Grandma’s stories,
kept in her voice.

The sun rises over a winter landscape, its rays fanning across the sky, painted in watercolour.

Grandma and Grandpa tell their stories in their own voices, and your family keeps them, just for you.

Voices fade quietly.

The way Grandma says a certain word, the song she hums while she cooks, the language the grandchildren only half understand now.

Often it only takes one generation for all of it to be gone. Not because nobody cared, but because nobody thought to record it.

With Voice Heritage, one question is enough. Grandma answers in her own voice, and it stays.

Three things stay.

  • Her stories, told by her.

    You send a question, Grandma answers in her own voice, and the family keeps her answer. The search finds it again, even years later.

    How it works
  • Her voice, as it really is.

    Her stories stay exactly as she recorded them. An AI may read in her voice only after a spoken yes, which we keep as proof, and you always see which is which.

    Real or AI
  • Her language, for the grandchildren.

    A short lesson every day, read in Grandma’s voice. At launch, it’s Russian for children who speak German.

    How a lesson works

This is how simple it is.

You don’t need an appointment or any tech, just a question.

Questions for your grandparents
  1. You ask a question.

    Pick one of more than 150 questions to ask your grandparents, or ask in your own words.

  2. Grandma answers in her voice.

    She tells it in her own time, for as long as she likes. Recording works without internet too; the story waits on the phone and goes out as soon as it can.

  3. The family keeps it.

    The story goes into your family’s archive. Only the people you invite can get in.

Grandma doesn’t need to install anything.

You just send her your question as a link, by WhatsApp, text message or email. She taps it, sees who’s asking and answers with one big button. She doesn’t need an app or an account.

This is how the answer page looks in a browser, with an invented family.

Not only her words. Her voice.

The way she laughs before the sentence ends. The way she slows down on a word that matters to her.

A story sounds completely different when she tells it herself. That’s why every story in Voice Heritage starts as a recording. If you allow it, it’s also written down, so you can read along.

You always know what’s real and what’s AI.

In the app, everything you hear says where it comes from.

Real recording

Recorded by Vera

What she tells herself

Her stories stay exactly as she recorded them. We never replace the original, and no AI retells them.

AI

AI-generated using Vera's authorized voice

What an AI says in her voice

The AI only reads texts from our own checked library, like the lessons, and never anything someone types in. A voice only exists with a spoken yes that we keep as proof, and you can pause it or withdraw it completely at any time.

This is how it looks in the app, with an invented family.
This is how it looks in the app, with an invented family.

Learn Russian in Grandma’s voice.

For children who speak German, there’s a short lesson every day with one phrase, a few examples and a little quiz.

  1. Checked lessonsWe write every lesson with AI and check it before it goes into the app.
  2. In Grandma’s voiceAn AI reads the text in Grandma’s voice, and the app always shows that it’s AI. A voice only exists with a spoken yes, and we keep that yes as proof.
  3. Listen, repeat, compareThe child hears the phrase, says it back and then listens to both. Their own recording stays on the phone.
  4. See what’s stickingThe child sees at a glance how many days in a row they’ve practised and how many phrases they know.

The next lesson works offline too, still in the family voice.

At launch, it’s Russian for children who speak German.

Want to be there when it starts?

Add your email and we’ll write to you in spring 2027, when it starts. We won’t send you anything else.

And a lot more, for the whole family.

The app does much more than one page can show. Here are a few of the things. Everything else is on a page of its own:

  • Every day, together

    • Voice postcards, heard only by the two of you
    • A lullaby radio with the family’s own songs
    • Family sky, with everyone as stars above you
  • Asking and telling

    • More than 150 questions to ask
    • Telling it together, at the table
    • Recording without internet
  • The family’s archive

    • Photos, recipes, songs and letters
    • Talking photographs
    • Download everything, any time
  • For Grandma and Grandpa

    • Her phone, set up by the family
    • The Family Word against fake calls
    • A gift card to print

Why I’m building this

We often forget how much our grandparents carry. Not just their stories, but the way they tell them: the little pause before the best part. The word they always say a bit differently. The laugh that comes before the sentence ends.

One day someone asks, “How did Grandma say it again?” And nobody quite remembers.

I’m building Voice Heritage so that doesn’t happen. So grandparents stay close to their family, wherever everyone lives. So a grandchild can hear their grandmother’s voice, not just read her words. And so the people who gave us so much know that what they tell us stays.

— Edgar, founder and CEO of Voice Heritage

What you can rely on.

  • No voice without a yes.

    A voice only exists with a spoken yes, and we keep that yes as proof. You can pause a voice or withdraw it completely at any time.

  • Wishes for your voice.

    Three questions: what the voice may read, who may use it and what happens to it one day. It only reads texts from our own checked library, never anything someone types.

  • AI is always labelled.

    Every AI voice carries an AI mark in the app. And there’s no chatbot.

  • Stored in Frankfurt.

    Your recordings, stories and photos are kept on servers in Frankfurt.

  • Only your family.

    Only the people you invite can get in. A story only leaves the family when everyone whose voice is in it has said yes.

  • Delete means delete.

    What you delete is gone at once from the app and our storage; our database backups forget it within 7 days.

  • Your archive stays.

    Your archive stays, with or without a plan. And you can download everything at any time, as an archive that works without the app.

  • No tracking.

    There’s no tracking and no advertising in the app, and this website doesn’t set any cookies.

Questions.

When does it open?

In spring 2027, on iPhone and Android. Everyone on the waiting list hears first.

Can we try it before we pay?

Yes. At launch you can try it free for 7 days, without giving any payment details. The 7 days only start with your first story.

Grandma isn’t good with phones. Will it work for her?

Yes. She doesn’t need to install anything: you send her your question as a link, she taps it, sees who’s asking and answers with one big button. If she’d like the app, the family can set up her phone for her, with a simple Home that has only a few large things on it.

Who can hear our stories?

Only your family, and only the people you invite can get in. A story only leaves the family when everyone whose voice is in it has said yes.

Isn’t an AI in Grandma’s voice a bit strange?

Her stories always stay her real recordings, and no AI retells them. An AI speaks in her voice only with a spoken yes, which we keep as proof, and then only reads texts from our own checked library, like the lessons, never anything someone types. Every AI voice carries an AI mark in the app. You can pause or withdraw the voice at any time, and there’s no chatbot.

Where are our recordings stored?

Your recordings, stories and photos are kept on servers in Frankfurt.

Which languages is the app in?

The app is in German, English, Croatian and Russian. At launch, the lessons are Russian for children who speak German.

What happens to our stories if we stop, or if Voice Heritage does?

Your archive stays, with or without a plan. And you can download everything at any time, as an archive that works without the app.

Can I delete everything?

Yes. Delete means delete: what you delete is gone at once from the app and our storage; our database backups forget it within 7 days.

Be there from the start.

Sign up and you’ll be the first to know when Voice Heritage opens in spring 2027. We only use your address for that, and one click takes you off the list whenever you like.