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Amazon Polly examples using Amazon CLI

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the Amazon Command Line Interface with Amazon Polly.

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The following code example shows how to use delete-lexicon.

Amazon CLI

To delete a lexicon

The following delete-lexicon example deletes the specified lexicon.

aws polly delete-lexicon \
    --name w3c

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Using the DeleteLexicon operation in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.

  • For API details, see DeleteLexicon in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use get-lexicon.

Amazon CLI

To retrieve the content of a lexicon

The following get-lexicon example retrieves the content of the specified pronunciation lexicon.

aws polly get-lexicon \
    --name w3c

Output:

{
    "Lexicon": {
        "Content": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<lexicon version=\"1.0\" \n      xmlns=    \"http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon\"\n      xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" \n          xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon \n        http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-pronunciation-    lexicon-20071212/pls.xsd\"\n      alphabet=\"ipa\" \n      xml:lang=\"en-US\">\n  <lexeme>\n    <grapheme>W3C</grapheme>\n        <alias>World Wide Web Consortium</alias>\n  </lexeme>\n</lexicon>\n",
        "Name": "w3c"
    },
    "LexiconAttributes": {
        "Alphabet": "ipa",
        "LanguageCode": "en-US",
        "LastModified": 1603908910.99,
        "LexiconArn": "arn:aws:polly:us-west-2:880185128111:lexicon/w3c",
        "LexemesCount": 1,
        "Size": 492
    }
}

For more information, see Using the GetLexicon operation in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.

  • For API details, see GetLexicon in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use get-speech-synthesis-task.

Amazon CLI

To get information about a speech synthesis task

The following get-speech-synthesis-task example retrieves information about the specified speech synthesis task.

aws polly get-speech-synthesis-task \
    --task-id 70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9

Output:

{
    "SynthesisTask": {
        "TaskId": "70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9",
        "TaskStatus": "completed",
        "OutputUri": "https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/my-s3-bucket/70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9.mp3",
        "CreationTime": 1603911042.689,
        "RequestCharacters": 1311,
        "OutputFormat": "mp3",
        "TextType": "text",
        "VoiceId": "Joanna"
    }
}

For more information, see Creating long audio files in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.

The following code example shows how to use list-lexicons.

Amazon CLI

To list your lexicons

The following list-lexicons example lists your pronunciation lexicons.

aws polly list-lexicons

Output:

{
    "Lexicons": [
        {
            "Name": "w3c",
            "Attributes": {
                "Alphabet": "ipa",
                "LanguageCode": "en-US",
                "LastModified": 1603908910.99,
                "LexiconArn": "arn:aws:polly:us-east-2:123456789012:lexicon/w3c",
                "LexemesCount": 1,
                "Size": 492
            }
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Using the ListLexicons operation in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.

  • For API details, see ListLexicons in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use list-speech-synthesis-tasks.

Amazon CLI

To list your speech synthesis tasks

The following list-speech-synthesis-tasks example lists your speech synthesis tasks.

aws polly list-speech-synthesis-tasks

Output:

{
    "SynthesisTasks": [
        {
            "TaskId": "70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9",
            "TaskStatus": "completed",
            "OutputUri": "https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/my-s3-bucket/70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9.mp3",
            "CreationTime": 1603911042.689,
            "RequestCharacters": 1311,
            "OutputFormat": "mp3",
            "TextType": "text",
            "VoiceId": "Joanna"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Creating long audio files in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.

The following code example shows how to use put-lexicon.

Amazon CLI

To store a lexicon

The following put-lexicon example stores the specified pronunciation lexicon. The example.pls file specifies a W3C PLS-compliant lexicon.

aws polly put-lexicon \
    --name w3c \
    --content file://example.pls

Contents of example.pls

{
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <lexicon version="1.0"
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon
            http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-pronunciation-lexicon-20071212/pls.xsd"
        alphabet="ipa"
        xml:lang="en-US">
        <lexeme>
            <grapheme>W3C</grapheme>
            <alias>World Wide Web Consortium</alias>
        </lexeme>
    </lexicon>
}

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Using the PutLexicon operation in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.

  • For API details, see PutLexicon in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use start-speech-synthesis-task.

Amazon CLI

To synthesize text

The following start-speech-synthesis-task example synthesizes the text in text_file.txt and stores the resulting MP3 file in the specified bucket.

aws polly start-speech-synthesis-task \
    --output-format mp3 \
    --output-s3-bucket-name my-s3-bucket \
    --text  file://text_file.txt \
    --voice-id Joanna

Output:

{
    "SynthesisTask": {
        "TaskId": "70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9",
        "TaskStatus": "scheduled",
        "OutputUri": "https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/my-s3-bucket/70b61c0f-57ce-4715-a247-cae8729dcce9.mp3",
        "CreationTime": 1603911042.689,
        "RequestCharacters": 1311,
        "OutputFormat": "mp3",
        "TextType": "text",
        "VoiceId": "Joanna"
    }
}

For more information, see Creating long audio files in the Amazon Polly Developer Guide.