For parents who travel
Bedtime, from the hotel
Three nights in Chicago. A week in Singapore. The bedtime story doesn't have to stop because you're on a plane — record it before you go, or from the room tonight, and they hear you read it whether you're there or not.
The problem with FaceTime
A video call at 7pm is never at 7pm
The meeting runs over. The time zone is wrong. The signal in the hotel is bad and the call drops on the last page. And even when it works, it's a call — it's you watching them get tired, not you reading them to sleep.
A recording doesn't need your evening to line up with theirs. Record on the plane, in the room, in the fifteen minutes before the dinner. It plays at their bedtime, in your voice, and you get told when they listen.
The routine
How travelling parents use it
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The night before you leave
Record two books. Say which trip it is. "I'm in Denver this week, and this is the one about the bear." -
From the hotel
Record a page or two when you can. The book waits; nothing's published until you say so. Voice Care takes the air-conditioning out. -
At home, at bedtime
They open the app as themselves, and your recording is on the shelf. Or the phone goes face-down and it plays like the radio. -
You, in the room
"Maya listened to you read The Gruffalo." That notification is the whole reason we built this.
Made for the road
Voice Care
Hotel rooms hum. It's taken out of every kept take, and the original is always there.
Learn moreRecord it for one child
Say the name. Every recording asks who it's for, and the answer changes everything.
Learn moreNo screen at bedtime
Just listen plays it through with the phone face-down. Loop it for the ones who need it twice.
Learn moreThe other parent can record too
Everyone in the family records, free. Two voices on the shelf beats one.
Learn moreRetake any page
Fluffed page nine at midnight? Do page nine again. The rest stays.
Learn moreKept forever
A trip ends. The recordings don't. Cancel any time; everything keeps playing.
Learn moreI'm away three weeks in four. My daughter now asks for "Daddy's Gruffalo" whether I'm home or not. My wife says she doesn't even notice which nights I'm gone. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Mostly good.
Go deeper
How-to
Record your first book
The whole thing is a book, a page and a red button. Here's the walk from an empty shelf to a published recording.
How-to
Record a book for a specific child
Every recording starts with one question. Most people miss it. Here's what it changes.
Feature
Voice Care
A gentle clean-up on every take, original kept
For
Military families
Bedtime through a deployment
Record one before the next trip
Free to start. Three books on the shelf, forever. The suitcase can wait.
