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" My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part. "

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" I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthesizer that sits on my wheelchair. "

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