TellIt is an Israeli web service that lets older adults document their life story through voice conversations with an AI interviewer. The agent listens, understands context, and asks smart follow-up questions; the accumulated stories appear on a visual life timeline the whole family can explore. The project is currently in development toward a closed family pilot, with no public domain yet.
How it works
There are two roles: the narrator (a parent, 65+) who tells their story, and the guardian (an adult child or family member) who sees all conversations and the timeline. The narrator picks one of up to 8 life topics, then holds a real conversation: the agent asks exactly one question at a time, reacts to the specific details in each answer rather than reading from a generic list, and remembers every previous conversation so nothing is asked twice. Speech is transcribed with OpenAI Whisper (Hebrew), shown for approval and editing before it is sent, with typing always available as a fallback.
Design philosophy
The guiding principle: the narrator should never feel like they are using technology, only telling a story. Warm book-like colors, classic Hebrew typography at a minimum 18px, large buttons, full RTL, and never more than 2-3 choices on screen. A unique archive mechanism lets the guardian lock the account permanently after a death, preserving the content forever.
Stack
- React + Vite on Cloudflare Pages
- Supabase for PostgreSQL, Auth and Storage (5GB per account)
- Cloudflare Workers as the only path to external APIs
- OpenAI Whisper for Hebrew speech recognition
- Anthropic Claude API as the interviewing agent
- Resend for email notifications, including a 60-day inactivity alert to the guardian
Access is currently private while the family pilot is refined.