By Tom Bevan

An MND sufferer who spoke like a “robot” for years can now use her own voice – thanks to an old VHS clip of her changing her baby’s diaper.

Sarah Ezekiel was left without a voice or use of her hands aged just 34 due to the onset of motor neuron disease in 2000.

Her two children Aviva, 28, and Eric, 25, grew up only ever able to speak to her through a machine – in a generic and robotic tone.

But 25 years later, after finding an eight-second scratchy VHS clip of her speaking while changing Aviva’s nappy in the 1990s, AI technology has been able to give Sarah back her original voice.

And her children say they now feel truly connected to her after hearing her true ‘cockney accent’ for the first time.

Sarah, 59, of Hendon, London, said: “I love having my voice back. I alm

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