For funerals, memorials & celebrations of life
Remember them through the stories of the people who loved them.
Put a QR sign at the service, or share a link in the obituary or the family group chat. Friends and family share a memory from their phone, and we produce a gentle tribute the family can keep and share.
No app needed. Loved ones record from their phone’s browser, or call a dedicated line just for this memorial.
From $149 · no app for guests · gentle, calm narration
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- Live in minutesGuest link + QR sign right after you sign up
- No app for guestsThey record in their phone’s browser
- 24–72 hoursYour produced tribute after you press Produce
- Up to 3 remakesUntil you’re happy with your show
Why families do this
At a service, people share stories the family has never heard.
- Those stories are told once, in a receiving line, and lost.
- Friends from far away can’t make it to the service.
- Years later, the family wishes they’d kept them.
A memory line keeps them: a calm, produced tribute of shared memories, plus every message saved on its own, for the family to keep.
How it works
Three simple steps.
- 1
Start in about 3 minutes
Tell us the occasion and the date. You get a guest link and a QR sign right away, made in your colors. Guests can also call a number.
- 2
Guests leave messages
They scan, tap record and talk, before, during or after the event. No app. Every message appears on your private dashboard.
- 3
We produce your tribute
Press Produce when you’re ready. We clean up the audio, put the messages in order and add a host between them. It usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours.
What’s included
The Memory Line: a gentle way to gather and keep their stories.
- What the family receivesA calm, produced tribute of shared memories, plus every message kept on its own.
- Our remake guaranteeCancel before the first guest message for a full refund. Once messages are in, we remake your tribute up to three times. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full.
- Ready when you areThe memory line is ready in a few minutes, in time for the service. The tribute is made only when the family asks for it.
- Nothing to manageGuests share a memory from their own phone. There is nothing to set up at the service beyond a small sign.
The Memory Line
What’s included, for one price
- Private guest link + printable QR signLive minutes after you sign up, in your colors. Print it, frame it, text it.
- A call-in numberFor guests who’d rather dial: a recorded greeting, then the tone.
- Your produced tributeUp to ~15 minutes featuring up to 50 messages, with a host between them. Every voice cleaned up, never re-worded.
- The Full CollectionEvery message on its own, filed by name, plus every original file. Yours to download, kept online for 12 months after your event.
- The Highlight ReelA 3–4 minute best-of, made for sharing.
- 3 production stylesA narrated tribute or voices over a soft original score, same price.
- you choose the orderHide any message, and pick which one opens and closes the show, before you press Produce.
$149One-time. No subscription. Need more room? Premium ($249) features up to 150 messages in ~30 min.
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Our remake guarantee: cancel before the first guest message for a full refund; after that, up to three remakes. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full.
Examples
What guests say, and what you get back.
Ideas to put on your sign or in your text
- “How did you know them?”
- “A memory of them that still makes you smile.”
- “Something they taught you.”
- “What would you want their grandchildren to know about them?”
Host (AI voice)These are the voices of people who knew and loved Helen Carter.
Host (AI voice)Neighbors, former students, friends from church. We’ll begin with Diane, from next door.
Diane, her neighbor (fictional guest) · A memory or storyHi, this is Diane, from next door. A memory… every summer Helen would leave tomatoes on our porch. Way too many tomatoes. (laughs) We never asked. This year I keep looking at the porch. Anyway.
An illustration of how a tribute flows. Yours uses your guests’ real words, never rewritten.
Hear a 77-second sample
Remembering Helen Carter · in this sample: A memory or story · What they meant to me · A message to the family
Sample made with AI voices and fictional guests. In your special, the host is an AI voice and every guest message is a real recording, cleaned up but never re-worded.
Read the transcript
[Music: quiet solo piano]
Host (AI voice)These are the voices of people who knew and loved Helen Carter.
Host (AI voice)Neighbors, former students, friends from church. We’ll begin with Diane, from next door.
A memory or story · Diane, her neighbor (fictional guest)Hi, this is Diane, from next door. A memory… every summer Helen would leave tomatoes on our porch. Way too many tomatoes. (laughs) We never asked. This year I keep looking at the porch. Anyway.
Host (AI voice)Kevin Brooks was in Helen’s fourth grade class.
