Meet Lana (兰兰) · Your family’s AI interviewer
Your family’s stories, in their own voice
Lana talks with your parents and grandparents in their language, turning everyday conversations into a forever capsule of bilingual stories.
- Lana (兰兰)Patient AI interviewer in their language
- Forever capsuleVoice + bilingual stories + traditions
- Solo or at dinnerOne-on-one or the whole table together
How it works
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You set it up
Add your family and invite the storyteller, or set it up together in five minutes.
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Lana talks with them
Lana introduces herself, asks thoughtful questions in their language and listens patiently.
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A forever family capsule
Stories arrive in English and the original, tied to their voice, alongside traditions and recipes.
Try it now · Send your first question
What have you always wanted to ask?
Pick a question (or write your own) to see how Lana brings it into the conversation:
今天有想讲的故事吗？要是没有，您的孩子很想知道：您刚到这儿的第一个星期是怎么过的？那时候住在哪里？
Do you have a story in mind today? If not, your child would love to know: what was your very first week here like, and where did you stay?
Meet Lana (兰兰) · The Interviewer
Hear Lana in conversation
Press play to hear Lana bring in a granddaughter’s question and lock a private detail in code
陈阿姨您好，我是兰兰。今天有想讲的故事吗？要是没有，Lily 问了一个问题：您刚到纽约的第一个冬天是怎么过的？
Hello Mrs. Chen, I’m Lana. Do you have a story in mind today? If not, Lily asked a question: what was your very first winter in New York like?
第一个冬天啊，太冷了。我们住在皇后区的地下室，暖气时有时无……哦，关于房东那段别给别人听。
That first winter was bitterly cold. We lived in a basement in Queens, and the heat came and went… Oh, don’t let anyone hear the part about the landlord.
好的，那一段已经帮您设为私密，不会写进故事里。后来过年的时候，你们在那个地下室是怎么过的呢？
Of course — I’ve marked that part private, so it won’t be shared. When New Year’s came around in that basement, how did the two of you celebrate?
The patient interviewer you wished you could be
Language gaps and busy lives get in the way. Lana is there every day — unhurried, fluent in their language, and genuinely curious.
A warm first meeting
Introduces herself, names who invited her, and gets to know them gently without assuming their age.
Remembers threads & questions
Offers questions from children and grandchildren by name, and picks up unfinished stories next time.
Solo or around the dinner table
When other voices join in, Lana mostly listens like a guest and Heardloom splits who said what afterwards.
Stories from old photos
Hold up a printed photo or open a family album — Lana looks at it with them and asks about that day.
A forever capsule of family history
A living heirloom for the generations who come after
Every talk weaves into a permanent, searchable archive — organized by person, place, time and tradition.
How it works
Why I built Heardloom · Founder’s note
Growing up between two languages
“I am the child of immigrants. Over the years I lost a lot of connection to our traditions, and because of the language barrier, I have always struggled to properly communicate with my family.”
At family dinners, my vocabulary was enough for small talk — never enough to ask what my parents felt when they left home, or why our family kept certain traditions and recipes. I built Heardloom and Lana to bridge that divide, so every family can keep their stories and traditions in both languages.
Private to your family
Only invited family can join. Saying “don’t let anyone hear this part” locks that range in code immediately. No ads, no tracking, and we never sell data.
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Interviews today in
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Korean
- Tagalog
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
- More languages coming soon
Read in English and in the original words
Start free, then $10/mo
Every storyteller’s first recording is free. Then $10/month (on the annual plan, or $15 monthly) covers the whole family — and written stories stay yours forever.
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