Software:Amazon Polly

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Short description: Speech synthesis software by Amazon
Amazon Polly
Initial releaseNovember 29, 2016
Available in29 languages
TypeSpeech synthesis
Websiteaws.amazon.com/polly/

Amazon Polly is a cloud service by Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, that converts text into spoken audio.[1][2][3] It allows developers to create speech-enabled applications and products.[4] It was launched in November 2016[5][6][7] and now includes 60 voices across 29 languages,[8][9] some of which are Neural Text-to-Speech voices of higher quality. Users include Duolingo, a language education platform.[10]

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References

  1. Dignan, Larry (September 20, 2018). "Amazon's slew of new Echo, Alexa devices obscures new developer tools, features". ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazons-slew-of-new-echo-alexa-devices-obscures-new-developer-tools-features/. 
  2. "Amazon Polly". TechTarget. https://searchaws.techtarget.com/definition/Amazon-Polly. Retrieved 22 September 2018. 
  3. Perez, Sarah (February 8, 2018). "Amazon launches a Polly WordPress plugin that turns blog posts into audio, including podcasts". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/amazon-launches-a-polly-wordpress-plugin-that-turns-blog-posts-into-audio-including-podcasts/. 
  4. Alawadhi, Neha (August 29, 2018). "AWS announces addition of Hindi language support for Amazon Polly". moneycontrol.com. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/aws-announces-addition-of-hindi-language-support-for-amazon-polly-2894871.html. 
  5. "AWS makes Amazon Polly talk in Hindi in addition to Indian English". Digit. August 29, 2018. https://www.digit.in/apps/aws-makes-amazon-polly-talk-in-hindi-in-addition-to-indian-english-43171.html. 
  6. "Amazon announces three new AI services called Lex, Polly and recognition for AWS". Firstpost.com. December 1, 2016. https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/amazon-aws-launches-three-new-ai-services-called-lex-polly-and-rekognition-3693439.html. 
  7. Lardinois, Frederic (November 30, 2016). "Amazon launches Amazon AI to bring its machine learning smarts to developers". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/amazon-launches-amazon-ai-to-bring-its-machine-learning-smarts-to-developers/?_ga=2.68670033.1712827212.1537612194-1579582134.1537612194. 
  8. "Amazon Polly Adds Arabic Language Support". https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/amazon-polly-adds-arabic-language-support/. 
  9. "Languages Supported by Amazon Polly - Amazon Polly". https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/SupportedLanguage.html. 
  10. "Powering Language Learning on Duolingo with Amazon Polly". 12 May 2017. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/powering-language-learning-on-duolingo-with-amazon-polly/.