Free Tool
AI Life-Story Interviewer
Just talk. Our guided interviewer will ask about your life — you answer out loud (or type), and it builds a transcript you can keep. Nothing is uploaded; everything stays in your browser.
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Tip: works best in Chrome. Your microphone is only used on your device — nothing is sent anywhere.
Love what you're capturing? We can turn these answers — and much more — into a beautifully written, printed heirloom.
Book a free consultationCapture a life story before it's forgotten
Every family has stories that live in just one person's memory — how grandparents met, what a parent feared and overcame, the small moments that shaped a whole life. And every family knows the quiet regret of realising those stories were never written down. This free life-story interviewer exists to make sure they are.
Instead of staring at a blank page, you simply answer questions out loud. Our guided interviewer asks about childhood, family, growing up, love and marriage, work, beliefs and the legacy you want to leave — the same arc of questions a professional memoir interviewer would use. Speak your answers and they're transcribed for you; when you're finished, download the whole transcript to keep forever.
How to use the life-story interviewer
- Get comfortable. Find a quiet spot. If you're interviewing a parent or grandparent, sit together and let them do the talking.
- Read the question, then answer. Press "Start speaking" and reply naturally, or type if you prefer.
- Move at your own pace. Save and move to the next question, skip any that don't apply, and come back later — your progress is saved in your browser.
- Download your transcript. When you're done, save the full transcript as a text file to treasure or share.
Great for preserving family history
This tool is a wonderful way to record your parents' stories, capture a grandparent's memories, prepare for a milestone birthday tribute, or simply write your own autobiography one question at a time. Because everything stays on your device, it's completely private and free to use as often as you like.
Turn your transcript into a printed heirloom
A transcript is a beautiful start — but a stack of raw answers isn't the same as a finished book. When you're ready, Opus Eternal takes transcripts like these (plus deeper interviews of our own) and turns them into a professionally written, designed and printed memoir your whole family can hold. The tool is free; the heirloom is where we come in.
Questions
Life-story interviewer FAQ
What is a life-story interviewer?
A life-story interviewer guides a person through the questions that draw out their memories — childhood, family, career, love, lessons and legacy — so those stories are captured before they're forgotten. Our free tool does exactly that: it asks the questions, you answer out loud or by typing, and it builds a transcript you can keep.
How do I record my parents' or grandparents' life stories?
Sit down together somewhere comfortable, open this tool, and let it ask the questions one at a time. Your loved one simply talks; the tool transcribes their answers using your device's microphone. When you're done, download the transcript. It's a wonderful way to preserve family history — and a natural first step toward a printed memoir.
Is the interviewer really free and private?
Yes. There's no sign-up and no cost. Everything runs in your own browser — your microphone audio is processed on your device and your answers are saved only on your computer, not uploaded to us.
What questions does it ask?
The tool works through dozens of thoughtfully sequenced questions across every stage of life, from earliest memories to the legacy someone wants to leave. You can skip any question and revisit answers at any time.
What can I do with the transcript?
Keep it as a family keepsake, share it with relatives, or send it to us as the starting point for a beautifully written, professionally printed memoir. We turn transcripts like these into finished heirloom books.