Record your first voice memory

A short walkthrough of recording, framing, and tagging a memory — the heart of Rootkin™.

Video coming soon The written walkthrough below covers everything in the meantime.

Walkthrough

  1. From the Memories tab, tap the green + button in the bottom-right. Rootkin asks who the memory is about — pick a person from your tree.
  2. The recorder opens. Tap the large Record button (ember orange). A level meter lights up as you speak, and Pause and Stop controls appear.
  3. Pause and resume as often as you need. Tap Stop when you're done — the memory saves immediately, even if you're offline.
  4. While Rootkin transcribes (usually a few seconds), you'll see a Set the scene banner on the memory detail page. Tap it to add framing — who's speaking, who else is mentioned, what it's about, when it happened. You can speak the framing or type it.
  5. Review the suggested chips. Green chips are high-confidence; yellow are worth a glance. Tap Confirm all or accept them one by one.
  6. The memory is saved. It shows up on every tagged person's page.
  7. Rootkin suggests a title from what you said in the recording. Don't love it? Tap Try another to cycle suggestions, or Regenerate for fresh ones. Prefer to name memories yourself? Turn off Auto-suggest memory titles in Settings.
Tip — add an introduction. You can record a short spoken intro that plays before this memory, so listeners know who's talking. See Add an introduction to a voice memory.

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Last updated 13 June 2026