If you want someone to see what you see in your mind, start by telling them a story, and they will soon see.
We tell stories daily without even thinking about it to our friends, our work colleagues, and other people we come across in our daily lives. Just a quick chat about the dinner you made last night and how everyone loved it is enough information for that person to visualize the event without actually being there. And that’s how powerful a story can be!
A story can capture someone’s attention just as much as it can deter them. And thanks to Rakonto and its storytelling features, every story you tell can be improved with photos, links, files, tagging, locations, and more.
Say you had a wonderful Christmas with your family, but not all family members could be present, and you want to tell them about everything that happened so they can imagine being there.
How would you do that? Giving them a call or going on video chat to talk about it is the best and most common way, but after a week or a month, they will forget what you said, and that story will be lost.
However, if you tell that same story with Rakonto. That story will be archived forever so that anyone with the link to that story can view it for generations to come. And with Rakontos detailed video tutorials to help you create and finish a compelling story, there has never been a better time to start recording.
The features
What makes Rakonto different is the number of enhancement features you can add to a story to make it more interesting and visually imaginable to others who view it.
For example, if you want to tell a story about your grandad to your kids, but he passed away long before they were born. You could upload photos of your grandad so that your kids can see him and upload ancestry links or social media links so they can see his history.
Then there is the transcript feature which transcribes your words into written text so that viewers can follow the story when sound is not available. Moreover, your stories can be transcribed into different languages by uploading translated subtitle files so viewers who don’t understand the spoken language can follow in a language they understand.
This is especially important when you have foreign family members and want everyone to see and understand the stories you tell.
What’s more, is that you can identify places and events to add to your personal timeline for viewers to scroll through and select stories based on a certain time and event.
For example, let’s say you went to Greece for a holiday and you want to tell several stories about the many things you saw and did. You can pinpoint every location you went to in Greece, and they will automatically show up on your timeline for viewers to click on and see the story and any files, photos, documents, or people attached to it.
There’s so much you can do at Rakonto that makes storytelling exciting, and more importantly, worth doing for future generations to experience and visualize your life through the stories you tell.
So if you have a story to tell, there’s no better place to start than with Rakonto! See for yourself and create a free account today.
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