this o, oj brigans is out of here as well. >> i didn't realize the importance and value of hearing your own words in your own voice. voice banking is one of the first things i recommend to those newly diagnosed. >> think about recording those legacy messages, deeply personal terms of endearment? >> i love you, too, joany. >> when you hear that, how does it make you feel? >> well, it checks on me up. emotional. happy. sad. bittersweet. i don't want to lose it. and the good news, i guess, about the message banking is i don't have to lose it. >> i thank you for everything. >> you are very welcome. >> something that really struck me with this piece is i never really thought how important it is to sound like yourself or laugh like yourself. >> so, me neither until i actually got involved with the technology. it is so crucial to be able to communicate. and i only realize that when i met people like oj and holly because it's that self expression. what was really moving to me when i met holly was that she was talking to me using the sin th thesized voice but when she hits on phrases that she ha