What happens to a story when there’s no one left to tell it? What happens to a voice when it can no longer be spoken and heard? For most of us, these aren’t just questions; they’re quiet fears. The rich tapestry of a family’s history, with its laughter, lessons, and love, often unravels as time passes. But what if it didn’t have to?
This very fear is what drove childhood friends Paul Damiano and Larry Scharra to create Memorygram. Friends since elementary school, they witnessed firsthand how priceless memories could be lost to time. They saw a world full of complicated, costly, and impersonal options for preserving legacy. So, they built the solution they wished existed for their own families: a simple, heartfelt, and innovative way to ensure that no story is left untold.
More Than Sharing Stories, It’s a Time Capsule
Memorygram reimagines legacy preservation by weaving timeless storytelling into intuitive technology. The storyteller answers thoughtful questions about family, childhood, relationships, and milestones. Responses can be spoken and then professionally transcribed, typed, or a mix of both, turning the process into a warm conversation rather than a formal interview. Memorygram’s smart transcription cleans filler words while keeping the cadence, humor, and pauses that make every voice unique, and cherished photos are easily uploaded to enrich each chapter.
The result is the Legacy Book, a stunning 8.5×11 full-color, hardcover book. But its true power lies within its pages. An embedded QR code links directly to the original audio recordings. Imagine running your hand over a printed story about your grandfather’s childhood while simultaneously hearing him tell it in his own voice. It’s a profoundly moving experience that bridges generations. Couples, siblings, or lifelong friends can even collaborate on the same book, creating a shared keepsake that spans perspectives and generations.
This experience extends beyond the home with the Memorial Medallion. A custom-engraved keepsake with a loved one’s name, birth year, and year of passing. It can be placed on a headstone, Urn or indoor memorial. A scan of the medallion’s QR opens a living Virtual Memorial where family and friends can view photos, videos, leave their own memories, and listen to the audio recordings from the Legacy Book.
Pushing the boundaries of innovation, the Medallion also features cutting-edge AI voice cloning. Families provide a clear voice sample, either taken from the Legacy Book recordings or supplied as a standalone audio clip. Memorygram uses this audio to recreate the loved one’s voice. The process is further enhanced through personality tuning, where families can enter details about the deceased or upload their Legacy Book content. This allows for a realistic posthumous conversational experience, offering a new and profound way to interact with and remember a loved one’s personality and stories.
The Old Way vs. The Memorygram Way
In a market filled with look-alike services, Memorygram stands apart by addressing the common frustrations families face.
- The Old Way: Small, templated books with hidden fees for extra pages or annual cloud storage, holding your memories hostage.
- The Memorygram Way: A large, luxurious, fully custom book with transparent, one-time pricing. Your memories are yours, forever, with no recurring fees.
- The Old Way: Clunky software that feels like “writing homework” that frustrates older users erasing their enjoyment and personality.
- The Memorygram Way: A warm, conversational platform designed for all ages and technology that captures the true voice of a loved one that you can preserve forever.
- The Old Way: Disconnected memorial tools requiring separate apps for photos, audio, and memorial pages.
- The Memorygram Way: Seamless integration where stories, photos, audio, and their voice all live in one intuitive ecosystem just by scanning the Memorial Medallion.
- The Old Way: Impersonal, automated support from foreign-owned companies with opaque data policies.
- The Memorygram Way: A dedicated, caring, US-based team at a founder-owned company that prioritizes customer experience and data security above all else.
Don’t Let the Moments Slip Away
Memorygram isn’t just about looking back; it’s about strengthening bonds right now. The process of creating a Legacy Book often unearths stories even close family members have never heard, sparking deeper conversations and creating new, shared memories. Every memory, recording, photo and video lives in one simple platform, and with a single scan of the Memorial Medallion those same stories, spoken in the storyteller’s own voice, come to life for generations to come
It’s an investment in your family’s emotional inheritance. As customer Tim Fair powerfully stated after preserving his son’s story, it was an answer to “making sure my son’s story is told and that he will never be forgotten.” Memorygram provides the tools and the heart to ensure your family’s legacy doesn’t just survive, but thrives for an eternity.
