# Listening to voices
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Once you have [set up](getting-started.md) Amazon Polly, you can test voices using custom text on the console. 

**To listen to Amazon Polly voices 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/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/polly/).

1. Choose the **Text-to-Speech** tab.

1. For **Engine**, choose **Generative**, **Long Form**, **Neural**, or **Standard**.

1. Select a language and a Region. Then choose a voice.

1. Enter text for the voice to speak or use the default phrase, and then choose **Listen**.