal touch than using a service like this which emails your relatives to write about their life.