With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here's how his first song post-stroke came to be

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With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back.

FILE - Randy Travis attends the announcement of the Country Music Hall of Fame inductees in Nashville, Tenn., on March 29, 2016. limits his ability to speak — it's why his wife Mary Travis assists him in interviews. It's also why he hasn't released new music in over a decade, until now.

Mary Travis says the “human element," and “the people that are involved” in this project, separate it from more nefarious uses of AI in music. “But I think, just on human terms, it’s a very real need. And it’s a big loss when you lose the voice of someone that you were connected to, and the ability to have it back is a beautiful gift.”

 

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