Recording a conversation is not permission to copy a voice

Joan records conversations. That is not a small thing to agree to, and it should not be bundled with anything else.

The recording exists for three reasons: so Joan can shape what was said into a story, so every finished sentence can be checked against the original telling, and so the family can keep the actual voice alongside the page. An audio edition, when it exists, will use those original recordings. The actual person, saying words they actually said.

The line

Agreeing to be recorded is not permission to create a consented voice replica, and it is not permission to generate speech the storyteller never said. Those are different products, and they would each require a different, later agreement — asked for separately, refusable on their own.

Joan does not do this today. If that ever changes, it will be said plainly on our promise, not discovered in a settings screen.

Why the distinction is worth this much ink

Families come to Joan because they want to hear someone. The honest version of that wish is the recording they already made. The dishonest version is a voice that can be made to say new things after they are gone. Those two wishes get confused in the market, and they should not be confused here.

The storyteller can withdraw recording permission at any time. Joan then stops recording. Stories already approved stay until they ask otherwise.

Founding Families give this permission themselves, in their own words, before the first call is kept. Join them.