Creating long audio files on the console
You can use the Amazon Polly console to create long speeches using asynchronous synthesis with the same functionality as you can use with the AWS CLI. This is done using the Text-to-Speech tab much like any other synthesis.
The other asynchronous synthesis functionality is also available via the console. The
S3 synthesis tasks tab reflects the
ListSpeechSynthesisTasks
functionality, displaying all tasks saved to
the S3 bucket and enabling you to filter them if you want. Clicking on a specific single
task shows its details, reflecting GetSpeechSynthesisTask
functionality.
To synthesize a large text using the Amazon Polly console
Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Polly console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/polly/
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Choose the Text-to-Speech tab. Select Long Form as the engine if appropriate.
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With SSML on or off, type or paste your text into the input box.
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Choose the language, region, and voice for your text.
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Choose Save to S3.
Note
Both the Download and Listen options are greyed out if the text length is above the 3,000 character limit for the real-time
SynthesizeSpeech
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The console opens a form so that you can choose where to store the output file.
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Fill in the name of the destination Amazon S3 bucket.
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Optionally, fill in the prefix key of the output.
Note
The output S3 bucket must be writable.
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If you want to be notified when the synthesis task is complete, provide an optional SNS topic identifier.
Note
The SNS must be open for publication by the current console user to use this option. For more information, see Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
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Choose Save to S3.
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To retrieve information on your speech synthesis tasks
In the console, choose the S3 Synthesis Tasks tab.
The tasks are displayed in date order. To filter the tasks, by status, choose All statuses and then choose the status to use.
To view the details of a specific task, choose the linked Task ID.