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Storytime

How it works

Storytime is built around two roles: telling stories and listening to stories. You can do both.

For storytellers

  1. 1.Record your story

    Speak directly into your microphone, or upload an existing audio recording. A story can be up to 20 minutes long.

  2. 2.Trim it

    Trim the beginning and end, cut a piece out of the middle, stitch multiple recordings together, or add a sound effect like thunder or applause - all in the browser, before anything is uploaded.

  3. 3.Choose a title and main category

    Give your story a title, a short description, an optional cover image, and pick 1 main category from a short list, plus up to 4 more specific tags.

  4. 4.Publish

    Publish right away, or save it as a draft first to finish later. You can still change the title, description, main category, tags and cover after publishing too.

For listeners

  1. 1.Find a story

    Browse a main category and optionally filter by tag, sort by new/popular/top rated, or search directly by title or storyteller.

  2. 2.Listen

    A regular audio player with scrubbing, speed control and a sleep timer. Storytime remembers where you left off, so you pick up automatically on your next visit.

  3. 3.Comment on a moment

    Leave a comment at the exact point in the story where it belongs, shown as a marker on the waveform.

  4. 4.Rate, follow and share

    Give a rating from 1 to 5 stars, save a story for later, follow your favorite storytellers so you never miss a story, and share a story with a link.