Guide

How to save someone's voice, and when Chorus is the right way

To keep a voice, gather short messages from the person and the people around them, and keep them together in one place you can hear and read. That's what Chorus does.

Saving a voice before it is too late

People wait, because asking feels like admitting the clock is running. But a voice is easy to lose. It sits in a voicemail that gets deleted, or on a phone that gets replaced.

If your family has just had the news, a diagnosis or word that someone has weeks or months left, start now.

Ask a parent or grandparent to record a story they'd want remembered. Then ask the people around them to record too.

Chorus does this from any phone, with nothing to install. Each person records their own part from wherever they are. Every message ends up in one book you can hear, read and hold.

When Chorus is the right choice

Use Chorus to:

Remember a loved one

Gather voices for a funeral or a wake. See Chorus in memory.

Mark a milestone birthday

For a 40th, a 60th or an 80th, everyone who knows them records a message. See Chorus for a big birthday.

Give a group gift that everyone adds to

See group gift ideas where everyone gives something of themselves.

Welcome a new baby, or keep a child's early years

Far-away grandparents record a message for a new baby, and parents add to the book as the child grows. See Chorus for a new baby.

Collect wedding messages the couple keep

Guests who can't make it on the day can record a message too. See Chorus for a wedding.

Mark a retirement, or say goodbye to someone leaving

When someone emigrates, the people staying behind each record a goodbye.

Celebrate your parents' anniversary

The children and grandchildren each record a message for the couple's 25th, 40th or 50th.

What you get, and what it costs

Gathering the voices is free, and so is downloading them. You pay once for whichever you choose.

Voices, 39. Each recording is tidied up, and every voice plays straight through from one personal podcast link.
The book, 89. The finished book is laid out to read online, with every message written out and playable from its page.
The keepsake, 99. We print one hardcover copy of the book and deliver it to your door.

Questions people ask

How do I save my parent's or grandparent's voice before they are gone?

Start a Chorus book and send them the link.

What can I do with old voicemails or recordings of someone who has died?

Gather them together with new messages from the people who loved them.

What is a good retirement gift from a whole team?

Ask everyone on the team to record a message for the person retiring.

Start a book