9/1/2007
By Maureen A. Taylor
Every photo tells a story when you use SnapGenie to create and narrate digital albums.
Have you ever wished family photographs were like Aladdin's magic lamp? You could rub a mysterious image three times and a little genie would magically appear to tell you who's in it and what was going on.
SnapGenie <www.snapgenie.com> aims to make that wish come true (with no rubbing required). This new, free site from Ancestry.com 
<Ancestry.com > parent company The Generations Network lets you create digital photo albums with captions recorded over the telephone - so viewers can hear the stories behind the pictures. “SnapGenie's a collaborative storytelling tool for the whole family,” says Hoyt Priscock, the company's vice president of strategy and business development.
The process is so easy even a kid can do it: After signing up for an account, you upload your digital pictures individually or all at once (“Power Upload”). You can include up to 100 per album, depending on file size; SnapGenie accepts most image formats except TIFF. Then simply dial the provided toll-free phone number and access code, and start talking.