How this works
A photo without its story is half a photo. PhotoCorder records the story in the voice of the person who remembers it, and keeps the two together.
What this is
PhotoCorder keeps a story with each photo, told by the person who remembers it. Photos and stories stay together on this device.
Recording a story
Add photos, then tap one. It counts down and records. Tap again to stop. The play button on a photo plays its story back.
Pointing
While recording, tap the photo to point at who or what is being talked about. The circles come back when the story plays.
Watching the whole set
The button at the bottom plays the set from the first photo, or takes you to the first photo with no story yet.
Settings
Settings chooses sound or video, whether recording starts by itself, and whether the video is shown while recording and while playing.
Keeping it
Export everything writes one zip file: the photos, the stories, and a viewer that opens on any computer with no app and no internet. Open a collection brings a zip back in.
Questions
Where are my photos kept?
In this browser, on this device. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and nobody else can see them.
Does it need internet?
Only to open it the first time. Add it to your home screen and it works with the network off.
What if I clear my browser data?
The collection goes with it. Export everything now and then, and keep the file somewhere you would keep a photo album.
Can I give a collection to someone else?
Yes. Export everything writes one zip file holding the photos, the stories and a viewer. They unzip it and open index.html — no app, no internet, no account.
Can I carry a collection to another device?
Export everything on the one you made it on, then Open a collection on the other.
Sound or video?
Either, chosen in settings. Video keeps the face of the person telling the story and uses about 6 MB a minute; sound uses 0.7 MB.
Photos from an iPhone?
They arrive as HEIC, which only Apple software reads, so they are turned into JPEG as they come in. The date, the place and the camera come with them.