ElevenLabs is extending its voice-restoration program from speech into music, giving eligible artists with permanent voice loss free access to ElevenMusic. Participants can recreate a singing voice from earlier recordings or design a new one, then use it to write and release songs.
Songwriters of North America will verify eligibility and distribute access to members and the wider songwriting community. ElevenLabs demonstrated the program with educator Greg Kellner, who lost his singing voice after brain cancer, and musician Abdi Omar, who designed a voice after growing up without spoken speech because of cerebral palsy.
The company also added NYU Langone Health as a partner in its 1 Million Voices program. Eligible patients in rehabilitation for conditions including ALS, head and neck cancer and stroke can create a personalized digital speaking voice at no cost. ElevenLabs says the wider program has served more than 11,000 people and represents a $1 billion in-kind commitment, though that valuation is the company’s own estimate.
A separate partnership with Wounded Warrior Project will begin with training about voice AI for veterans with permanent voice loss, blindness or low vision. The organizations plan to explore broader access to services, but did not announce a finished veteran-facing product beyond the new education and voice-restoration work.