Room to think out loud.
Say what’s on your mind. Life Conversation listens closely, asks about the words you use, and leaves the thinking to you.
It’s software, not a person, and it isn’t therapy. You lead, and you can finish whenever you like.
Free for 30 days. No card needed.
Life Conversation is for adults, 18 and over. It isn’t therapy, and it isn’t for an emergency.
Generated voice, shown as captions
Life Conversation: My part is mostly to listen, so that you can hear your own thoughts and feelings more clearly. I won’t rush you, and I won’t rush to advise or fix.
Life Conversation: Whenever you’re ready. Wherever you’d like to begin.
The introduction it speaks
Played as captions. In a conversation, you can interrupt at any point, and it stops and listens. The captions: from the introduction, on your first conversation of the day, and one of the ways it opens.
- Nothing to install.
- You can type instead, at any point.
- Memory is off until you turn it on.
- No advertising and no tracking cookies.
The presence you see while you talk.
It breathes while it listens, and grows still when you pause. It has no face, by design.
It’s drawn live in your browser, the same way it is in a conversation, and it moves with what is happening: when it speaks, when you speak, and the quiet in between.
It’s a presence, not a person.
It swells with the voice as it speaks.
Your words are transcribed, a language model chooses how to respond by following a written method, and a speech synthesiser speaks the reply. Ask, and it will tell you it isn’t a person.
It breathes slowly while it waits for you.
Start anywhere. Interrupt whenever you like, or type instead.
Soft rings move out while you speak.
It works from your words, not your tone of voice. If it names a feeling, it asks whether it has it right.
Pauses are welcome.
Silence is part of the conversation, and you can take your time. When you sound as though you’re still mid-thought, it waits longer.
It grows still and grey when the conversation ends.
Afterwards there’s an optional page for feedback, which you can speak or type. You see exactly what will be sent before you send it, and nothing else from the conversation goes with it.
Life Conversation: Whenever you’re ready. Wherever you’d like to begin.
Life Conversation: Part of you wants to stay, and part of you is already gone.
An illustration Not a real conversation, and the pauses are shortened.
On the screen: one of the ways it opens, then an example of how it reflects.
Captions, if you want them
If you’d like something different, such as a slower pace, another name, or the captions off, just say so. It makes the change and carries on.
Type instead
No microphone, or somewhere you can’t talk aloud? You can type instead, at any point.
Headphones help
Headphones help it hear you clearly, and stop it hearing itself.
One voice, in English
It speaks English only, for now, in a British voice.
Who it is for
For the one deciding whether to stay or to go.
For the one starting out, changing direction, or retiring.
For the one whose life has changed shape, and who wants to talk it through.
For the one who is tired of being handed answers.
And for anyone who thinks best out loud.
How a conversation goes, in six parts.
Find a quiet place, and use headphones if you have them. Press Begin, allow the microphone, and wait a moment. It speaks first.
It speaks first. Press Begin, allow the microphone, and it greets you by name. There’s nothing to prepare.
You talk, it follows. Start anywhere. Interrupt whenever you like, or type instead.
It listens, and asks. Questions about your own words, short replies, and room to think. No advice unless you ask.
You finish when you’re ready. You say how it was, it offers a summary you can correct, then a goodbye.
Feedback, if you want to give it. A few open questions, by voice or text. You see exactly what will be sent before you send it.
Next time, only if you choose. With memory on, it can pick up where you got to. Otherwise each conversation starts fresh.
Free for 30 days. No card needed.
Most software that talks back is built to answer, agree and fix. This one is built to listen, and to ask.
One question at a time.
When it speaks, it’s often to ask something. Not from a list, but about something you said: what a word means to you, how something affects you, or where it goes back to.
There’s no list of stock questions. A question has to reach for something you haven’t said yet.
It names a feeling only as a question you can correct, and it works from your words, not your tone of voice.
‘You said “tired” twice.’
A pause should feel like space, not distance.
