Saga · Family Oral Histories

Turn your parents’ stories,into a book your whole family can read.

Saga helps older family members talk across multiple sessions, shapes their answers into stories, and lets you add old photographs and share the result with family.

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Illustration of an older parent and an adult child looking through a photo album and sharing memories — Product scenario illustration, not a real user story

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Saga brings oral accounts from different sessions into chapters, a life timeline, and a book you can share with family.

Fictional demonstration: The person and text below exist only to show chapters, a timeline, and book styling. They do not depict a real person and are not a user story.

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The Old Well at the Lane’s End

Fictional sample Book styling and chapter layout only

Chapter One · Demonstration text

The Old Well at the Lane’s End

I was born in an old lane on the south side of the county town, with an old well at its entrance. On summer evenings, neighbors would bring their bowls and sit around the well, eating, cooling off, and talking. Watermelon chilled in the well water tasted especially sweet. I still remember those ordinary days clearly.

After we moved away, it was the people I missed most. Whenever a family made something special, they would send a bowl next door. Children ran from one end of the lane to the other, looked after by neighbors along the way.

Example life timeline

ChildhoodThe old lane, the well, and the smell of neighbors’ cooking

LaterMoving away from the lane and beginning a new life

NowSlowly telling family the stories that still remain

From the first sentence to a finished book

A whole life does not have to be told in one sitting. Discuss just a few questions each time, then bring later sessions into the same book.

Choose an interview guide that suits your family

Start with themes such as childhood, education, work, and family life, then adapt the questions to your relative’s experiences. You can also adjust the interview tone and the prompt for each question.

Send the interview link to your relative

They can open it in WeChat or a browser without installing another app. Saga reads the questions aloud, listens to answers, and follows up when helpful. For the first session, we recommend having a family member nearby.

Gather separate conversations into one book

Recordings and transcripts are saved, and multiple sessions can become chapters and a life timeline. Add old photographs, check and revise the text, then share the book with family.

Recording is a family matter, and the decisions stay with the family

Get your relative’s consent before recording. Publicly displaying or distributing family stories requires separate permission.

Sharing has boundariesReading links can have a password and an expiration date, and can be revoked when they are no longer needed.

Content can be revisedEdit chapters in place while retaining earlier versions. Relatives can also add annotations with their own memories.

Recordings have a retention periodParticipant recordings are retained for 30 days by default. Deleting an interview list also handles its sessions, transcripts, and recordings according to the product’s deletion rules.

AI-assisted editing still needs family reviewConfirm names, dates, and important events with family and original materials. Automatically generated content is not a guarantee of factual accuracy.

Questions you may have before starting

Does an older relative have to finish in one sitting?

No. Saga is designed for multiple shorter sessions, with just a few questions each time. This is less tiring and makes it easy to continue later. Completed sessions can all feed into the same book.

Do they need to install an app?

No. Interview links open in WeChat or a browser. The device must allow microphone access and maintain a network connection. We recommend that a family member help with permission settings the first time.

Can the generated text still be edited?

Yes. You can revise chapter titles and body text, and revert to earlier versions. Export the manuscript to Word, or print the reading page or save it as a PDF.

How can the family read together?

Create a reading link and send it to relatives. Links support passwords and expiration dates, and readers can add annotations. Before forwarding, consider who should be able to see the book’s contents.

This weekend, start with one specific question

Perhaps ask about a childhood home, or the most unforgettable meal.

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