Step 1 · Start here Generate Obituary Authorization Code Enter the deceased's name and file number, then copy the authorization code and paste it into an email to the family.
Creating a case generates a private authorization code and link. Copy either one from the table below and paste it into an email to the family yourself, or read the code to them directly.
| Deceased | File # | Code | Status |
|---|
Write & Generate the Audio This is where the recording gets made. You can use any voice here, including ones not enabled for staff.
Not spoken — used to name the file.
Add a few notes about the person, or leave this blank to polish whatever's already in Obituary text below.
Paste a draft below — yours, a sample, anything — to see what the AI can do with it. This is just for trying it out; it never touches the actual Obituary text above.
Staff always get both. Unticking here affects only what you generate.
Ready
Download MP3Select a word in the text to load it here.
Press ▶ to hear it. If it sounds wrong, tap a suggestion to hear that version instead, then save whichever one is right.
Type a name to see suggestions.
Standard opening and closing Applied automatically to every recording, by everyone.
Greyed-out example shown in the Opener box. Staff write their own each time.
One per line. Families see these as clickable suggestions on the submission page's Opener block.
Below 1.0 is slower. Around 0.9 suits this material.
Chirp voices don't support pacing controls — they ignore the pauses and pace above, though they still speak the opening and closing.
Page text Every header, description, and example text shown on Studio, Admin, and the Submission page. Edit a box below, then click its "Update changes" button to save just that box — nothing saves until you click it.
Generate Obituary Authorization Code
Write & Generate the Audio
Library
Voice
Background music
Check a pronunciation
Usage and cost This month
| Voice type | Characters | Free left | Rate /1M | Cost |
|---|
Estimated from this app's own usage log at Google's list prices — accurate to the character, but it can't see usage from outside this app, taxes, or credits. For the real invoice, see Google Cloud Billing.
Activity Every recording made, newest first.
| Recording | By | Voice | Characters | Cost | When |
|---|
People Who can sign in.
Any email address works — it's just a username, no Google account needed.
| Role | Added |
|---|
Background music Tracks staff can lay under a recording.
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG or FLAC. Short tracks loop automatically — a two-minute bed is plenty.
Make sure you hold the rights to any music you upload. Royalty-free libraries exist for exactly this; anything published publicly counts as a performance.
| Track | Staff can use | Size |
|---|
Recordings Everything the team has created.
| Recording | Generated by | On staff page | When |
|---|
Removal decisions A record of what was removed or kept, and why.
Voices Tick “Available” to let staff use a voice. If none are ticked, staff see all of them.
| Available | Voice | Display name | Tier | Note | Preview |
|---|