How to save your grandmother's recipes
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To save your grandmother's recipes, take a photo of each page of her notebook with your phone: Grammage reads her handwriting and turns it into a clear recipe, which you check and correct if needed. The recipes are then organized in a digital notebook, and you can share them with the whole family.
The original photo is kept, with the handwriting, the stains and the little notes in the margin.
1. Digitize: one photo per page
No need for a scanner, and no need to copy everything out by hand.
- Open Grammage on your phone or computer, in your web browser.
- Tap "Take a photo" and photograph the page. If you already have photos, choose "Choose an image".
- Grammage reads the handwriting and fills in the recipe: the title, the ingredients and the steps.
- Check it. You can fix a word, add the prep time, the number of servings or a photo of the dish.
The photo of the page stays attached to the recipe. You keep both an easy-to-read version and the memory of your grandmother's handwriting.
Tip: start with a single recipe, the one everyone always asks for. The rest can come little by little.
2. Organize: like a real notebook, only tidier
- Notebooks: one for Grandma, one for Dad's recipes, one for your own.
- Folders in each notebook: starters, main dishes, desserts… or however you like to sort them.
- Tags to find a recipe at a glance.
- Two ways to read: as a list, recipe by recipe, or in book mode, where you turn the pages just like in the original notebook.
3. Share: the whole family around the same notebook
- A link to send: turn on sharing for a notebook and send the link by text message or email. The person can read the recipes without creating an account, but can't change anything.
- An invitation to take part: add a relative's email address and choose "Read only" (they can look) or "Can edit" (they can also add and correct recipes). The person then creates a Grammage account with that same email address. Remember to let them know: the invitation doesn't send an automatic email.
That way, a brother can add the recipe he remembers, a cousin can find the cake from her childhood, and Grandma herself can see her notebook kept safe.
Frequently asked questions
My grandmother's handwriting is hard to read. Will it still work?
Grammage tries to read handwriting, even on a stained or damaged page. If it gets a word wrong, you correct it before saving. And the photo of the page always stays visible, so you can check.
How do I share the recipes with my family?
There are two ways. You send a link: your relatives read the notebook without creating an account, and can't change it. Or you invite someone by their email address, to read or to edit; they then create an account with that address.
Do the recipes and photos stay private?
Yes. Your notebooks and photos are only visible to you and the people you invite. If you turn on the share link, only people who have that link can read the notebook: only send it to people close to you. You can turn the link off at any time; the old link then stops working.
Is it free?
Right now, you can digitize 10 recipes for free: the photo is read automatically, then you check it. You can also type recipes in by hand.
Can several family members take part?
Yes. You can invite several people to the same notebook. For each one, you choose whether they can only read, or also add and correct recipes.
Will I be able to print a book of these recipes?
Soon, you'll be able to print your own book yourself from the recipes in your notebook. It isn't available yet: leave your email below to be notified as soon as it is.