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Lewis Moody says using AI to bank voice ‘warming’ after being diagnosed with MND
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Lewis Moody says using AI to bank voice ‘warming’ after being diagnosed with MND

The Independent·Phil Blanche·26 days ago
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Lewis Moody says using AI to bank his voice after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease has been “warming”. The 47-year-old former England rugby union international announced in October that he was suffering from MND , an incurable and life-limiting neurological condition that affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. MND affects speech by weakening the muscles in the mouth, tongue, lips and chest, and the ability to speak can be lost completely. On the idea of using technology to create a personalised artificial voice, Moody told Sky Sports: “The idea of doing it, I probably delayed for a while at the start because I was like ‘no, I don’t need to do that, I’m fine’. “But why wouldn’t you, especially with the advancement of AI now, or all the stuff that’s happening in this space, is that the more information you can have for the tools and the algorithms, then the better. “So, I’ve done numerous things.…

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