Amazon Polly Text-to-Speech
About Amazon Polly
Amazon Polly is AWS's text-to-speech service that turns text into lifelike speech. It offers both standard and neural voices across 30+ languages, with deep integration into the AWS ecosystem. Polly is known for its reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, making it ideal for applications that need to process large volumes of text. With pay-per-use pricing starting at just $4 per million characters for standard voices, it's one of the most affordable TTS options for businesses already using AWS infrastructure.
Strengths
- Very affordable pricing ($4/1M chars for standard)
- Excellent AWS ecosystem integration
- Highly reliable and scalable
- Good SSML support for fine-tuned control
- Neural voices available for better quality
Considerations
- Voice quality not as natural as premium options
- Requires AWS account and familiarity
- Limited voice customization options
Best Use Cases
Voice Cloning
Not available
Custom Voices
Not available
Pricing Model
Per character
How to Use Amazon Polly with VoiceThisText
Get API Key
Sign up for Amazon Polly and generate your API key from their dashboard.
Connect to VoiceThisText
Add your API key in VoiceThisText settings to connect your Amazon Polly account.
Start Creating
Select your voice and start converting text to speech immediately.
Compare with Other Providers
| Provider | Languages | Voices | Pricing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Polly | 30+ | 60+ | See pricing → | |
| ElevenLabs | 30+ | 1000+ | See pricing → | View → |
| Gemini | 40+ | 30+ | See pricing → | View → |
| Google Cloud TTS | 50+ | 400+ | See pricing → | View → |
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