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AI · November 30, 2016

Amazon Polly

Turn text into lifelike speech using deep learning

Amazon Polly launched on November 30, 2016 with 337 votes, #59 of 3,636 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

Amazon Polly is a service that converts text into spoken audio using deep learning technology. It enables developers and businesses to add realistic voice output to applications, websites, and other digital products. The service supports multiple languages and voices, making it suitable for accessibility features, content delivery, educational tools, and interactive applications. Available through Amazon Web Services, Polly handles the text-to-speech processing without requiring users to manage the underlying infrastructure.

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From the sources

Amazon Polly turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk and build entirely new categories of speech-activated applications.

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