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Show HN: Goodnight Zoom – Remote storytime with isolated seniors (goodnightzoom.com)
8 points by choltz on April 27, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


While we've all been isolated, my grandparents have started to read stories to my younger cousins via videochat, which has been a great way for my grandparents to feel connected and loved. It's also nice for my cousins (4-7 years old) to interact with their grandparents, even if from afar.

Many of our seniors are especially isolated right now, so I wanted to setup a way for all of us to connect with them via remote storytime. Whether you are a parent with young kids, a senior, or anyone in between, this is a chance for us all to connect. Once you sign up, we'll reach out about finding schedules that work for both sides. We also link to open source books if you don't have any. Would love to hear your feedback!


What a lovely way to help people connect! In spirit it reminds me of NanaGram: https://nanagram.co/


Thanks so much! I've come across nanagram on HN before and I love the idea.


This is beautiful. Great job.


Something similar came up on HN a few days back: http://readastorytome.com/

HN Post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22836940#22837217

Also, Caribu is a popular app in this category.




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