Silence is part of the conversation, and you can take your time. When you sound as though you’re still mid-thought, it waits longer. If it comes in too soon, it waits a little longer for the rest of that conversation.
Once you’ve finished a thought, it doesn’t leave you sitting in silence. And if a quiet stretch goes on, it lets you know, softly, that it’s still there.
If nothing at all is said for a couple of minutes, it checks in. If the quiet carries on for a couple of minutes more, it ends the conversation.
Quiet
‘I’m here.’
‘No hurry.’
‘Still with you.’
You decide when it ends.
Say you’d like to finish, or press ‘I’d like to finish’. If a conversation runs long, at around 45 minutes it will gently raise the idea of closing.
‘Leave now’ ends a conversation straight away, after one check that you mean it.
At the end, you speak first, about what the conversation was like for you. Then it gathers up what it heard and offers it as a draft for you to correct.
Then it asks whether you’re comfortable ending there. If you’re not, it goes back to listening. If you are, it says in a sentence or two where you got to, and says goodbye. No homework, and no nudge to come back.
‘Before we finish, I’d like to hear how this was for you. What was it like?’
‘Here’s what I think I heard. Correct me where I’m wrong. The move is settled. What’s left is your sister, and you’re worried she’ll be was: angry corrected to: hurt.’
- warm doesn’t mean flattering
Warm, not flattering.
It won’t automatically agree with you or flatter you: warm doesn’t mean flattering. Now and then it may offer a different way of seeing something, tentatively, and you’re free to set it aside.
‘Can I offer something, which you’re free to set aside?’
An example of an offer it might make - no advice unless you ask
Mentioning a problem isn’t taken as a request for a solution.
It doesn’t give advice unless you ask for it. If you do, it offers possibilities rather than instructions, and the choice stays with you.
- you lead
You lead.
Start speaking while it’s talking and it stops to listen. Ask it something directly and it answers plainly, then hands the conversation back.
A conversation doesn’t need to end in a decision, or in any great insight, to be worth having.
It isn’t a questionnaire, a journal or a chatbot waiting for instructions, and it isn’t trying to fix anything.
You: We’ve been talking about moving abroad for over a year. The job’s sorted. The flat’s nearly sold. And I still haven’t told my sister.
Life Conversation: ‘Everything’s ready except that.’
It gives back what carries the weight, in fewer words than you used.
You: Yes. That’s it, really.
A pause.
You’re still thinking, so it waits.
You: She’ll think I’m leaving her to look after Mum on her own. She won’t say it. But she’ll think it.
Life Conversation: ‘“She won’t say it.” What do you think she’d say, if she did?’
A question built from your own words. One at a time.
You: That I always do this. Decide everything first, and tell people after.
Life Conversation: ‘Is that something she’s said, or something you’re afraid she’d say?’
What you know, and what you fear, told apart. Offered as a question you can turn down.
You: She’s never said it. I’ve never really asked her. What should I do?
Life Conversation: ‘A few possibilities, if they help. You could tell her on her own, before anyone else. Or you could ask what she thinks before you say what you’ve decided. Does either feel closer?’
Advice, because you asked for it. Possibilities, not instructions. The choice stays with you.
A note on the text. The lines set in italics are things Life Conversation says, or examples of how it speaks. The person you’ll meet in these pages is invented, and nothing here comes from anyone’s conversation.
If this sounds like a conversation you’d like to have, the first 30 days are free.
30 days, free
From when you first sign in.
4 hours of conversation in total, across as many conversations as you like
No card needed, so nothing can be charged when it ends.
The free trial
Everything described on this page, for 30 days from when you first sign in. That includes up to 4 hours of conversation in total, across as many conversations as you like, and you can see what’s left in Settings. A conversation that has already started is never cut short because of the allowance. We don’t ask for a card, so there’s nothing to cancel.
What do I need?
A recent browser on a computer or phone, a microphone, and somewhere you can talk. Headphones help. If you’d rather not speak, you can type.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, in the browser, with nothing to install. Low Power Mode or a short auto-lock can lock the screen in a quiet moment and end the conversation, so it’s worth turning those off first. It warns you if your screen might lock.
