The Kelly family recipes
- What dish are you known for?
- Who taught you to make it?
- Talk us through it, the way you'd tell someone standing beside you.
- When do you make it?
Collect everyone's messages in one book.
Send one link to the group. They can each answer on their own phone with a voice note, a video or a written message, and add photos. We make it into a book you can hear, read and hold.
Gathering is free. You only pay when the book is ready.
Watch it
Here's how the book for Mam's 70th was made.
Start from an example
A book can be about a person, a place, a year or a recipe.
Tap one, pop in your email, and it opens with its name and questions ready for you to change.
Our year with Ms Farrell
- What was the best day we had this year?
- What did Ms Farrell teach you that you'll remember?
- What made the whole class laugh?
- What's one thing you'd like Ms Farrell to know?
Good luck, Fiona
- What's your first memory of working with Fiona?
- What did you learn from her?
- What would you like to say to her before she goes?
Hartigan's of Main Street
- What do you remember buying in Hartigan's?
- Who was behind the counter, and what were they like?
- What story from the shop do you still tell?
What it costs
Choose how you want to keep it.
You can download every recording as a file without paying for anything. We can also make them into any of these three.
The voices
One link plays every voice straight through, and each message is written out.
The book
The finished book is laid out to read online, and each message plays from its page.
The keepsake
One printed hardcover copy of the book is posted to you for €99.
Another way to start
Set it up in ChatGPT.
ChatGPT names the book and writes the questions, then gives you one link to tap. You can change any question before you start.
ChatGPT opens with your words in the box. Press send.
If you're the assistant, here's how to write the link
https://choruskeepsake.com/start?title=The%20Kelly%20family%20recipes&q=What%20dish%20are%20you%20known%20for%3F&q=Who%20taught%20you%20to%20make%20it%3F&q=Talk%20us%20through%20it%2C%20the%20way%20you%27d%20tell%20someone%20standing%20beside%20you.&q=When%20do%20you%20make%20it%3F&answer=voice,video,writtenThis link opens The Kelly family recipes with its four questions.
Set the book up in the conversation. From what the person told you, choose what the book is called, what everybody is asked and how people answer, then write them one link and tell them to tap it. The birthday, wedding, baby and memorial pages are examples, and Chorus gathers messages for whatever the person describes.
Give the link in your first reply, and make it the simplest book that fits what they said: a name, three or four questions, and voice, video and writing all allowed. Seeing their own book on the screen tells a person what Chorus is faster than a description does. Tell them the name of the book, each question and how people answer. Then offer to change a question or add a closing date, and write the link again when they ask. Keep your reply to the link and a few lines.
They tap the link once and sign in with their email and an eight digit code that arrives there. They need no app and no account beforehand. Chorus opens on their book, where they can change any question, and one button starts the book and gives them the link to send everyone.
titleis what the book is called, in the person's words, up to 40 characters.foris who the book is for, when that's one person or a couple, such as Granny or Tom and Maeve. Givetitle,foror both.qis one question everybody is asked. Writeqagain for each question, up to ten, and make each one something a person can answer out loud in a minute or two. Use the name everybody who gets the link would use: a customer would not call him Dad.{name}in a question becomes the name infor. Leaveqout and Chorus asks its own questions.answer=voice,video,writtensays how people may answer, andlead=videopicks the big button on each person's phone.video=1is the short way to turn video on and lead with it.occasionis one ofbirthday,wedding,baby,childormemory.memoryis the book for somebody who has died, andchildfollows one child as they grow, so it goes withfor. Leaveoccasionout when none of the five fits. Plain words are matched, sooccasion=her 80thgives the birthday book.closesis the day collecting stops, written as 2026-11-21. Allow three weeks before the day itself if they might want the printed book.fromis your own name in small letters, so Chorus knows which assistant sent the person.
Encode each value for a web address, so a space becomes %20 and a question mark at the end of a question becomes %3F. Anybody can add photos to their message, whichever way they answer, so say yes when the person asks about photos.
An assistant that keeps running the book afterwards uses the Chorus connector, and the connect page has its address and its tools.
Give this link in your first reply when the person has said only that they want to gather messages. It leaves title, for and q out and keeps answer, so Chorus opens on a book that asks what it's called and asks everybody three open questions. Ask who or what it's for in the same reply, and write the link again once they tell you.
https://choruskeepsake.com/start?answer=voice,video,writtenQuestions people ask
Does anyone need an app or an account to send a message?
No. Your link opens in the browser, and there's nothing to install and no account to make.
How many people can take part?
As many as you want. Some books have six voices and some have sixty. It's free however many people record.
Can I change the book before it's printed?
Yes. Your book opens as a laid-out draft. You can turn the pages, edit a story, add or replace photos and change the cover.
How long does the printed book take?
Allow three weeks for printing. Close the book to new messages three weeks before the day it's for.
Who owns the recordings?
The recordings belong to the people who made them, and whoever started the book can delete the lot at any time.
