Name: Remaking my voice
Uploaded: 2011-04-13T14:37:58Z
Duration: 19 min 12 s
Description: When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving talk from TED2011, Ebert and his wife, Chaz, with friends Dean Ornish and John Hunter, come together to tell his remarkable story.

When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving talk from TED2011, Ebert and his wife, Chaz, with friends Dean Ornish and John Hunter, come together to tell his remarkable story.

Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice

Remaking my voice

After losing his jaw to cancer, unable to speak, Roger Ebert turns to technology, finding a new voice in text-to-speech.

Ebert's journey with computer voices, from a British accent to Apple's Alex, explores identity and communication post-silence.

A customized voice from past recordings offers Ebert semblance of his former self, showcasing the power of voice in identity.