Getting a List of Voices - Amazon SDK for Ruby
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Getting a List of Voices

This example uses the describe_voices method to get the list of US English voices in the us-west-2 region.

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Create the file polly_describe_voices.rb.

Add the required gem.

Note

Version 2 of the Amazon SDK for Ruby didn’t have service-specific gems.

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#
# This file is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of the
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#
# http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
#
# This file is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
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# language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

require 'aws-sdk-polly'  # In v2: require 'aws-sdk'

begin
  # Create an Amazon Polly client using
  # credentials from the shared credentials file ~/.aws/credentials
  # and the configuration (region) from the shared configuration file ~/.aws/config
  polly = Aws::Polly::Client.new
  
  # Get US English voices
  resp = polly.describe_voices(language_code: 'en-US')

  resp.voices.each do |v|
    puts v.name
    puts '  ' + v.gender
    puts
  end
rescue StandardError => ex
  puts 'Could not get voices'
  puts 'Error message:'
  puts ex.message
end

See the complete example on GitHub.