A little app where the people your children love read their favorite books aloud, kept to listen to for years. Their real voice, your own books, and the words on the screen to read along.
And it disappears the moment it's over. Catherine's Corner keeps it. A parent, a grandparent, an aunt, a big sister reads a favorite book aloud once, and your child can hear it whenever they want. At bedtime. During the day while you're at work. Years from now, when they just miss you.
Open the app, hold the book, and just read. No buttons to fuss with, no camera to juggle. You read your child their story the way you always do, and we keep it.
Afterward, take a photo of each page (or a drawing your child made), tap along as you listen back — and the words come along too: on many phones the app jots them down as you read (always yours to fix), or type them once. Pages and words then follow the voice, for every reading of that book.
Your child opens their shelf, picks whose voice they want to hear, and follows along with the words. Grandma's version, Dad's version, all in one place.
The people your child loves, reading the books your child knows by heart. The funny voices, the pauses, all of it.
Only the people you invite can record. No strangers, ever. It's a private corner that belongs to your child.
Type a page's words once and they appear on screen as the story is read — lighting up gently with the voice — so your child can follow along and grow into reading.
These readings are yours to keep, and yours to download. They stay safe, even as life changes.
There are lovely reading apps and lovely recordable gifts out there. Catherine's Corner is the one that brings it all together: your loved one's real voice, your own books, the words to read along, kept as a private family keepsake.
| What it does | Catherine's Corner | Storybook appsVooks, Epic! | Live video readingCaribu | Recordable booksHallmark | Audio playersTonies, Yoto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your loved one's real recorded voice | ✓ | limited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works with any book you already own | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Your own page photos & your child's art on screen | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Words on screen to read along | ✓ | ✓ | limited | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pick from several family voices per book | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Kept to replay anytime, not just live | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
The app is real and growing — families are testing it now. Make your child's corner, record the first reading tonight, and tell us what feels right.