# First AI-voiced speech in UK Parliament

For the first time, a member of the UK Parliament addressed a house using an AI-reconstructed voice. Baroness Campbell had relied on an assistant to read her speeches since 2012, as her speaking ability declined with spinal muscular atrophy. She found ElevenLabs' voice cloning herself, uploaded old recordings to rebuild the tone, rhythm and pitch of her voice, then used text-to-speech to generate the speech, played through an assistive device during the Health Bill's Second Reading.

For the first time, a member of the UK Parliament addressed a house using an AI-reconstructed voice. Baroness Campbell had relied on an assistant to read her speeches since 2012, as her speaking ability declined with spinal muscular atrophy. She found ElevenLabs' voice cloning herself, uploaded old recordings to rebuild the tone, rhythm and pitch of her voice, then used text-to-speech to generate the speech, played through an assistive device during the Health Bill's Second Reading.