Kimerran

AnyStory — paste any URL and it becomes a fully illustrated, narrated children's bedtime story in seconds. You get a custom title, a story written in simple language a child would enjoy, an AI-generated illustration, and a professional audio narration — all from a single link. Parents struggle to find engaging bedtime stories tied to things their kids are curious about — a news article, a nature post, a Wikipedia page. AnyStory bridges that gap: any content on the web, no matter how dry or complex, becomes something a child can actually listen to at bedtime. Firecrawl handles the messy first step — scraping the source URL. Rather than dealing with JavaScript rendering, paywalls, ads, and noisy HTML, Firecrawl returns clean markdown that Claude can actually work with. It's also used for the "Surprise Me" feature, where it searches for a random children-friendly topic and returns a scrapable URL. There's even a pre-check on the URL field that runs before the pipeline starts, so users know immediately if a page can't be reached. ElevenLabs turns the finished story into audio narration. Once Claude generates the story text, it's sent to ElevenLabs with a chosen voice, and the resulting MP3 is stored and streamed directly on the story page. Users can listen in the browser or download it — so it's genuinely ready for bedtime.

Submitted 25 Mar 2026