This article will give you an overview of the Remento web app's main sections:
What is the navigation menu?
The navigation menu is how you get around the Remento platform.
Toggle between projects or add a project: Tap this to toggle between your projects or to add another project to your account.
Stories: This page shows you all of the recorded stories.
Prompts: This is where you’ll manage all prompts that haven’t yet been recorded. This includes prompts that were sent as well as upcoming prompts.
Project settings: If you’re a host, you’ll see the option to manage details about your storytellers account and prompt series.
My account: Where you can manage your account, including uploading a profile picture, changing your name, and adding subscriptions.
What is the "Prompts" page?
The prompts page is where you manage any prompts that are upcoming or that haven't been responded to yet.
In progress prompts: This shows all of the prompts the storyteller has received via email so far, including when it was sent.
To be sent prompts: This shows all of the upcoming prompts the storyteller will receive, including when it will be sent.
List of people on the account: This shows everyone who has access to the account.
Invite button: Tap this to open the collaboration window to see who has access and invite folks to the account.
Add prompts: Tap this to add more photo prompts and question prompts, which also includes creating and adding custom questions. Learn more in 🔗 Adding prompts
To be sent prompts
These are the prompts that haven't yet been sent to your storyteller, and can therefore still be edited.
Context menu: Tap the ellipses icon to pull up the context menu.
Edit photo: Tap the pencil icon to edit or change the photo.
Edit question: Tap in here to edit the question.
Save changes: Tap here to save your changes.
Expanded context menu
There are various actions you can take from the expanded context menu:
Record now: Tap here to begin the recording process.
Send prompt now: Tap here to send the prompt immediately. 💡 This will also send an email to the storyteller on the account.
Delete prompt: Tap here to delete the icon. Don’t worry, you’ll be asked to confirm this action before it takes effect. This action cannot be undone, so make sure you want to fully delete this prompt as you’ll need to recreate it if you want it back.
Sent prompts
These include all prompts that have been sent that haven't yet received a recording. These have less editing functionality, but there's still a lot you can do with these.
Context menu: Tap the ellipses icon to pull up the context menu.
Edit photo: Tap the pencil icon to edit or change the photo.
Expanded context menu
There are various actions you can take from the expanded context menu:
Record now: Tap here to begin the recording process.
💡 This will record as whoever is listed as the storyteller on the account, so don’t worry if you’re logged in as yourself but you aren’t the storyteller.Resend prompt now: Tap here to resend the prompt to the storyteller. This will resend the email. It may take up to 10 minutes for the email to be delivered.
Copy recording link: Tap here to copy the recording link to your clipboard. You can then paste this link in a text message or email, and the person you send this to can then click the link to record without logging in.
Delete prompt: Tap here to delete the icon. Don’t worry, you’ll be asked to confirm this action before it takes effect. This action cannot be undone, so make sure you want to fully delete this prompt as you’ll need to recreate it if you want it back.
What is the collaboration menu (invite button)?
Learn more about collaboration in 🔗 How do I invite collaborators? Here, we'll orient you to what you see on the collaboration menu.
Invite by email: Enter the email address of the person you want to invite. After entering the email, tap “Invite” to send their invite. This must be done one at a time.
List of access: This shows the roles of each person on the account. The role shown is directly in relation to the storyteller on the account, and this screen will change if you toggle between different storytellers.
Role type: This shows the specific role. Admins have access to manage the entire account and billing payment, storytellers are those whose stories are recorded and shared on the platform, and collaborators can manage prompts and view stories.
Copy link: You can generate a share link where anyone who clicks the link will be able to create an account and gain access to view the storyteller’s stories.
What is the "Stories" page?
After a recording is submitted, Remento turns that recording into a written story that can be viewed on your Stories page. When you select Stories from the main navigation, you can see all of the stories completed in the project. If there’s a photo associated with the story, you’ll see the photo in this view. To watch the recording or read the written story, simply select a story from this page.
Processing story: Any story that needs to finish processing will have a spinning icon in the bottom-left, and you’ll see the original question asked.
Video recording story: Stories with a small video camera indicate the story was recorded using video.
Audio recording story: Stories with a small wave file indicate the story was recorded using audio only.
Viewing an individual story
When you select a story, you can watch the recording and read the written version of the story. You will also see a Make Changes button which will allow you to add a photo, edit the written text or title, and use Remento's AI writing tool to make changes to how Remento transcribed the story.
Making changes to your story, deleting a story, and re-recording
Customizing your story starts when you select the Make Changes button, located at the bottom of the story page.
To edit your story, type directly into the text. To learn more about editing your story, check out our collection of articles called Editing and viewing stories.
Select the More button to make more changes to your story as needed, including:
Deleting a story (and its recording)
Re-recording a story
Adding a photo, removing a photo, or changing a photo
Downloading your recording (to save it outside of Remento)