Longhand: Life Story & Memoir
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About this app
Some stories should be kept in the handwriting they were told in.
Longhand turns a parent's or grandparent's life story into a book, written in their own hand, one page at a time. You set up the family and choose who you want to hear from. Each day they get one gentle question about their life. They write the answer on paper, photograph the page, and it joins a growing memoir that's yours to keep.
No typing for them. No pressure. Just a question a day, answered in their own handwriting.
HOW IT WORKS
• Set up your family and invite a parent or grandparent with a code.
• Pick from 150+ life story questions across every chapter of life: roots, childhood, school, love, work, family and wisdom. Or write your own.
• They answer on paper and take a photo. Longhand types out the handwriting so every story is searchable, and keeps the original page exactly as written.
• They can add a voice note to any page, so you hear the story the way they'd tell it.
• Send a heart, a laugh or a thank-you on any story. They see it, and know their page was read.
• Every page gathers into a living book, organised into chapters you can browse, search and revisit.
• Export the book as a PDF to print and keep.
IN THEIR LANGUAGE
The app, the questions and the reminders come in 16 languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Sinhala, Urdu, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German and Dutch. You and your parent can each use your own. Pages can be written in any language and are typed exactly as written.
WHY LONGHAND
• In their own hand. Handwriting carries something a typed message never will.
• Simple for the storyteller. Big type, one question at a time, pen and paper.
• A memoir that grows. Nothing gets lost in a chat thread. Every answer finds its place in the family history.
• Yours to keep. Read it like a real book, and export it whenever you like.
• Private by design. Your family's stories are visible only to your family.
A GIFT THAT KEEPS BEING WRITTEN
Longhand is a legacy journal for the questions we mean to ask and never quite do. A thoughtful gift for Mum, Dad, Grandma or Grandpa for a birthday, Mother's Day or Father's Day. Start today, and a year from now you'll have their autobiography in the handwriting of the person who lived it.
Start your family's book today.
Longhand turns a parent's or grandparent's life story into a book, written in their own hand, one page at a time. You set up the family and choose who you want to hear from. Each day they get one gentle question about their life. They write the answer on paper, photograph the page, and it joins a growing memoir that's yours to keep.
No typing for them. No pressure. Just a question a day, answered in their own handwriting.
HOW IT WORKS
• Set up your family and invite a parent or grandparent with a code.
• Pick from 150+ life story questions across every chapter of life: roots, childhood, school, love, work, family and wisdom. Or write your own.
• They answer on paper and take a photo. Longhand types out the handwriting so every story is searchable, and keeps the original page exactly as written.
• They can add a voice note to any page, so you hear the story the way they'd tell it.
• Send a heart, a laugh or a thank-you on any story. They see it, and know their page was read.
• Every page gathers into a living book, organised into chapters you can browse, search and revisit.
• Export the book as a PDF to print and keep.
IN THEIR LANGUAGE
The app, the questions and the reminders come in 16 languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Sinhala, Urdu, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German and Dutch. You and your parent can each use your own. Pages can be written in any language and are typed exactly as written.
WHY LONGHAND
• In their own hand. Handwriting carries something a typed message never will.
• Simple for the storyteller. Big type, one question at a time, pen and paper.
• A memoir that grows. Nothing gets lost in a chat thread. Every answer finds its place in the family history.
• Yours to keep. Read it like a real book, and export it whenever you like.
• Private by design. Your family's stories are visible only to your family.
A GIFT THAT KEEPS BEING WRITTEN
Longhand is a legacy journal for the questions we mean to ask and never quite do. A thoughtful gift for Mum, Dad, Grandma or Grandpa for a birthday, Mother's Day or Father's Day. Start today, and a year from now you'll have their autobiography in the handwriting of the person who lived it.
Start your family's book today.
A memoir journal for parents & grandparents: their life story, in their own hand
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What’s new
Longhand now speaks 16 languages.
• The app, questions and reminders now come in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, Chinese, Arabic, French and more. You and your mum or dad can each use your own.
• Voice notes: with a handwritten page, they can add a voice note, so you hear the story just as they’d tell it.
• Reactions: send a heart, a laugh or a thank-you on any story. They see who reacted, and know their page has been read.
• Smaller fixes and polish throughout.
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About the developer
Gagansher Khara
gagansher.khara@gmail.com
102 Melissa Way
Pakenham VIC 3810
Australia
