We have found that the best place to start your life story is with personal life story interviews. This page outlines our life story interview service, gift certificates, and pricing. At Evalogue.Life we would be honored to help capture your life story through voice and words. Interviews are done by Zoom and we are eager to help!
Why life story interviewing?
- Compelling research shows how sharing life stories binds families together and inspires future generations.
- The voice is intimate. We urge you to preserve voice to evoke powerful memories years from now. Do it now, and it will be enough.
- Oral history is affordable and enjoyable, capturing a life story more easily than you might imagine. Even if you want to write a full book, starting with interviewing can get the process rolling.
How life story interviews work:
Interviews may be conducted via telephone or videoconference technology like Zoom. We collaborate with you in advance to understand your goals for the interview, then send food-for-thought questions. Next we help pair you with an independent interviewer who has been trained by and is an active part of our professional network.
Interviews are recorded and your interviewer will handle all the technology and saving of audio files. Each single interview in a series provides approximately 50 minutes of audio. Afterward, the interviews may be written in story form or made into a video at an additional charge, if you wish. Your life story is unique, and we want you to be beyond happy with how it’s preserved. Instant gift certificates are available – scroll down to contact us so we can discuss your vision.
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Interviews include:
- Initial consultation
- Approximately 50 minutes of audio or Zoom recording each interview
- Audio or Zoom video files on a flash drive and/or emailed as a download link (your choice). These are unedited.
- Interviewer notes or a machine transcript
- Note that each interview takes us several hours of time.
Travel surcharge:
- There is a travel surcharge: We typically do not do in-person interviews these days because travel time and mileage are cost prohibitive. However, if you and your interviewer do decide to meet in person, an additional travel surcharge will apply. We have a network of interviewers in various locations. For projects at a distance, please chat with us because we may be able to schedule multiple projects in a community to save on travel costs.
Additional life story services – click on the links to read more:
- Writing
- Photo restoration
- Add-on services including digitizing photographs or documents or transcription