Description:

Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk, and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Amazon Polly is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) service that uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize speech that sounds like a human voice.

With dozens of lifelike voices across a variety of languages, you can select the ideal voice and build speech-enabled applications that work in many different countries.

Benefits of Amazon Polly:

1. Natural sounding voices
2. Store & redistribute speech
3. Real-time streaming
4. Customize & control speech output
5. Simple-to-Use API
6. Optimize Your Streaming Audio
7. Adjust Speaking Style, Speech Rate, Pitch, and Loudness
8. Very Low cost

Features of Amazon Polly Text to Speech Converter:

1. Support for over 29 Languages
2. Support for over 60+ Different Voices
3. Various Combination of Voice Effects
4. Support for MP3, OGG & PCM Audio Output Formats
5. Instant Stream Capability or Download
6. Easy to Customize and Add to your Project
7. Fully Responsive with Bootstrap 4

Cost of Running it:

• You can use any hosting platform as you prefer for the application itself
• AWS Account (Free to Open – You will be on Free Tier for the 1st year)
• Amazon S3 Storage Cost (For Data Storage and Data Traffic Out)
• Amazon Polly Cost details listed below:

Installation Instructions:

Only AWS side needs to be setup (Note: Amazon Polly and Amazon S3 are paid services provided by AWS)

• AWS PHP SDK v3 is Required – Setup Link
• AWS IAM User with S3 & Polly Access Policies attached – Setup Link
• Amazon S3 Bucket with Public Access – Setup Link
• Also Listed and Explained with more details in the Documentation

Credits:

• Awesome Select v0.1.2 by Prev Wong
• Flag Icon CSS by Lipis
• Textarea Character Counter by Joberror
• Responsive Audio Player by Osvaldas Valutis