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What is In Their Words?
A web app where you interview your kid about someone they love (Dad, Grandma, anyone), film their answers, and get a film with their exact words lit up on screen as they say them — plus a shareable card.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Films, cards and links are free, unlimited, forever, with a small In Their Words mark. There is nothing to buy yet.
Do I need to install an app?
No — it runs in the phone browser. On iPhone you can add it to your home screen (Share button → Add to Home Screen) and it behaves like an app.
Do I need an account to try it?
No. Start an interview, film answers, and watch the film first. A free account (Apple, Google or an emailed code, no password) keeps your films in your keepsake box on any device, and gives the film a private link you can share.
Are my kid's recordings private?
Yes — private by default. Nothing is public or searchable unless you share a link, and only people with that link can watch. Deleting a film removes it and ends its share link immediately.
How does sharing work?
Share the film sends a private link to whoever you choose (it asks you to save the film to a free account first, so the link has a home). Save the film to your phone hands you the film's video file itself. In Messages on an iPhone, a pasted link shows a preview with a frame of the film. Grandparents don't need an account to watch, and the link lets them save the film and the card, or answer back with a short video.
Can Grandma answer back?
Yes. When the film ends, anyone with the link can answer it with a short video, with no account and no setup. Bella asks three quick questions written from the kid's answers, and the answer becomes a short film with the kid's own clips in it, so the kid can follow it without reading. It shows under the film for everyone who has the link, and the parent gets an email the moment it is ready.
Who sees an answer, and can it come down?
Everyone who has the film's link. On the film's page the parent can hide or remove an answer at any time, or turn answers off in Edit the film. The person who answered can delete it from their own phone for 30 days.
Does the person who answered hear back?
Only if they leave an email address on the page after they answer. Then we email them when the kid watches it or answers back, at most once a day, with a stop link in every email. The email's button signs them in on their phone: no password and no code.
What happens when I delete something?
Deleting a film permanently removes its recordings and share link. Deleting your account removes everything you've ever made. The recovery backup made while you filmed is cleared automatically within 30 days.
What if the app hears the words wrong?
You can fix any answer's words right after filming, and the film updates. The captions come from a transcription of what your kid actually said.
Whose consent is needed?
This app is for parents and guardians: a grown-up holds the phone and interviews their own family. You confirm you are a parent or guardian and consent to recording your child on the last setup screen, under the button that opens the questions. It is for parents making films of their own kids. Someone who answers a film from its link films only themselves, and tapping Start is their consent.
What ages does it work for?
The sweet spot is roughly two to eight: old enough to answer, young enough to be wrong in wonderful ways. But 'according to Benny, age 34' works too; the yearly re-interview is the point.
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