but, for alexis boguen, once ordering a coffee once seemed impossible. now, for the first time in a long time, she can do these things again, thanks to a.i. >> it's amazing to have, like, a thing in your back pocket that you can pull out and have it talk for you. >> reporter: the 21-year-old used to love singing along to country muse niic in the car bus left without a voice after a terrifying discovery. >> she had a brain tumor in the back of the brain. the size of a golf ball. it was very vascular. she had to go into urgent brain surgery. >> reporter: the ten-hour operation successfully removed the tumor, but it damaged the part of alex he'f alex he's bra. >> i thought if i couldn't talk i couldn't be independent. >> reporter: so specialists in providence, rhode island using new artificial intelligence technology worked to create a digital clone of boguen's voice. >> we were given early access to the technology called voice engine, tak engine. taking 15 seconds of audio, it can recreate someone's voice. >> reporter: they used a clip well before the surg