Tucktale Bedtime Stories

Tucktale is for parents and caregivers: a bedtime story for your child every night, read aloud as audio, that remembers the characters and the story so far. You set up a bedtime story series once, and every night ChatGPT writes the next episode for your child to listen to.

Set up the series by telling ChatGPT about it: two or three main characters (your child's favourite toys, animals or made-up friends), where the stories happen, one to three values to weave in (such as kindness, courage or trying again), the listener's age band (3-4, 5-6, 7-8 or 9-10) and how long an episode should be (about 3, 6 or 10 minutes).

Each night, ask for "tonight's Tucktale episode". ChatGPT gets the story so far from Tucktale (a recap of every earlier episode, the facts already established, last time's hook and tonight's value) and writes the next episode to fit. It works in any new chat: the series lives in Tucktale, not in one conversation.

ChatGPT writes every episode to Tucktale's bedtime rules (gentle stakes, no violence or scary creatures, no characters or brands from books, films or shows, a calm ending). Before saving it, Tucktale checks it for unsuitable words, well-known characters and personal details, then narrates it in a minute or two with a calm voice, using an open text-to-speech model on Tucktale's own server. Choose from four voices.

Play the episode in the card in ChatGPT, or without a screen: on your private listening page or in any podcast app through the series' private podcast feed. A season is ten episodes by default; at any point you can download the season as a book laid out for print.

Change anything later: the characters, the voice, the length, things to keep out of the stories, or ask for a calmer or shorter version of tonight's episode.

Limits:

• Narration is in English.
• Tucktale never asks for a child's name, age, school or photo. Use toys and made-up names; the age is an age band.
• Only the newest episode can be rewritten, so the story stays consistent.
• Series are deleted 12 months after their last new episode or change, or at once when you say "Delete my Tucktale series".