What they meant to me · Kevin, a former student (fictional guest)My name’s Kevin Brooks. Mrs. Carter was my fourth grade teacher. What she meant to me… she’s the reason I read. She gave me her own copy of Hatchet and told me to keep it. I still have it. My kids read it now.
Host (AI voice)And a message to the family, from Opal.
A message to the family · Opal, from her church group (fictional guest)This is Opal, from the Wednesday group. To the family… I’m so sorry. Helen was always the first one there with a casserole and the last one to leave. We’re praying for y’all. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Love to you all.
Host (AI voice)Thank you for listening.
Host (AI voice)Helen, you were loved.
Packages
Two plans. Video in both.
- Step 1
Standard
$149
- Video included: a video show featuring up to 50 guest videos
- Produced tribute up to ~15 min
- Features up to 50 messages
- Guest link + printable QR sign
- A call-in number guests can dial
- The Full Collection + Highlight Reel
- Your choice of 3 production styles
- Print-ready QR signage PDF
- iPad kiosk mode included
- Step 2Recommended
Premium
$249
- Everything in Standard
- A longer video show featuring up to 150 guest videos
- Extended tribute up to ~30 min, featuring up to 150 messages
- A printed Event Kit shipped to you: a stand-up sign with your names and QR code
Want a phone guestbook too?
Use a recommended recorder phone you buy yourself (our tested pick and link are coming soon). After the event, plug it into your computer and use Import from your phone on your dashboard: the recordings join your guestbook and your show. Premium also ships a printed Event Kit, a stand-up sign with your names and QR code, after you approve a proof. Order Premium at least 2 weeks before your event for the kit to arrive.
Our remake guarantee.
Cancel before your first guest message and we refund you in full. Once messages are in, we remake your tribute and video show up to three times until you’re happy. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full. Downloads unlock when you approve your show, or automatically 14 days after delivery.
The printed Event Kit is made to order. Once you approve the proof it can’t be refunded, but we reprint any kit that arrives damaged. Full details in our terms.
For funeral homes · coming later
One memory line for every family you serve.
We’re building a funeral-home program: one permanent number to print in every obituary and program, so families get a tribute with no setup on your side. It isn’t available yet. Today, each family can start their own memory line above.
Email hello@getgoodreception.com. We’ll reply personally; no automated marketing.
Questions
Before you start
Is it appropriate for a funeral?
We made it for that. The guest page and the call-in greeting say it’s a memory line, the sign reads “In loving memory,” and the tribute uses a calm narrator, never jokes.
Can the family leave out a message?
Yes. The family hosts the guestbook and can hide any message from the tribute before pressing Produce. Every message is still kept in the Full Collection.
Can it go in the obituary?
Yes. Share the guest link or QR code in the obituary, the program or a message to friends. Your guestbook stays open until 14 days after the service, and you can extend it up to 28 days after.
We’re a funeral home. Can we offer this?
We’re building a program for funeral homes. It isn’t available yet. Email us to join the early list.
Do guests need an app?
No. They scan the QR code or tap your link and record right in their phone’s browser, on iPhone or Android. Guests can also call a phone number and leave a message after the tone.
Do you change what guests said?
No. We trim dead air, even out the volume and put the messages in order. Every guest voice stays real and is never re-worded or re-voiced. The host between messages is an AI voice that doesn’t imitate anyone.
When can guests leave a message?
From the day you sign up. Your guestbook stays open until 14 days after your event, and you can change the dates on your dashboard (up to 28 days after).
How fast do we get it?
Your link and sign go live in about three minutes. After the event, press Produce: your special usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours, and we email you when it’s ready. Press Make my video show for your video show; it usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours too.
Can I leave messages out?
Yes. Hide any message from the special on your dashboard before you press Produce. It stays in your Full Collection, and you choose which message opens and which closes the show.
Do we own the recordings?
Yes. They’re yours. You can stream a preview as soon as the show is ready. Downloads unlock when you approve your show, or automatically 14 days after delivery. Your guestbook stays online for 12 months after your event; we email reminders at 10 and 11 months, then delete it. You can extend hosting for $29 a year.
Who can hear it?
Only you and anyone you share your private dashboard or listening link with.
Anything else? Email hello@getgoodreception.com.
Honor them, and remember them, in the voices of the people who loved them.
It takes a few minutes to set up, and you can share it in the obituary, the program or a message to friends.
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