Amazon Polly

What Amazon Polly is

Amazon Polly converts text to speech through a web interface and API. It lists 42 languages, voice cloning, and a maximum input of 6,000. Audio export options include MP3, OGG Vorbis, OGG Opus, PCM, mu-law, and a-law. Its voice categories are Standard, Neural, Long-Form, and Generative, with charges based on processed characters and billed monthly. Standard costs $4 a month for Standard voices and Speech or Speech Marks requests. Neural costs $16 a month for Neural voices and those request types; Long-Form is $100 a month for Long-Form voices and those request types. Generative costs $30 a month for Generative voices and Speech requests. The listed free tier includes 5 million Standard characters, 1 million Neural characters for 12 months, 500,000 Long-Form characters for 12 months, and 100,000 Generative characters for 12 months. Amazon Polly is listed as founded in 2006 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.