Forbes: How AI Is Restoring Voices Lost To Disability

For millions of people who can’t rely on speech, conversation isn’t just hard — it can be slow enough to erase the moment: jokes pass, emotions flatten, and connection slips away while they type. This Forbes story explores a new approach meant to close that gap: SMF VoXAI, introduced by the Scott-Morgan Foundation and D-ID, which combines eye-tracking, multi-agent AI, coordinated voice generation, and photorealistic, real-time avatars to help people communicate with timing, tone, and presence that feels human again.

The article gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at how the system works and why it’s different from traditional AAC tools: instead of only producing functional words, VoXAI aims to convey warmth, empathy, frustration, and humor in the moment. It also spotlights Bernard Muller — a technologist fully paralyzed by ALS — who architected the system using only eye-tracking, and includes perspectives from SMF leadership and D-ID’s CEO Gil Perry on what “being understood” really means for identity and relationships.