Dead Pixels Society podcast: Episode 59: Preserving interactive family stories with Heather Maio-Smith, CEO and co-founder, StoryFile

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Heather Maio-Smith, CEO and co-founder, StoryFile, about using AI-driven video conversations to preserve family history.

In 2010, Maio-Smith developed the first 3D interactive conversation with Holocaust Survivor Rose Schindler through her creative agency Conscience Display. At the time, she was creating physical video installations at the United Nations, USC, and in Havana, Cuba. As a leader in content-based technology, she has spoken about Natural Conversation at Microsoft (2017), US Holocaust Museum (2017), Dartmouth College (2018), FoST (2018), SXSW (2019), SXSW (2019), The LA Times Festival of Books (2019), M.I.T. (2020), and AI Summit (2020).

StoryFile is a company that turns video into a conversation. This next generation of technology uses artificial intelligence to support video conversations on any device. The company offers a consumer service called StoryFile Life and a business-to-business service offering called Conversa.

You can try StoryFile yourself with this special code for a 33-question free trial.

  1. Go to https://life.storyfile.com/free-trial-form
  2. Fill out the free trial sign up form.
  3. Enter the promo code “DEADPIXELS” and click “Apply”.
  4. Click “Try StoryFile Life for Free” to create your account.
  5. Your account is created with a Story Pack discount. Go to the Pricing page by clicking “Pricing” at the top and you can see that the price for Story Pack has been discounted.
  6. To purchase a Story Pack, click “Get Started” for Story Pack, click either “For Myself” to purchase for yourself or “Gift to Another” to purchase for someone else. For the latter, you will need to enter the email for the person you are purchasing for. You will be taken to the Stripe checkout page where you can make a payment to complete the purchase.