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Gifts, cards & keepsakes

Voice Message QR Codes for Gifts and Cards

A voice says more than a card can. Record a message on your phone, upload it, and print the QR code on a greeting card, gift tag, framed photo or wedding favor. They scan it and hear you, with no app.

Free plan: 3 dynamic codes, no time limit. Pro types free for 14 days, no card.

Birthday card message

Last 30 days · people only, bots filtered

First week9
Since then14
23 scans. Played 23 times, from three different cities.

Example data

What the code can do

One printed code, pointing wherever you choose. Change the destination later and every printed copy follows.

Upload your recording

MP3, a voice memo from your phone (M4A), WAV and more. We host it; they press play.

Audio QR code (Pro)

A video message instead

Link a video on YouTube or Vimeo, or a direct video file.

Video QR code (Pro)

Photos with the message

A gallery of photos to go with it.

Image gallery QR code (Pro)

Analytics

What the scans tell you

Every scan of a dynamic code is counted, with link previews and bots filtered out, so the numbers are people.

Know they listened

See when the code was first scanned, and how many times since.

Shared with family

Scans from different cities show the message being passed around.

For businesses

Gift shops and wedding planners can see which products' messages get played.

Reported for every code: scans over time, unique vs total, country, US state and city, iPhone vs Android, operating system, hour of day and day of week, with CSV export and a weekly email report.

Printing it so it scans

  • On cards and tags, at least 0.8 inch (2 cm), with "Scan to hear a message" next to it.
  • Print on matte card; glossy photo paper can reflect light into the camera.
  • Test the printed code before wrapping the gift.

Set it up

  1. Step 1

    Record on your phone

    Use the voice memo app; keep it under a few minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Upload it to an audio code

    The recording is hosted for you.

  3. Step 3

    Print the code

    On the card, tag, photo or favor.

  4. Step 4

    Change it later if you like

    Swap the recording without reprinting.

Frequently asked questions

What file types work?

MP3, M4A (iPhone voice memos), AAC, WAV, OGG and WebM.

Is it free?

The audio type is part of Pro, free for 14 days on the trial. Audio codes made during a trial pause if you don't continue on Pro, so for a keepsake meant to last, keep the plan or host the file yourself and use a free website-link code.

Is the recording private?

Anyone with the code can play it. You can password-protect the code on Pro.