Talking about a memory comes naturally, typing about it does not. When people talk to klikkie instead of typing, they share the story behind their photos about eight times as often and get much more done in their book. Here is why voice suits photo books so well.
Key Takeaways
A photo book is made of memories, and memories are something you tell, not something you type. That is why we built the klikkie voice agent. After a month of conversations, the difference between talking and typing turned out to be bigger than we expected.
Why is talking about memories easier than typing about them?
Because that is how we share memories anyway. Out loud, at the table, on the phone. Ask someone to type about their holiday and you get “nice trip”. Ask them to tell you about it and you hear where they went, who was there and what happened on the second day.
We see the same with klikkie. When people talk, they share the story behind their photos about eight times as often as when they type, with things like “this was our first day in Lisbon” or “that is grandma’s garden”. Those are exactly the details that make a book personal.
Is talking faster than typing?
Yes. Research from Stanford University found that speaking is about three times faster than typing on a phone. And you do not have to find the right button or menu. You just say what you want.
With klikkie, that shows in how much people get done. People who talk to klikkie make about five times as many changes to their book in a session as people who type.
Same task, typed versus said
Take a few everyday changes. This is the difference:
| The task | Tapping and typing | Talking to klikkie |
|---|---|---|
| Put a photo on the cover | Open the cover, open the photos, scroll, tap, confirm | “Put that photo on the cover” |
| Make the whole book calmer | Change the layout page by page | “Make the whole book calmer” |
| Remove someone from the book | Find and remove every photo yourself | “Remove every photo of my ex” |
| Write captions | Think of words and type them on a small keyboard | “Write captions for it” |
| Go to a page | Scroll through the whole book | “Go to page 12” |
Made for grandparents, parents and everyone on the go
For anyone who has the stories but finds small screens a hassle:
- Grandparents who know every story behind the photos, but not every button in an app.
- Busy parents with a child on one arm and the phone in the other hand.
- Young people on the go who make a book of a trip on the way home.
- Anyone on a phone: most conversations with klikkie already happen on a phone, where talking is quicker than tapping.
Does voice replace typing?
No. Talking and typing work side by side, and you can switch whenever you like. Some things are easier to type, like spelling an unusual name. Many people mix both, and that is exactly how it is meant to work.
Try it in one sentence
Open klikkie, tap the microphone and say what your book is about. Here is how making a photo book by voice works, and what we learned from our first month of voice conversations. Books start at €14, see all klikkie photo books.
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About the figures: klikkie sessions between 2 September and 2 October 2026, klikkie team excluded. The speed comparison comes from a 2016 Stanford University study on speech and typing on smartphones.
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