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    Roger Ebert Gets His Voice Back

    Roger Ebert, who lost the ability to talk or eat after a series of surgeries for thyroid cancer, debuted the computer-generated voice made specially for him on Oprah.

    Amanda Dobbins
    by Amanda Dobbins

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    Roger Ebert Gets His Voice Back

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