MND is a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord. It can leave people unable to speak, eat or even breathe.
Prior to his diagnosis, Darling was the singer in Irish folk group The Ceili House Band.
Being predominantly self-taught, he learnt to play bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, melodica, mandolin and tenor banjo.
“Singing has always been my biggest love and I’ve spent most of my musical life performing live in various bands,” he said.
“The ElevenLabs singing voice that we’ve created is wonderful and definitely sounds like me.”
The technology enables users to take previous recordings of natural speech or sound from any audio source and generate accurate digital replicas.