--- title: "Alfaaz - Preserve family voices" description: "Alfaaz helps Indian families preserve the voices and stories of parents and grandparents through gentle WhatsApp conversations in their language and at their pace." canonical: "https://alfaaz.me/" path: "/" site_name: "Alfaaz" last_modified: "2026-08-24" --- # Alfaaz Alfaaz helps Indian families preserve the voices and stories of parents and grandparents through gentle WhatsApp conversations in their own language and at their own pace. ## What Alfaaz does - Interviews elders over WhatsApp using voice notes instead of phone calls or typed forms - Generates gentle follow-up questions so the conversation feels like a curious family member listening - Preserves original audio and transcripts in the family workspace - Builds a growing archive with summaries, life chapters, remembered people and places, and unfinished threads ## Why it is built this way Most elders already know how to send a WhatsApp voice note. Alfaaz meets them inside that familiar habit instead of forcing a new app, a camera, or a scheduled interview. ## How it works 1. A family member signs up and adds the elder's WhatsApp number. 2. Alfaaz sends a warm introduction that the family can review first. 3. The elder receives one thoughtful voice-note prompt at a time. 4. Every answer informs the next question. 5. The family receives a growing archive with audio, transcripts, summaries, life chapters, and remembered context. ## Languages - Hindi - Indian English - Marathi - Telugu - Bengali - Tamil - Gujarati Hindi/Hinglish code-mixing is supported within Hindi. Each elder is configured for one primary language at onboarding and can naturally mix in English proper nouns and family words without needing to stay inside one rigid vocabulary. ## Frequently asked questions ### Will my mother find this strange? Most elders already send voice notes to family on WhatsApp. Alfaaz uses that same familiar habit: a short text introduces itself first, she taps once to begin, and from then on a warm voice note arrives and she replies when she feels ready. There is no camera, account, or new app for her to learn. ### What if they don't want to continue? They can ignore a prompt or answer later. Alfaaz is designed for pause-friendly conversations, and families can stop future prompts if an elder asks them. Anything already shared remains in the family archive unless the family requests deletion. ### What language does it work in? Live elder conversations currently support Hindi, Indian English, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, and Gujarati. Hindi/Hinglish code-mixing is handled naturally, and family words like Amma, Nani, Dada, Dida, and English names are expected. ### Does my elder need to install any new app? No. Alfaaz works entirely through WhatsApp, which most Indian elders already use every day. There is nothing new to download, no account for the elder to create, and no screen to navigate. They simply reply to a voice note the way they already do with family. ### How is Alfaaz different from just calling my parents? Phone calls matter, but they depend on everyone being free at once and often stay with daily logistics. Alfaaz is asynchronous, so an elder can answer at their own pace. Its questions are designed to dwell on memories that ordinary calls rarely reach: the first job, the old neighbourhood, the recipe that was never written down. ### What kinds of stories does Alfaaz help capture? Alfaaz surfaces stories families rarely think to ask about: childhood games and mischief, how your grandparents met, the first time your parents left home, the hardest year they lived through, and the people who shaped them. It also catches the texture of ordinary life. The smell of a grandmother's kitchen. The sound of a grandfather's workshop. The things that disappear quietly when no one thinks to ask. ### My parents live in India and I am living abroad. Can I still use Alfaaz? Yes. This is exactly who Alfaaz is built for. A family member abroad signs up, adds their elder's WhatsApp number, and Alfaaz holds the conversations in India. You get the growing memoir wherever you are. Many families in early access are NRI children who want their parents' and grandparents' voices kept for the next generation. ### What does the memoir actually look like? It is both a screen and an object. The family workspace keeps every conversation with its audio and transcript, plus story summaries, life chapters, people, places, and unfinished threads that grow after each session. In the post, every plan sends one chapter printed as a scroll each month, and the quarterly and yearly plans add a hardcover book of their stories, printed and bound once a year. There is no self-serve export or PDF download; the print arrives by post. ### My father has early-stage memory loss. Can Alfaaz still help? Yes, and this is often when families find Alfaaz most urgent. Alfaaz asks short, specific questions one at a time, not broad prompts that can feel overwhelming. Many stories that seem forgotten can still be reached through a precise question about a particular moment or sensory detail. Families who begin early almost always find that their elder remembers far more than expected when given the right prompt. ### How do I explain Alfaaz to my elder? Frame it plainly: 'We are trying to save your stories. You will get voice questions on WhatsApp, and you can reply whenever you feel like it.' Alfaaz does not pretend to be a family member; it is a family-arranged service that should feel simple and respectful. ## Trust summary - Family stories are never used to train AI models. - Family data is never sold for advertising. - Families can request deletion of recordings, transcripts, and stories. - Alfaaz currently relies on infrastructure partners in India and the United States. ## Related pages - [About](https://alfaaz.me/about) - [Pricing](https://alfaaz.me/pricing) - [Trust](https://alfaaz.me/trust) - [Privacy](https://alfaaz.me/privacy) - [Terms](https://alfaaz.me/terms) - [Founding families](https://alfaaz.me/founding-users)