Write your book by talking.
My Living Diary turns spoken memories into beautiful book chapters while keeping the storyteller's original recording, exactly as it was spoken.
A voice becomes a page. A page becomes a book.
Recording opens the real voice recorder. A free account is needed first, so your words are saved to your own private diary.
Everything starts private. Nothing is shared without your approval.
A Voice Diary Demo
See why I created My Living Diary.
In this short film, Geuzane Castro tells how a Brazilian hairdresser who arrived in the United States with one suitcase started recording her memories out loud — and why she built a place where anyone can turn spoken memories into a real book, in their own voice, kept private until they choose to share it.
Full story
A guided walkthrough
Eight simple steps, in plain language. Nothing here happens without you seeing it first, and your original recording is never replaced.
Step 1
Press the microphone and simply talk, the way you would tell a grandchild. No writing, no typing, no perfect sentences needed.
Step 2
Your original recording is saved exactly as you spoke it, in the language you used. It is never replaced by anything the computer makes.
Step 3
The recording is written out word for word, so you can see everything you said on the page.
Step 4
You choose. Keep the transcript untouched, or let it be gently tidied for reading — no new facts, no new personality, nothing invented.
Step 5
You read the chapter, edit any line, or restore the original transcript. Nothing becomes a chapter until you say yes.
Step 6
Attach a photograph or a short video memory so the people and places have faces.
Step 7
Every chapter starts visible only to you. You decide, chapter by chapter, who may ever see it.
Step 8
One memory at a time, the chapters become a beautiful book your family can read and hear for generations.
Sample Chapter · demonstration
This is a real sample chapter. You can watch the story video, read it as a book page, and hear the actual recording — never a synthetic voice.
A story, in moving picture.
Sample chapter · 1997 · Origins
I left Brazil with two suitcases and a language I did not speak yet. Everything I owned fit in my hands; everything I hoped for did not.
Listen in The storyteller's Voice
Original recording · spoken in Portuguese
The storyteller's own recording, exactly as it was spoken.
The story video above is a real recording. Reading and listening both work now and open this same example chapter.
Step 1
Press the microphone and tell the story the way you remember it — in the language of your heart.
Step 2
Your original recording is kept exactly as spoken, and the words become a written chapter you review and approve.
Step 3
Anyone you allow can watch your story video, read the chapter like a book page, or listen to the original recording in your own voice.
Pick a question. Press the microphone. That is the whole beginning.
My name is Geuzane Castro. I was born in Brazil and came to the United States in 1997. My life has taken me through motherhood, entrepreneurship, beauty, business ownership, profound loss, personal challenges, and an unexpected journey into artificial intelligence.
I built businesses, raised a family, reinvented myself more than once, and learned that some of life's most important stories are never written down. After losing my father, I understood how priceless a person's voice, memories, expressions, and life lessons become.
I began imagining something more meaningful than an ordinary diary: a living place where people could speak their memories, preserve their real voices, add the photographs and videos that bring those moments to life, and gradually transform everything into their own book.
My Living Diary was created so that no meaningful story, voice, or memory has to disappear.
Geuzane Castro — Founder of My Living Diary
English, Português, Español. Speak naturally — your original recording and transcript are always kept in the language you used. Polished chapters stay in that same language, and any translation for family is clearly labeled as AI-assisted.
Example chapters · demonstration only
These are example chapters, shared with permission, so you can see what your finished book could look like.
Chapter 1 · 1997 · Origins
I left Brazil with two suitcases and a language I did not speak yet. Everything I owned fit in my hands; everything I hoped for did not.
Chapter 2 · 1999 · Family
Nobody tells you that the moment you become a mother, you also meet a version of yourself you have never been introduced to.
Chapter 3 · 2016 · Business
I did not have a business plan. I had a notebook, a phone, and the stubbornness of someone who could not afford to fail.
Start with one memory. One minute of your voice is enough for a first chapter — the rest can come whenever you feel like talking again.
Tell Your First StoryOpens the recorder. You'll be asked to create a free account so your chapter is saved privately to you.