The 1 Million Voices Initiative Expands to Brazil

ElevenLabs’ Impact Program highlights the story of Eliane, a Brazilian woman who lost her voice in childhood, and Alberto, who became blind at age 46, as they developed their own communication methods and fell in love after meeting in São Paulo in 2024. Using ElevenLabs technology, Eliane received a synthesized voice modeled on the likeness of her family, allowing her to communicate in a voice intended to reflect her identity; Alberto had not previously heard what her natural voice might have sounded like. The story is the program’s first featured initiative in Brazil and accompanies partnerships with the Associação Brasileira de Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica, which will provide free voice-cloning access to people with ALS, and the Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, which will train speech-language pathologists to use the technology. These efforts support ElevenLabs’ 1 Million Voices initiative, a $1 billion in-kind commitment that the company says has reached more than 11,000 people globally, and Eliane and Alberto plan to marry in November.

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