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Despite this, Campbell established herself as one of the UK’s leading disability rights campaigners, and in 2007, she was made a life peer of the House of Lords, as Baroness Campbell of Surbiton.
Baroness Campbell’s condition has affected her ability to speak, with her voice gradually deteriorating over the years.
Since 2012, she has relied on an assistant to help her deliver her speeches.
But today, for the first time in years, Baroness Campbell addressed the House of Lords in her own voice.
Using an AI recreation of her voice, built by ElevenLabs, the Baroness was able to speak for herself to the House, on a subject that has been at the core of her years of campaigning, during the Second Reading of the Health Bill.
She delivered her speech with her own voice using an emotional valence that she hasn’t been able to in decades.
It’s the first time a peer or member of the UK Parliament has used an AI-generated voice to address either house of Parliament.
“I used AI to speak my own words, not to put words into my mouth.
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