Tellus

What is Tellus?

Tellus helps families preserve older relatives’ spoken memories by turning them into a polished memoir. It is designed for people who want to capture and document their family stories without writing themselves—parents or other speakers talk, and Tellus handles the rest.

The core purpose is to convert oral recollections into a more structured, readable memoir that can be treasured as a legacy.

Key Features

• Spoken-memory to memoir conversion: captures what someone says and produces a polished memoir from it, reducing the need for the speaker to write.
• “No writing required” workflow: the process is built around the idea that the family members who know the stories do the talking while Tellus manages the preparation.
• Family legacy preservation: focuses on recording memories intended to be kept and revisited over time.

How to Use Tellus

1. Start capturing your parent’s or family member’s spoken memories.
2. Share or record their stories for Tellus to process.
3. Review the resulting memoir output that Tellus produces on your behalf.
4. Keep the memoir as a preserved family story.

Use Cases

• A child records a parent’s life stories and turns them into a memoir that the parent can keep.
• Family members document shared history by collecting spoken anecdotes and experiences in a single, readable format.
• A caregiver or relative gathers recollections from an elder to preserve family background before details are forgotten.
• Someone who is not comfortable writing compiles a legacy by having the person with the memories speak.
• Siblings create a lasting, edited account of family experiences using a guided process centered on conversation.

FAQ

Does Tellus require the speaker to write?

No. The site states that no writing is required—parents talk and Tellus handles the rest.

What kind of output does Tellus produce?

Tellus produces a polished memoir based on the spoken memories that are captured.

Who is Tellus for?

Tellus is intended for people who want to preserve a parent’s or family member’s spoken memories, especially when they prefer not to write the stories themselves.

What happens after the stories are captured?

After capturing the spoken memories, Tellus processes them into a memoir format that can be kept as a family legacy.

Alternatives

• DIY memoir writing with transcription tools: you can record interviews, transcribe them, and then format/edit into a memoir yourself; this typically requires more hands-on writing and editing.
• Professional ghostwriting services: a human writer can turn interview notes or recordings into a memoir; this may involve more direct collaboration and can be more labor-intensive to coordinate.
• Family history digitization and archiving services: some services focus on collecting and organizing recordings, photos, and documents, but may not automatically turn spoken content into a polished memoir format.
• Interview + transcript workflow with editing software: you can capture spoken stories, generate transcripts, and then use document tools to shape them into a book-like narrative, rather than relying on an all-in-one memoir conversion flow.