A gift for someone dear
Their whole life — in a book. Their voice or video on every page.
Every week we send one warm question. Mom or dad taps the link and simply talks — by voice or on camera, nothing to install. Each answer becomes a beautifully written story, and the stories become a hardcover book where every page plays their own voice through a QR code.
Ordering takes a minute — one payment, no subscription. Money back within 30 days of payment, up until the book goes to print.
- ✓ Writing is optional, they can just talk
- ✓ They answer by voice — or on camera
- ✓ No app, no password — a link simply opens
A perfect gift for a birthday, anniversary, Nooruz or Mother’s Day
Design the cover of your book
Type the title and the names — the book on screen changes right away. This is how it will arrive.
How it works
They just talk. We make the book.
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You give the gift
Ordering takes a minute: their name, your WhatsApp, one payment. We greet them warmly in your name — and prepare a beautiful gift certificate the same day.
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A question arrives every week
On WhatsApp — warm and simple: “Tell me, how did you and dad meet?” The question arrives together with a link to answer — and that page is always open: no need to wait for the week, she can tell a story every day. The whole family can suggest questions.
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She taps the link and talks
A simple page opens: one big question, one button. She talks the way she would send a voice message — or turns on the camera and tells it face to face. No app, no password.
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Stories appear — the family listens
We carefully turn each recording into a written story — keeping her words and her voice. New stories reach your family the same day, and once enough have gathered, we print the book.
A look inside
From a spoken memory to a finished story
This is what Velena looks like: the page your mom sees, and the stories your family keeps.
One question, one button
All she sees is the question and a big record button.
She answers on camera — or by voice
If she likes, she turns on the camera — the grandkids will see her smile. The QR codes in the book will play the video too.
The stories add up to a book
Every answer is one more story. You watch them gather into a whole book.
Try it yourself
Answer one question — read your own story
This is exactly what your mom will receive: answer one question out loud — and in a minute you’ll read your story, written as if for the book.
Open mom’s pageNot for mom? Open the page for: Dad Grandma Grandpa your wife your husband
The demo is up to 1 minute; the recording is not saved anywhere.
The book
Not just a book — a family heirloom
A premium hardcover made from their stories and your family photos. And unlike any other book, this one speaks.
- Hardcover, thick archival paper
- Their stories, told in their own words
- A QR code on every story — point a camera and hear their voice or watch the video
- Every recording is kept in your Velena account and can be downloaded anytime
The photo, the story, the voice and the video — on one page
Every story in the book has its own QR code. Point the camera — and the story plays in her own voice, or the video opens, exactly as she told it.
Price
One gift. One payment.
$99 one-time
What’s included
- A whole year of questions — answered at their own pace, even daily
- Voice recordings without limits — in any language
- Every story beautifully written out and kept for your family
- A hardcover printed book with a QR code on every story
- The whole family invited to read and listen
- Every recording downloadable anytime
Want video too? Add video answers for $19 — the QR codes will also play her telling it on camera.
Money-back guarantee: a full refund within 30 days of purchase, up until the book goes to print.
The cost of recordings already transcribed is deducted from the refund.
Give it today — you receive a beautiful gift certificate right away; the book arrives once the stories have been gathered.
Yours forever
Their stories belong to your family. Forever.
One payment, no subscription
The payment covers a whole year of new recordings. Reading, listening and watching never expire — and nothing is ever charged again.
Download everything
Every recording and every story can be saved to your own phone or computer at any moment — the archive is yours, not ours.
The QR codes keep working
Open the book in thirty years, point a camera at a page — and hear her voice again.
Why give it now
While you can still ask
Every family has questions it keeps postponing: how they met, what the old town was like, what grandmother dreamed of at twenty. The best moment to ask is now — and the answers stay with your family forever.
Even if you live far away
Children and grandchildren scatter across cities and countries. The questions travel by WhatsApp to wherever mom is, and every new story reaches the whole family the moment it is written — wherever they are.
The grandchildren will hear their voice
Photos survive; a voice rarely does. Here every story keeps the voice that told it — thirty years from now the grandchildren will hear grandmother herself, telling how young she was.
Questions
What families ask
Will it be hard for my mom? Does she need to install anything?
What if she is shy or doesn’t know what to tell?
What language can the stories be in?
Can she answer on camera, not just by voice?
When do we get the book?
Is this a subscription?
What if she skips a week or wants to answer later?
Whose recordings are they? What if we want to keep everything?
Can I give this if my parents live in another city or country?
What if it doesn’t work out?
The warmest gift is their own story
Ordering takes a minute — and the first question can be asked this very day.
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