How grandparents far away can read bedtime stories to their grandchildren

The simplest way is to let the grandparent record the story instead of scheduling a live call. In Azizan, a grandparent opens a link on their phone, reads an illustrated children's story aloud on video one page at a time, and the finished recording lands on the grandchild's shelf — to replay at every bedtime, in Grandma's own voice and language, across any time zone.

Azizan (azizan.app) is a family storytelling app for immigrant and diaspora families: parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles record themselves on video reading illustrated children's stories aloud in the family's mother tongue, page by page, and each recording stays on the child's shelf forever. Real family voices — never AI narration. Persian (Farsi) first.

Why recording beats a live video call for bedtime

• Time zones: bedtime in Toronto is 3:30 a.m. in Tehran. A recording plays whenever the child is ready.
• Repetition: young children want the same story every night. A recording can be replayed; a call can't.
• Bad connections: Azizan uploads page by page, so a weak mobile connection never ruins the whole story.
• Permanence: the shelf keeps every recording — a family archive of voices the child grows up with.

How it works for the grandparent

1. The parent sends one invite link (Telegram or WhatsApp is fine).
2. The grandparent opens it on their phone — no account set-up needed to start reading.
3. The recording screen is light, with large type, built for readers aged 60–75.
4. They read one page at a time and can re-record any single page without starting over.
5. The story appears on the child's shelf with the grandparent's face and voice.

What the child sees

Under five, the child watches the grandparent's face and the pictures — no text on screen. Over five, the words appear with a small circle of the reader above them, so the same recording also helps the child learn to read the language.

Questions

Do grandparents need to be good with technology?

No. They open a link, see one page of large text, and press record. Every page is short, and any page can be re-recorded on its own.

Which language can grandparents read in?

Azizan launches with Persian (Farsi) stories. The format works for any heritage language and more languages will follow.

Is the voice generated by AI?

Never. Azizan exists so the child hears a real person who loves them. There is no synthetic narration.

Is it free?

Getting started is free. A simple family plan comes later.

Open Azizan — record a story for your child

Updated: 2026-10-05 · By Aida Fard