https://www.cronj.com/blog/node-js-text-speech-using-aws-polly/

Category: Technology

Amazon has made it easy for Developers to build applications which can talk. The new AWS Polly services allows you to pass a text and Amazon turns it into a life like speech in real-time. It supports >24 languages in varied male and female voices and the output is pretty impressive when compared to similar offerings. Advanced users can also make use of SSML, custom Lexicons(dictionary), Speech Marks and more to customize the speeches as per their need. You can signup/login to your AWS Console to see Polly in action and play-around with it here. With a free-tier offering of 5 million characters and pay-as-you-go $4.00 per million thereafter makes it a ‘must add’ magic ingredient to your apps! Moreover the responses can be saved and cached for offline replay which can further reduce the costs significantly.