How to use Keeper

From the day you make the link to the day the book arrives

Every step, in order. Tap one to see the details.

Getting set up

Open your invitation and sign inOpen the invitation link you received, then sign in with Kakao or Google.

Keeper is invitation-only for now, so start from the invitation link we sent you, on your phone or your computer.
Sign in with Continue with Kakao or the Google button. Once you're signed in, you can get back to your family dashboard from any device.
Google sign-in doesn't work inside KakaoTalk. Use Continue with Kakao, or tap Open in browser and carry on in your phone's browser.

Fill in the setup pageChoose whose story it is and what to call them. The rest is up to you.

Under Whose life is this book?, choose your parent, your spouse, yourself, or someone else. If you're recording your own story, choose Myself.
What should we call them? is the name Keeper says out loud, like Mom or Grandpa. It's the only field you have to fill in.
Their full name is the name printed on the cover.
The language chosen under Which language should Keeper speak? can't be changed later, so pick the one they're most at home in.
Their birth year and hometown, names and places Keeper should know, topics to handle with care, and a note to start with all help the conversation feel personal.
When you're done, tap Create the link.

Send them their linkCopy their private link from your dashboard and send it by text or KakaoTalk. That's the whole setup.

Your family dashboard opens with their private link and a short code on the Their link card.
Tap Copy link and send it by text or KakaoTalk. There's no app to install and no password to make.
Preview what they'll see opens their actual screen. Anything answered there is saved as their story, so just look around.
If it's your own story, tap Start telling your story on the Your link card to begin right away.

Telling the stories

Open the link and pick a topicThe link opens Keeper. Start with the topic it suggests, or choose another.

Tap the speaker (🔊) on the first screen to hear the welcome and the family's note read aloud.
Tap the button on the topic card (Let's begin, Let's talk about this or Continue) to start the conversation.
For a different topic, tap Or talk about something else and choose from the twelve. They don't have to go in order.

Answer by speaking or typingTap the microphone and talk, then check what Keeper wrote down.

Tap Keeper 🔊 above a question to hear it read aloud.
Tap the round microphone button (🎙️) and talk as you normally would. When you've finished, tap the Tap when you're done button.
The first time, your browser asks whether this site may use the microphone. Allow it.
What Keeper wrote down appears on the screen. Tap anything that's wrong to fix it, then tap That's right. To start over, tap Say it again.
If talking isn't convenient, type the answer into the Type your answer here… box instead.
An answer is saved the moment you tap That's right.

Change the question, or take a breakSkip any question you'd rather not answer, and stop whenever you like.

Ask me something else skips the current question and moves on to something else.
Pick a question lets you choose from this topic's questions yourself.
To finish a topic, tap I'm done with this one.
Take a break goes back to the first screen. Every answer you confirmed is already saved.
If the text feels small, tap 가 at the top of the conversation. Each tap changes the size.

Come back another timeOpen the same link again to pick up where you left off.

The link never expires. Tap it again in your texts or in KakaoTalk.
Can't find it? Near the bottom of the keeper.gift home page, enter the code under Coming back to talk? and tap Continue.
The code is on the Their link card in the family dashboard.

The family dashboard

Follow the storiesSee the stories saved so far, the topics they cover, and where the book stands.

Along the top: Stories saved, Chapters with stories and Book status.
Read what's been told under Latest stories and Chapters. To keep a story out of the book, tap Hide; Keep puts it back.
The dashboard belongs to the account you first signed in with. Next time, use Family sign in on keeper.gift, from any device.
The switch at the top right changes the dashboard between 한국어 and English.

Add photosUpload photos under Open the album and choose a chapter for each one.

Add photos takes up to 30 at a time and 300 in all. A phone snapshot of an old print is plenty.
Pick each photo's chapter under Chapter. Only photos with a chapter go into the book.
Write who, when and where under Caption, and it's printed beneath the photo.
To give a photo pride of place, tap Open the chapter with this photo and it's printed large at the start of that chapter.

Add writing and recordings to the appendixA recipe, a letter, a note to a grandchild: writing and recordings printed at the back of the book.

On the dashboard, tap Open the appendix, then Add an entry.
Fill in the Title and Text and tap Save. It's printed exactly as you wrote it, line breaks and all.
Add a recording attaches a song or a voice message: up to three per entry, as MP3, M4A or WAV files.
Each recording is printed as a QR code. Point a phone camera at it to listen.

Making the book

Make the bookOnce about three stories are saved, Make the book opens on the dashboard.

Tap Make the book and Keeper writes the stories into one book, told in one voice. It takes a few minutes, longer when there's a lot to tell, and you can close the page while it works.
The storyteller's own screen has Make the book too. When a family set things up, it opens once every topic they started has been finished with I'm done with this one.
When new stories come in after the book is made, Write again with the latest writes it afresh, including any sentences you changed by hand. An earlier version can be brought back from History, under Edit in the book.

Read and editRead the book under Read & edit the life story, and tap Edit to make changes.

In Edit, every paragraph gets its own buttons. Change the wording yourself, or tell Ask Keeper what you'd like and Keeper rewrites it.
Under a paragraph's More, move it up or down, or Hide it to leave it out of the book.
In a book printed in both Korean and English, changing one language updates the other. If the two don't match somewhere, tap Update the other language.
When you've finished, tap Done editing.
Below the book, make the cover with Make the cover for this book and the watercolors with Let Keeper add the pictures. Edit the cover text changes the title and the name.
If the stories were told in Korean, the dashboard's The book's languages card and its Change button choose between Korean only and Korean with English side by side.

Save the PDF and order the printed bookDownload the book with PDF e-book, and order a printed copy from the dashboard.

PDF e-book, at the top of the book, downloads it in the language you're reading.
For a printed copy, tap Bring it home as a printed book on the dashboard, enter the delivery address, and tap Request the printed book. There's nothing to pay there; we'll be in touch to settle the details.
Printing starts at around 50 pages. If the book is shorter, tell a few more stories, or add photos and appendix entries.

If you get stuck

I can't sign in from a link opened in KakaoTalkGoogle sign-in doesn't work inside KakaoTalk.

We've lost the linkFamilies sign back in; storytellers use their code.

Families: tap Family sign in at the top of keeper.gift and you'll go straight to the dashboard.
Storytellers: near the bottom of the keeper.gift home page, enter the code under Coming back to talk?. The code is on the Their link card in the family dashboard.

The microphone won't turn onThe browser may be blocking it.

Allow this site to use the microphone in your phone's or your browser's settings.
Meanwhile, type the answer into the box at the bottom of the conversation.

Keeper wrote something down wrongBefore you tap That's right, you can fix it on the spot.

Tap the text to correct it, or tap Say it again.
If it's already in the book, fix the sentence with Edit under Read & edit the life story.

Whose story would you like to keep?

Tell us a little about them, and we'll be in touch shortly.

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