Using Amazon Polly on the console - Amazon Polly
Step 1.1: Synthesize speech quick start on the consoleStep 1.2: Synthesize speech with plaintext input on the console
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Using Amazon Polly on the console

From the Amazon Polly console, you can quickly start testing and using Amazon Polly's speech synthesizing features. The Amazon Polly console supports synthesizing speech from either plaintext or SSML input.

Step 1.1: Synthesize speech quick start on the console

From the console, you can quickly test Amazon Polly speech synthesis for speech quality.

To listen to an Amazon Polly voice on the console

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon Polly console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/polly/.

  2. Choose the Text-to-Speech tab. The text field will load with example text so you can quickly try out Amazon Polly.

  3. Turn off SSML.

  4. Under Engine, choose Generative, Long Form, Neural, or Standard.

  5. Choose a language and Amazon Region, then choose a voice. (If you select Neural for Engine, only the languages and voices that support NTTS are available. All Standard and Long Form voices are disabled.)

  6. Choose Listen.

For more in-depth testing, see the following topics:

Step 1.2: Synthesize speech with plaintext input on the console

The following procedure synthesizes speech using plaintext input. (Note how "W3C" and the date "10/3" (October 3) are synthesized.)

To synthesize speech using plaintext input on the console

  1. After logging on to the Amazon Polly console, choose Try Amazon Polly. Then choose the Text-to-Speech tab.

  2. Turn off SSML.

  3. Type or paste this text into the input box.

    He was caught up in the game. 
In the middle of the 10/3/2014 W3C meeting
he shouted, "Score!" quite loudly.

  4. For Engine, choose Generative, Long Form, Neural, or Standard.

  5. Choose a language and Amazon Region, then choose a voice. (If you choose Neural for Engine, only the languages and voices that support NTTS are available. All Standard and Long Form voices are disabled.)

  6. To listen to the speech immediately, choose Listen.

  7. To save the speech to a file, do one of the following:

    1. Choose Download.

    2. To change to a different file format, expand Additional settings, turn on Speech file format settings, choose the file format that you want, and then choose Download.

For more in-depth examples, see the following topics: