Voice Back Advisory Team

Built with the people who use it every day.

Who is on the Voice Back Advisory Team?

The Voice Back Advisory Team is a group of people living with speech loss, including several with ALS, who test the Voice Back AAC app and voice banking features before they ship. Advisory Team members tell us what actually helps, and keep Voice Back honest to the experience it was built for.

Portrait of Kris MacNamara, Voice Back advisory team member

Kris MacNamara

ALS · Diagnosed 7/29/2025
I am so much more confident now having the Voice Back App. I found that I was limiting my conversations or just refusing to participate in any for that matter… becoming frustrated and insecure about the way I sounded. Now, I have gained back confidence to speak and it sounds just like me!! It has given me back MY VOICE!
Portrait of Tim Werner, Voice Back advisory team member

Tim Werner

ALS · Diagnosed 11/21/2018
It’s amazing that with a 10 second video of my voice can be recreated with tone and personality. The app is very responsive when speaking and has many saved common used sayings. I absolutely love this app. Voice Back easily works with my TD Pilot. It’s fun to see my family react to hearing my voice again. I have used so many different platforms for text to speech and Voice Back is amazing.
Portrait of Scoots Marsell, Voice Back advisory team member

Scoots Marsell

ALS · Diagnosed 2/14/2022
Amazing app!!! Being able to use my voice through the app is a game changer. And no need to upload hours of content to generate my voice. This will definitely improve my quality of life. The support that Riya gives is top notch. I can tell that she truly cares about the people using the app.
Portrait of Lizzy Hernandez, Voice Back advisory team member

Lizzy Hernandez

ALS · Diagnosed March 2023
I’ve been using other apps and I felt I sounded like Alexa. With Voice Back it made it easy to upload a short clip of me talking and I finally sound like myself again. Thanks to Voice Back I feel like me again.
Portrait of Madeleine, Voice Back advisory team member

Madeleine

ALS · Diagnosed 2007
Voice Back gave me something I never thought I’d have again…my voice. Hearing it for the first time brought tears to my eyes. It truly is life changing.

Want to join the Advisory Team?

If you’re living with speech loss and use Voice Back, we’d love to hear from you. Your experience shapes what we build next.

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