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How can I activate and use the senior-friendly interface?

With the senior-friendly interface of Meminto, Grandma and Grandpa can now easily turn their life stories into their own book! All answers are recorded by voice and transcribed by a family member with just a button click. Here’s a step-by-step guide on creating a senior-friendly view for yourself or your grandparents:

1. After Purchase: Create a Meminto Account and Set Up Book Project

As soon as your Meminto order has been successfully completed, you will receive an email with the activation code.
It’s best to create a Meminto account immediately after placing your order at https://memin.to/register and set up the purchased book. → Here you can find out how

2. Prepare a book for the recipients

To help your parents or grandparents record their life story in a book, we guide them with targeted questions. The right questions are essential for a compelling life story.
All our questions can be modified, swapped out, or removed. You can also add your own questions.

ℹ️ Our recommendation: Come together as a family and add your own questions to the question collection! → Here you can find out how

3. Answering questions about the senior-friendly interface

To access the senior-friendly interface, you need two things: the right link (aka the internet address) and a PIN code.

3.1 Address and PIN Code

To load the senior-friendly view, follow these instructions:

Go to My Books in the main menu (on the left).
Select the book and open Book Details on the right side.
At the very bottom, you will find the address and the PIN code for the "simple view." If you click on the eye, the PIN code will be displayed. If you want to change the PIN code, simply enter a 6-digit number and wait 3 seconds.
Save the address or send it to your grandparents. Whenever they open this address, they will need to enter the PIN code to access their questions.

See where you can find the link for the simple view and the PIN code.

3.2 Answering Questions about the Simple View

After successfully entering the PIN, Grandma or Grandpa can:

Answer a question
Add another question from our question collection
Listen to a previously answered question again
Finally, complete the book editing

All steps are designed to be intuitive and quite simple. So Grandma or Grandpa can't really make any mistakes!

3.3 Complete Book Editing

Once Grandma or Grandpa has answered all the desired questions, simply tap the Complete Book tile (bottom right).
After confirming that the book should indeed be completed, we will send you a notification via email that the book is now ready for printing.

4. Finalize the Book for Printing

As soon as Grandma or Grandpa has answered all the questions in the book, you need to finalize it for printing in the web app!

You will receive an email with the following instructions:

First, you should click through all the answers and convert the recorded responses into text with the press of a button. → Here’s how
Revise the provided answers where necessary and add images to the individual stories. → Here’s how
Arrange all the stories within the individual categories in the correct order. → Here’s how

To complete the book and release it for printing, click on Layout & Print in the menu. Click through the individual steps:

Add a dedication to the book.
Set the layout of the book's interior pages.
Choose a template for the book cover.
Customize the template according to your preferences. → Here you can find out how
Check the final result, and if everything is in order and you are satisfied, approve the book for printing.

Updated on: 26/12/2024

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