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Tag: Voiced by HAQM Polly

New Developer Preview: Use HAQM Polly voices in Alexa skills

HAQM Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Using HAQM Polly you can create applications that talk and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Starting today, you can apply to participate in a developer preview that allows you to use eight English (U.S.) HAQM Polly voices to narrate your Alexa skills.

If your skill uses only a single voice today, you can try changing the voice or adding different voices in the right places to provide an even more engaging experience. Developers in the preview can select a different voice for any utterance by constructing output speech using the Structured Speech Markup Language (SSML) and specifying an HAQM Polly voice using the voice tag for free in Alexa skills. Note that SSML tags that are only available through the HAQM Polly service and not through Alexa skills will not be available when you use this new capability.

HAQM Polly Gives WordPress a Voice!

Voiced by HAQM Polly Today AWS in partnership with WP Engine is announcing the release of an HAQM Polly plugin for WordPress. The sample plugin enables WordPress creators to easily add Text-to-Speech capabilities to written content. As voice interaction becomes more common, it’s essential to provide your website’s content in audio formats. And, visitors who […]

Building a Reliable Text-to-Speech Service with HAQM Polly

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly This is a guest post by Yiannis Philipopoulos, a Software Developer at Bandwidth. In Yiannis’ words: “Bandwidth’s solutions are shaping the future of how we connect with voice and messaging for mobile apps and large-scale, enterprise-level solutions. At the core of Bandwidth’s business-grade Communications Platform as a […]

Using HAQM Polly to Deliver Health Care for People with Long-Term Conditions

This is a guest post by Michael Wray, senior software architect at Inhealthcare. Founded in 2012, Inhealthcare has created a digital infrastructure which supports remote home monitoring for the entire UK population. Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly   With an aging population that continues to grow, healthcare is being changed forever. Are […]

Activity Tracking with a Voice-Enabled Bot on AWS

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly It’s New Year’s Eve. Your friends and loved ones have gone to the party, but you can’t go just yet because you haven’t figured out how to track the key performance indicators for your New Year’s resolution. You’ve already divided your resolution into categories, and you’ve set […]

Personalizing Videos: BeeLiked uses HAQM Polly to Launch the #DanBrownOrigin campaign, the World’s First Virtual Book Signing

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly Just as Dan Brown has captivated millions of readers through countless plot twists and turns, the launch of his new novel, Origin, will lead you along an inspired journey that guarantees to speak to you and draw you in. Literally. The 2003 best-selling author of The Da […]

Powering Language Learning on Duolingo with HAQM Polly

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly This is a guest post by André Kenji Horie, a software engineer on Duolingo’s Learning Team. In their own words, “Duolingo is the most popular language-learning platform and the most downloaded education app in the world, with more than 170 million users.” When teaching a foreign language, […]

Changing Lives with AI: Pollexy (“Polly” + “Lex”), A Special Needs Verbal Assistant

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly With the emergence of devices like the HAQM Echo and AWS services like HAQM Polly and HAQM Lex, it’s easier to develop integrated voice solutions that can simplify life and make it more enjoyable. In some cases, the resulting innovations can lead to life-changing experiences because the […]

Updated AWS CloudFormation Deep Learning Template Adds New Features and Capabilities

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly AWS CloudFormation, which creates and configures HAQM Web Services resources with a template, simplifies the process of setting up a distributed deep learning cluster. The AWS CloudFormation Deep Learning template uses the latest updated HAQM Deep Learning AMI (which provides Apache MXNet, TensorFlow, Caffe, Theano, Torch, and CNTK […]

AWS Collaborates With the National Science Foundation to Foster Innovation

Listen to this post Voiced by HAQM Polly HAQM Web Services and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are collaborating to foster innovation in big data research. Under the AWS Research Initiative (ARI) program, AWS and NSF will respectively support innovative research in the field of Big Data. With the advancements of techniques and technologies such […]