{"id":212348,"date":"2026-02-11T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/artificial-intelligence-gave-me-my-voice-back\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:00:13","slug":"artificial-intelligence-gave-me-my-voice-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/artificial-intelligence-gave-me-my-voice-back\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Artificial intelligence gave me my voice back’"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Artificial intelligence gave me my voice back’<\/a><\/p>\n

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Patrick Darling lost his ability to sing and play instruments after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease<\/p>\n

A musician who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) has returned to the stage after artificial intelligence (AI) gave him his voice back.<\/p>\n

Patrick Darling, 32, from Bristol, has been a singer and composer since the age of 14 but was diagnosed with the degenerative condition at the age of 29.<\/p>\n

He described losing the ability to sing and play instruments as “deeply profound and devastating”, stripping him of his “biggest love”.<\/p>\n

Using digital software developed by ElevenLabs, he has been able to recreate a replica of his singing voice based on recordings from his past performances.<\/p>\n

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MND is a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord. It can leave people unable to speak, eat or even breathe.<\/p>\n

Prior to his diagnosis, Darling was the singer in Irish folk group The Ceili House Band.<\/p>\n

Being predominantly self-taught, he learnt to play bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, melodica, mandolin and tenor banjo.<\/p>\n

“Singing has always been my biggest love and I’ve spent most of my musical life performing live in various bands,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The ElevenLabs singing voice that we’ve created is wonderful and definitely sounds like me.”<\/p>\n

The technology enables users to take previous recordings of natural speech or sound from any audio source and generate accurate digital replicas.<\/p>\n

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The musician said the AI generated voice “definitely sounds like me”<\/p>\n

At an event on Wednesday, Darling took to the stage with his former guitarist Nick Cocking and violinist Hari Ma for the debut performance of Ghost Of A Man I Never Met.<\/p>\n

Darling composed the music using ElevenLabs and combined the score with original lyrics he wrote himself.<\/p>\n

His family, who have not heard him sing since the effects of his MND diagnosis, were in the audience to witness his comeback performance.<\/p>\n

Darling said:”It provides hope, support and meaning to people in ways that you can’t fully…<\/p>\n

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