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AI helps UK woman rediscover lost voice after 25 years

Sarah Ezekiel at her home in Hendon, north London on August 16, 2025. [AFP]

A British woman suffering from motor neurone disease who lost her ability to speak is once again talking in her own voice thanks to artificial intelligence and a barely audible eight-second clip from an old home video.

Sarah Ezekiel, an artist, was left without the use of her voice after she was diagnosed at the age of 34 with MND while pregnant with her second child 25 years ago.

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