Amazon Polly

{{Short description|Speech synthesis software by Amazon}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Amazon Polly

| released = November 29, 2016

| latest release date = November 30, 2019

| language count = 41

| genre = Speech synthesis

| website = {{url|https://aws.amazon.com/polly/}}

}}

Amazon Polly is a cloud service by Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, that converts text into spoken audio.{{cite news |last1=Dignan |first1=Larry |title=Amazon's slew of new Echo, Alexa devices obscures new developer tools, features |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazons-slew-of-new-echo-alexa-devices-obscures-new-developer-tools-features/|publisher=ZDNet |date=September 20, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Amazon Polly |url=https://searchaws.techtarget.com/definition/Amazon-Polly |accessdate=22 September 2018 |publisher=TechTarget}}{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=Amazon launches a Polly WordPress plugin that turns blog posts into audio, including podcasts |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/amazon-launches-a-polly-wordpress-plugin-that-turns-blog-posts-into-audio-including-podcasts/ |publisher=TechCrunch |date=February 8, 2018}} It allows developers to create speech-enabled applications and products.{{cite news |last1=Alawadhi |first1=Neha |title=AWS announces addition of Hindi language support for Amazon Polly |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/aws-announces-addition-of-hindi-language-support-for-amazon-polly-2894871.html |publisher=moneycontrol.com |date=August 29, 2018}} It was launched in November 2016{{cite news |title=AWS makes Amazon Polly talk in Hindi in addition to Indian English |url=https://www.digit.in/apps/aws-makes-amazon-polly-talk-in-hindi-in-addition-to-indian-english-43171.html |publisher=Digit |date=August 29, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Amazon announces three new AI services called Lex, Polly and recognition for AWS |url=https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/amazon-aws-launches-three-new-ai-services-called-lex-polly-and-rekognition-3693439.html |publisher=Firstpost.com |date=December 1, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Lardinois |first1=Frederic |title=Amazon launches Amazon AI to bring its machine learning smarts to developers |url=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 |publisher=TechCrunch |date=November 30, 2016}} and (as of December 2024) includes 100+ voices across 41 language variants,{{Cite web|url=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/supported-languages.html|title=Languages Supported by Amazon Polly - Amazon Polly|website=docs.aws.amazon.com|access-date=17 December 2024}} some of which are Neural Text-to-Speech voices of higher quality. Users include Duolingo, a language education platform.{{cite web | url=https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/powering-language-learning-on-duolingo-with-amazon-polly/ | title=Powering Language Learning on Duolingo with Amazon Polly | date=12 May 2017 }}