How It Works
Meet Maya, your family's AI biographer.
Maya is an AI, not a person, and never in a hurry. She doesn't hand your parents an app. She sends them a WhatsApp message — and lets a lifetime of stories unfold, one gentle question at a time.
Illustrative conversation. Names and messages are examples.
How it works, in four steps
A hello and a yes
The storyteller starts a private WhatsApp conversation. Maya asks permission before shaping memories.
One gentle question
She follows the story's thread with warm, thoughtful prompts — at their pace.
In their language
Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi — whichever language home speaks.
A living archive
Every story saved, searchable, and kept in their own voice.
Permission First
It all begins with a hello — and a yes.
Someone in the family — usually a son or daughter — introduces Maya. The storyteller signs in to Legacii, connects their own WhatsApp and sends the first hello in a private conversation. Maya introduces herself warmly, explains what she's there to do, and asks for permission before shaping their memories.
Maya asks before shaping messages into family memories. Consent isn't fine print here. It's the first conversation.
Memories shaped with permission · The stories belong to your family · Always yours to export
Illustrative conversation. Names and messages are examples.
Illustrative conversation. Names and messages are examples.
The Gentle Prompt
One warm question at a time. Never an interview.
Maya remembers exactly where the story left off — the mill in Baroda, the friend from the hostel — and follows the thread with genuine curiosity. One thoughtful question, then patience.
There are no forms and no homework. A voice note sent from the sofa works perfectly. Text, photos of old letters, a five-minute ramble — everything is welcomed, and everything is saved.
The Mother Tongue
In the language the story was lived in.
If Gujarati is the language your father thinks in, Maya speaks Gujarati. She asks in it, listens in it, and preserves every story in his own words and his own voice — no switching to English, no new habits.
And every story becomes readable in yours — so a grandchild in California can read or hear the same story in English — and not miss a word.
ગુજરાતી · हिन्दी · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · বাংলা · தமிழ் · मराठी · and yours
As the family reads it in California
“That was 1968... we first met at my uncle's house. It's a long story!”
Translated to English automatically — preserved in his own voice.
Illustrative conversation. Names and messages are examples.
The Living Archive
Every story is saved the moment it's told.
Behind the conversation, Maya is quietly doing the careful work: transcribing voice notes, organizing stories, keeping names and places straight across fifty years of memory.
And the stories don't sit in a vault. They surface right back in the family chat — a quick audio clip on a birthday, a memory when someone asks — preserved in the storyteller's own voice, readable in yours.
For the youngest in the family, the same stories can become a storybook — a first introduction to the people they come from.
Shared back in the family chat
The borrowed bicycle — Baroda, 1968
Arun's story · told in Gujarati · listen in English
“The bus never came that morning, so I borrowed Ramesh's bicycle — and still arrived before the foreman...”
The Story Dividend
Every story captured today pays dividends for generations.
Today
Grandpa's voice note about the day everything changed? To him, it's a Tuesday memory.
To his daughter
It's context — the story behind the sacrifices she always sensed but never fully understood.
To his granddaughter in 2031
It's the answer to the question "Where do I come from?" — an inheritance that arrives at exactly the right moment.
To his great-grandchild in 2055
It's the origin story of the entire family — a voice from the past that makes the future feel rooted.
If they can answer a WhatsApp message, they can leave a legacy.
What These Stories May Become
What we preserve today can inspire how families connect tomorrow.
Technology will continue to evolve. A family's real stories, voice, values, and history should remain the foundation.
Possibilities we are building toward
A voice for an important day
A short audio memory shared when a child graduates, gets married, becomes a parent, or needs encouragement.
A journey told in moments
Short video and audio chapters that help younger family members understand the milestones that shaped their grandparents.
A child's first family-history book
An illustrated story that introduces a five-year-old to the people, places, traditions, and adventures that came before them.
A living family timeline
An experience connecting people, photographs, places, decisions, traditions, and lessons across generations.
Maya is ready when your family is.
A name and a WhatsApp number are all it takes. The first hello, the first yes, the first story — it can all happen this Sunday.
Start their storyNo app to download. Nothing for them to learn.