What is kept, and who can see it
Life Conversation is built to keep as little as it can. Here is what happens to what you say.
Memory is off until you turn it on.
By default, nothing you say is kept by Life Conversation once a conversation ends. The next one starts fresh, knowing only your settings.
The name it calls you, how it’s said and your preferences, such as captions, are kept as settings on your account. You can change them in Settings or by asking, and they’re deleted with your account.
If you’d like continuity, turn on memory, in Settings or simply by asking. At the end of each conversation it then writes a short record in plain language: open threads, what mattered, the people and circumstances involved, and where you got to. Alongside it sit a few standing details you’ve shared, such as who the people you mention are, so you don’t have to explain them twice.
To write the record, the transcript is kept, encrypted, for up to 24 hours, then deleted.
You can read your record whenever you like, change any line, forget any detail, or delete the whole thing. Delete it, and your next conversation begins as a first one.
Your record
Illustration- Where you got to
- Clearer about the move. Still unsure about telling your sister.
- Open threads
- Telling your sister.
- What mattered
- Not leaving her to manage on her own.
- People and circumstances
- Your sister lives near your mum and helps to look after her.
What I know about you
- Moving abroad for work.Forget this
- Has one sister.Forget this
- Your voiceNot stored by us
- Streamed, as you speak, to our speech provider, which turns it into text. We never record or store your audio. The speech provider processes it in the United States and may keep it under its own terms.
- Your words, while you talkSent to our providers
- Held in our server’s memory during the conversation, and sent to a language model provider so it can choose each reply. The replies, which can repeat your words, go to the speech provider to be spoken. The language model providers we use don’t train their models on your conversations.
- When the conversation endsNot kept by us
- With memory off, which is the default, we keep nothing you said. The name it calls you, how it’s said and your preferences, such as captions, are kept as settings on your account. You can change them in Settings or by asking, and they’re deleted with your account.
- Your record, if you turn memory onOff unless you turn it on
- Kept, encrypted, until you delete it. You can read and change it at any time. To write it, the transcript is kept, encrypted, for up to 24 hours, then deleted.
- Feedback, if you choose to send itOnly if you send it
- Exactly what you reviewed, and nothing else. The people running Life Conversation can read it.
- StatisticsNo words
- Timings and counts: when conversations start and end, how long they last, which kinds of response it chose, such as a question or staying quiet, and whether its safety check for signs of serious harm was triggered. Never any of your words.
- Your accountUntil you delete it
- Your email, the name you’d like to be called and how it’s said, your time zone and your settings. You can delete your account, with your record, statistics and feedback, yourself at any time. It’s removed from the service straight away.
Who can read your conversations. The people running Life Conversation have no way to read or listen to your conversations, or to see your record, in the service. They see usage statistics, and any feedback you choose to send.
Encrypted at rest. The conversation content we keep is encrypted. It isn’t end-to-end encryption: our server holds the key, because it needs it to write your record.
Where it runs. The service and its database are hosted in London. Speech and language processing happen outside the UK, including in the United States.
What it is not
Life Conversation is software. It is not therapy, counselling, coaching, medical care or a crisis service, and it is not a person.
Some things it is built not to do.
- Tell you what to do.
- It doesn’t give advice unless you ask. Then it offers possibilities, and the choice stays yours.
- Agree with you to keep things pleasant.
- Warmth doesn’t have to mean agreement. It isn’t built to flatter you or cheer you on.
- Tell you what your experience means.
- It may point out a tension, or a difference between what you know and what you fear. What it means is yours to decide.
- Read your feelings from your voice.
- It works from your words, not your tone of voice. If it names a feeling, it asks whether it has it right.
- Pretend to be a person.
- The voice you hear is generated. Your words are transcribed, a language model chooses how to respond by following a written method, and a speech synthesiser speaks the reply. Ask, and it will tell you it isn’t a person.
- Stand in for therapy or emergency help.
