Before the stories scatter
Collect the memories while everyone still knows why they matter.
A memorial tribute book built from the voices, photos, and stories of the people who knew and loved someone from different chapters of life. For families planning a memorial tribute book, it creates a private way to collect specific memories without making people write a polished eulogy. Autograph helps you record the voices and memories around a real occasion, then turns them into a private story archive you can relive and export. Walter, Autograph's AI biographer, makes the collection easier by guiding people with warm prompts and follow-up questions.
Friends preserve stories the family may never have heard.
Children and grandchildren hear a fuller life story in familiar voices.
Celebration-of-life guests can contribute when they are ready, not only at the service.
Find your fit
Start with the way you are helping.
Whether you are gifting, organizing, hosting, or planning, choose the page written for your role and the people you need to invite.
Memorial story collection
Adult children
A gentle way to collect memorial stories from family and friends.
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Spouses
A private memorial archive for the stories others remember.
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Funeral homes
A memorial story collection funeral homes can offer families.
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Invite people once. Get back something you can actually keep.
No public wall, inbox chase, or spreadsheet cleanup. Contributors can record with Walter or answer in writing, and you receive an organized story library with files you can relive, review, and export.
Invite contributors by link
Send one private invitation link where contributors can share a voice memory, write a story, or let Walter guide them through the prompt.
No app required
Contributors can respond from a phone with voice notes or written answers, without installing anything.
Private story library
Collected memories stay organized for the family instead of scattering across texts, forms, and inboxes.
Downloadable story package
Receive audio files, written responses, transcripts, contributor details, and export-ready story data. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
From ask to archive
Walter helps people record the memory. Autograph helps you keep it.
Start the Memory Project
Autograph gives the family a private memorial story project with prompts, contributor invites, and a place for every response to land.
Invite the right voices
Send focused asks to family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors so each person knows what kind of memory to share.
Let Walter guide the stories
Walter helps people find what to say with warm prompts and follow-up questions, so they can record a voice memory or answer in writing.
Relive and export the archive
The family receives the organized library with transcripts, contributor context, and export-ready story data. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
Who to invite
Start with the people who hold different pieces of the story.
The best projects do not ask everyone the same broad question. They route each person toward a small, specific memory they are likely to hold.
Invite
- Immediate family
- Childhood friends
- Work and service communities
- Neighbors, caregivers, and chosen family
Ask
- What moment captures who they were?
- What did they teach you without saying it directly?
- What small detail should the family never lose?
Preview the experience
What contributors see, and what you get back.
This is the project package itself: collection, organization, reminders, and a private story library. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
Sample invite
Sample memorial invite
We are gathering memories for the family. If you have a story, small detail, lesson, or voice note you want them to have, you can share it privately here.
Included when you start
- Private invite link
- Guided prompts
- Downloadable story package
Sample story library
Childhood friend memory
Written story about a detail the family had never heard.
Coworker voice note
Short audio about what they taught people by example.
Neighbor reflection
Written memory about a small kindness the family wants preserved.
Project package includes
- Private story library with audio files, written responses, and transcripts
- Contributor index with prompts, timestamps, and organized responses
- Downloadable story package with export-ready data. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
Recommended package
Start with the stories. Leave with export-ready data.
The $499 Milestone package includes collection, reminders, setup support, and a downloadable archive. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
Moment
A focused story sprint
$179
One honoree, one chapter, or a small contributor circle.
- Up to 12 contributors
- Two weeks of collection
- Private story library
- Downloadable story package
Milestone
The event-ready package
$499
A complete event collection with broader interviews and setup support.
- Up to 150 contributors
- Six weeks of collection
- Invite and reminder support
- Downloadable archive included
- Export-ready story data included
Era
A family-scale archive
$1,499
Many voices, larger circles, and a larger preserved library.
- Up to 300 contributors
- Three months of collection
- Human setup support
- Expanded archive planning
30-day money-back guarantee on launch offers. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
Trust
Private enough for family stories, structured enough to finish.
Private by default
The family controls who is invited, what comes in, and how the material is used.
Human setup support
Milestone and Era include help with prompt selection, invite language, and reminder planning.
Launch guarantee
The launch offer is protected by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Questions
Planning a memorial tribute book?
Can this support a celebration of life?
Yes. Families can invite contributors and use the collection as a private archive. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.
Is the tone sensitive enough for grief?
The project is designed around gentle contribution, optional timing, and voice-led prompts so nobody has to produce a polished essay while grieving.
Can stories stay private?
Yes. Access is controlled by the buyer and project owner. The collection is not a public memorial page unless the family chooses to share material elsewhere.
What if people need more time?
The collection can stay open so people can contribute when the right memory surfaces.
Tribute story collection
Use the occasion people are already thinking about to collect the stories.
Start with the people closest to the story. Autograph gives them a focused way to contribute and gives you a private archive to preserve.