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How Eviga works

Gentle questions.
A book that holds her voice.

Eviga isn't an app. It's a quiet weekly presence in WhatsApp — one thoughtful question at a time, with photos from her own life as memory triggers, building toward something she could never sit down and write.

01

You give the gift

Enter your mom's name and her WhatsApp number. We compose a warm first message in your voice. She gets it from someone who loves her — you.

It takes about three minutes. You'll choose the start date (a birthday, an anniversary, this Sunday), tell us what to call her, and optionally write a personal note that we read out before her first question. We never see the note — it's just for her.

  • Three minutes to set up. No app to install on your end either.
  • Choose when she starts — today, Mother's Day, her birthday, Christmas Eve.
  • Optional personal note from you, delivered with the first question.
  • You receive WhatsApp updates as she responds — not just emails.
02

She tells stories on WhatsApp

One thoughtful question at a time. Sometimes paired with an old photo from her own life. She replies with a voice note, in her own time. No app to install.

Each week, Eviga sends one question — not a list, never a form. The questions follow a thoughtful arc through her life (childhood, parents, school, first job, falling in love, raising kids, the moments that shaped who she became), but always with room to wander.

If you've uploaded family photos, Eviga pairs them with relevant questions: a photo of her at the lake on her ninth birthday alongside "What did your father teach you to do that summer?" — turning the photo into a memory trigger.

  • One question per week. She can answer in five minutes or fifty.
  • Voice notes preferred — but text and photos work too, and she can attach videos.
  • Eviga listens to her whole answer, then asks one follow-up if there's more to say. Never two.
  • If she's quiet for a few days, a soft check-in. If she goes quiet for weeks, we pause and wait.
03

You watch her book grow

AI weaves her stories into beautifully written chapters. You can suggest prompts, add family photos, and refine each chapter as it appears.

From your dashboard you can see every chapter as it's woven — read the prose, hear her original voice clip, suggest "ask her about Skagen" or "more about her mother." You can also read draft chapters before they're locked in, request edits, or add photos from your own family albums.

  • Private dashboard — only you and people you invite can see her chapters.
  • Suggest prompts to nudge her toward stories you want captured.
  • Upload family photos that get woven into the right chapters automatically.
  • Invite siblings, your kids, or her sisters to add comments and memories.
04

The hardcover, when ready

Order the printed book whenever feels right — a birthday, an anniversary, or to remember her by. Her chapters, her photos, QR codes that play her actual voice.

You're not on a deadline. The digital archive grows quietly for as long as she wants to keep talking. When you're ready — for a birthday, a milestone, or just because — we print the hardcover. ~200 pages, cloth-wrapped boards, foil-stamped title, archival paper. Voice clips embedded as QR codes throughout.

  • Order one copy for £149, additional copies at print-cost (~£35).
  • Ships internationally — usually 10–14 days from order to door.
  • Voice files mirrored across two EU regions, guaranteed for 50+ years.
  • Print files mastered to last 100+ years on archival stock.
What people worry about

The questions before the question.

What if she doesn't trust the AI?

You're not asking her to talk to a robot. The first message comes from you — in your name, with your voice, with a photo of you if you want. Eviga only takes over after she's said hi. Most parents describe it as "like texting with a thoughtful grandchild" within the first week.

What if she's a bit forgetful?

Eviga is gentle with that. She can repeat herself across weeks — we keep the best version. She can correct herself in the next voice note. We don't push for accuracy; we capture what she remembers, in the way she remembers it. That's the point.

What if she only sends short answers?

That's fine. Some chapters are pages, some are paragraphs. The book honors what she gave. And Eviga's follow-ups gently invite more — without pressuring. Most parents who start with three-sentence answers are giving twenty-minute voice notes within a month.

What if she stops engaging halfway through?

We pause and wait. No pestering. If she comes back after a month — or three months — Eviga picks up where she left off. What you bought is the book itself, not a calendar — active engagement, no fixed cadence. Your supporter access doesn't expire.

What if I want to capture sensitive stories?

Eviga can hold them privately, between just her and the AI — never shared with the family until she says so. There's also a "sealed chapter" option: stories she records that are released to the family only if she chooses to release them, or after her passing.

What if I want to be more involved in the questions?

You can be. Suggest questions from your dashboard whenever you want. Some families turn it into a quiet collaboration — siblings each adding "ask mom about the time she..." prompts. The book becomes a family project, not just an AI one.

A real morning

This is what Tuesday at 9:41 a.m. looks like for her.

Not an app. Not a dashboard. Just a notification on the phone she already uses, from a name she already trusts.

A real conversation, on her phone

It feels like a thoughtful grandchild — not a form.

Eviga listens to her whole answer, picks out the moment that wants more telling, and asks one more gentle question. Never two. Never pressuring.

Most stories take two or three back-and-forths. Sometimes she rambles for half an hour. Sometimes she sends three sentences. Both are perfect. The AI keeps everything.

And because it's WhatsApp, she doesn't need to install anything, log in anywhere, or remember a password. If she can send a voice note to her grandchild, she can use Eviga.

What she'll talk about

What changes across her engagement.

There's no fixed cadence and no required topics. But most engagements move through a natural arc, in roughly this order. Eviga adapts to whatever she wants to share — with room for whatever else wants to come up.

  1. Settling in

    Settling in

    Gentle, low-stakes questions to help her get comfortable with the rhythm. Where did you grow up? What was your earliest memory? Who taught you to ride a bike? Voice notes start short, then lengthen as she gets comfortable. Most parents are sending five-minute answers without thinking about it within a few weeks.

  2. Phase two

    Childhood and family

    Her parents, her siblings, her grandparents — many of whom her grandchildren will never meet, except through her words. The house she grew up in. The smells of summer. The school she walked to. This is where her ancestors quietly enter the book.

  3. Phase three

    Coming of age

    School, friendships that lasted (or didn't), first jobs, first heartbreaks, first apartments. The decade she became herself. Questions get more reflective; her answers tend to too.

  4. Phase four

    Love and home

    How she met her partner. The wedding day, or the equivalent quiet day. The first home together. Becoming a parent — including the small mortifying stories your generation never heard. The decisions that shaped your family.

  5. Phase five

    Reflection and wisdom

    The questions get bigger and gentler. What are you most proud of? What would you tell your younger self? What do you hope your grandchildren remember? Many parents say these are the chapters that surprise them most — they didn't know they had words for these things until Eviga asked.

She can pause, skip, or revisit any section at any time. The arc bends to her — not the other way around.

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