How it works

Six steps, card to keepsake.

From the moment you start a Group Dial to the moment they pick it up.

  1. 01.

    Choose a card. And a phone.

    Four card designs to set the tone — the oxblood double-line, the hunter-green hand-drawn frame, the airmail stripe, the wax-sealed bone cream. Pair it with a phone: the rotary, the cherry pushbutton, or the antique brass. They arrive together.

  2. 02.

    Set the length of each voice.

    Thirty seconds for a wish. Forty-five for a story. A full minute for the long-winded uncle. Pick one limit; every contributor gets the same.

  3. 03.

    Decide who is invited.

    Up to twelve voices to start. The private link goes to whoever should be on the line — partners, parents, college roommates, the friend who lives three time zones away.

  4. 04.

    Write the introduction. Or use ours.

    Before any voice plays, a short greeting addresses the recipient and sets the scene. Record your own — your voice, telling them why they’re holding the card — or use the default we wrote.

  5. 05.

    Each voice gets an extension.

    Every contributor is assigned a three-digit number, written by hand into the card’s phonebook. They record once. The recipient dials that number to hear them.

  6. 06.

    Listen all, or pick a number.

    The recipient can dial the play-all extension and hear every voice in the order they arrived — a small pocket history. Or pick any extension to replay just one. They keep the card; the line stays open as long as they want it to.

Free to start · No account needed for contributors