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[ aws . polly ]

synthesize-speech

Description

Synthesizes UTF-8 input, plain text or SSML, to a stream of bytes. SSML input must be valid, well-formed SSML. Some alphabets might not be available with all the voices (for example, Cyrillic might not be read at all by English voices) unless phoneme mapping is used. For more information, see How it Works .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  synthesize-speech
[--engine <value>]
[--language-code <value>]
[--lexicon-names <value>]
--output-format <value>
[--sample-rate <value>]
[--speech-mark-types <value>]
--text <value>
[--text-type <value>]
--voice-id <value>
<outfile>
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--engine (string)

Specifies the engine (standard , neural or long-form ) for Amazon Polly to use when processing input text for speech synthesis. For information on Amazon Polly voices and which voices are available for each engine, see Available Voices .

NTTS-only voices

When using NTTS-only voices such as Kevin (en-US), this parameter is required and must be set to neural . If the engine is not specified, or is set to standard , this will result in an error.

long-form-only voices

When using long-form-only voices such as Danielle (en-US), this parameter is required and must be set to long-form . If the engine is not specified, or is set to standard or neural , this will result in an error.

Type: String

Valid Values: standard | neural | long-form

Required: Yes

Standard voices

For standard voices, this is not required; the engine parameter defaults to standard . If the engine is not specified, or is set to standard and an NTTS-only voice is selected, this will result in an error.

Possible values:

  • standard
  • neural
  • long-form

--language-code (string)

Optional language code for the Synthesize Speech request. This is only necessary if using a bilingual voice, such as Aditi, which can be used for either Indian English (en-IN) or Hindi (hi-IN).

If a bilingual voice is used and no language code is specified, Amazon Polly uses the default language of the bilingual voice. The default language for any voice is the one returned by the DescribeVoices operation for the LanguageCode parameter. For example, if no language code is specified, Aditi will use Indian English rather than Hindi.

Possible values:

  • arb
  • cmn-CN
  • cy-GB
  • da-DK
  • de-DE
  • en-AU
  • en-GB
  • en-GB-WLS
  • en-IN
  • en-US
  • es-ES
  • es-MX
  • es-US
  • fr-CA
  • fr-FR
  • is-IS
  • it-IT
  • ja-JP
  • hi-IN
  • ko-KR
  • nb-NO
  • nl-NL
  • pl-PL
  • pt-BR
  • pt-PT
  • ro-RO
  • ru-RU
  • sv-SE
  • tr-TR
  • en-NZ
  • en-ZA
  • ca-ES
  • de-AT
  • yue-CN
  • ar-AE
  • fi-FI
  • en-IE
  • nl-BE
  • fr-BE

--lexicon-names (list)

List of one or more pronunciation lexicon names you want the service to apply during synthesis. Lexicons are applied only if the language of the lexicon is the same as the language of the voice. For information about storing lexicons, see PutLexicon .

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--output-format (string)

The format in which the returned output will be encoded. For audio stream, this will be mp3, ogg_vorbis, or pcm. For speech marks, this will be json.

When pcm is used, the content returned is audio/pcm in a signed 16-bit, 1 channel (mono), little-endian format.

Possible values:

  • json
  • mp3
  • ogg_vorbis
  • pcm

--sample-rate (string)

The audio frequency specified in Hz.

The valid values for mp3 and ogg_vorbis are "8000", "16000", "22050", and "24000". The default value for standard voices is "22050". The default value for neural voices is "24000". The default value for long-form voices is "24000".

Valid values for pcm are "8000" and "16000" The default value is "16000".

--speech-mark-types (list)

The type of speech marks returned for the input text.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

Where valid values are:
  sentence
  ssml
  viseme
  word

--text (string)

Input text to synthesize. If you specify ssml as the TextType , follow the SSML format for the input text.

--text-type (string)

Specifies whether the input text is plain text or SSML. The default value is plain text. For more information, see Using SSML .

Possible values:

  • ssml
  • text

--voice-id (string)

Voice ID to use for the synthesis. You can get a list of available voice IDs by calling the DescribeVoices operation.

Possible values:

  • Aditi
  • Amy
  • Astrid
  • Bianca
  • Brian
  • Camila
  • Carla
  • Carmen
  • Celine
  • Chantal
  • Conchita
  • Cristiano
  • Dora
  • Emma
  • Enrique
  • Ewa
  • Filiz
  • Gabrielle
  • Geraint
  • Giorgio
  • Gwyneth
  • Hans
  • Ines
  • Ivy
  • Jacek
  • Jan
  • Joanna
  • Joey
  • Justin
  • Karl
  • Kendra
  • Kevin
  • Kimberly
  • Lea
  • Liv
  • Lotte
  • Lucia
  • Lupe
  • Mads
  • Maja
  • Marlene
  • Mathieu
  • Matthew
  • Maxim
  • Mia
  • Miguel
  • Mizuki
  • Naja
  • Nicole
  • Olivia
  • Penelope
  • Raveena
  • Ricardo
  • Ruben
  • Russell
  • Salli
  • Seoyeon
  • Takumi
  • Tatyana
  • Vicki
  • Vitoria
  • Zeina
  • Zhiyu
  • Aria
  • Ayanda
  • Arlet
  • Hannah
  • Arthur
  • Daniel
  • Liam
  • Pedro
  • Kajal
  • Hiujin
  • Laura
  • Elin
  • Ida
  • Suvi
  • Ola
  • Hala
  • Andres
  • Sergio
  • Remi
  • Adriano
  • Thiago
  • Ruth
  • Stephen
  • Kazuha
  • Tomoko
  • Niamh
  • Sofie
  • Lisa
  • Isabelle
  • Zayd
  • Danielle
  • Gregory
  • Burcu

outfile (string) Filename where the content will be saved

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Output

AudioStream -> (streaming blob)

Stream containing the synthesized speech.

ContentType -> (string)

Specifies the type audio stream. This should reflect the OutputFormat parameter in your request.

  • If you request mp3 as the OutputFormat , the ContentType returned is audio/mpeg.
  • If you request ogg_vorbis as the OutputFormat , the ContentType returned is audio/ogg.
  • If you request pcm as the OutputFormat , the ContentType returned is audio/pcm in a signed 16-bit, 1 channel (mono), little-endian format.
  • If you request json as the OutputFormat , the ContentType returned is application/x-json-stream.

RequestCharacters -> (integer)

Number of characters synthesized.