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Two people with motor neuron disease use AI to "speak" in their old voices
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Both Joyce Esser and Jules Rodriguez have forms of motor neuron disease.
They have fed an AI tool built by ElevenLabs recordings of their old voices to re-create them.
Today , they can "speak" in old voices by typing sentences into devices, selecting letters by hand or eye gaze.
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25
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20
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78
Article tone
informal
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English
Language complexity
39
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medium-lived
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