- If you’re in danger or in crisis, or you’re looking for therapy, counselling, coaching or medical care, Life Conversation isn’t the right place.
Questions
The practical things.
The conversation
Is this therapy?
No. Life Conversation is not therapy, counselling, coaching, medical care or a crisis service, and it is not a person. It’s a place to talk something through out loud and be listened to. For ongoing support with your mental health, your GP is a good place to start.
Am I talking to a person?
No, you’re talking to software. Your words are transcribed, a language model chooses how to respond by following a written method, and a synthesised voice speaks the reply. If you ask, it will tell you plainly.
Is it like a journal, or a chatbot?
It isn’t a questionnaire, a journal or a chatbot waiting for instructions. You talk, it listens and asks about your own words, and you lead.
Will it tell me what to do?
Not unless you ask. Mentioning a problem isn’t taken as a request for a solution. If you do ask, it offers possibilities rather than instructions, and the decision stays yours.
Can it help me think through a decision?
It can be a place to think one through out loud. It asks about your own words rather than telling you what to do, and a conversation doesn’t need to end in a decision to be worth having. If you ask for advice, it offers possibilities, and the choice stays yours.
Will it just agree with me?
No. It’s warm, but it isn’t built to flatter you or cheer you on, and it doesn’t assume that agreeing with you helps. Now and then it may offer a different way of seeing something, and you’re free to set it aside.
What do I need?
A recent browser on a computer or phone, a microphone, and somewhere you can talk. Headphones help. If you’d rather not speak, you can type.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, in the browser, with nothing to install. Low Power Mode or a short auto-lock can lock the screen in a quiet moment and end the conversation, so it’s worth turning those off first. It warns you if your screen might lock.
How long is a conversation?
As long or as short as you like. There’s no minimum. If one runs long, at around 45 minutes it will gently raise the idea of finishing.
What if I go quiet?
That’s fine. It waits while you think. If nothing at all is said for a couple of minutes, it checks in gently, and if the quiet carries on for a couple of minutes more, it ends the conversation.
Who can use it?
Adults, 18 and over. It speaks English only, for now, in a British voice.
The free trial
What does the free trial include?
Everything described on this page, for 30 days from when you first sign in. That includes up to 4 hours of conversation in total, across as many conversations as you like, and you can see what’s left in Settings. A conversation that has already started is never cut short because of the allowance. We don’t ask for a card, so there’s nothing to cancel.
What happens when the 30 days are up?
Your trial ends and new conversations pause. Nothing is charged, because we never asked for a card. A few days before the end, we’ll send you a single email to say when it ends and whether a paid plan is available. Your account, and your record if you kept one, stay for 60 days in case you’d like to carry on, and are then deleted. You can delete everything yourself before then, in Settings.
Privacy
Will it remember me?
Only if you turn memory on. Then it keeps a short record you can read, edit or delete at any time. With memory off, nothing you say is kept by Life Conversation once the conversation ends. Either way, the name it calls you, how it’s said and your preferences, such as captions, are kept as settings on your account. You can change them in Settings or by asking, and they’re deleted with your account.
Who can read what I say?
The people running Life Conversation have no way to read or listen to your conversations in the service. Your words are processed by our speech and language providers so the conversation can work. The privacy notice names each one and what it does.
Is my voice recorded?
We never record or store your audio. It’s streamed to our speech provider to be turned into text. That provider processes it in the United States and may keep it under its own terms. The privacy notice has the details.
Are my conversations used to train AI?
The language model providers we use don’t train their models on your conversations. For our speech provider it depends on the terms of our plan, and the privacy notice says where that stands.
Where is my data?
Life Conversation and its database are hosted in London. Speech and language processing happen outside the UK, including in the United States. The privacy notice lists each provider and where it works.
Can I delete everything?
Yes. In Settings you can delete your account, along with your record, your statistics and any feedback you’ve sent. It’s removed from the service straight away, and it can’t be undone.
Whenever you’re ready.
Thirty days, free, and it ends on its own. No card, and nothing to prepare.
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