A legendary US film critic has been given his voice back thanks to a Scottish research team.

Roger Ebert, 67, lost the ability to speak almost four years ago, following life-saving cancer surgery.

He has since relied on hand-written notes, a form of sign language and a basic voice synthesiser to communicate.

Now a company based at Edinburgh University is using new computer technology to let him communicate with his own voice once again.

Mr Ebert is said to be “excited” about the move and he is expected to demonstrate the system in a TV interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Scottish firm CereProc is the company behind the development.

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To read more, see the full article. (Herald Scotland. 19 Feb 2010)