Voices in Amazon Polly
Amazon Polly provides a number of different voices for you to use. To hear
example voices, see the
Amazon Polly product overview
Available Voices
Amazon Polly provides a variety of different voices in multiple languages for synthesizing speech from text. As of 2023, Amazon Polly also offers three long-form en-US voices. Learn more about long-form voices.
Language and language variants | Language code | Name/ID | Gender | Neural Voice | Standard Voice | Long-Form Voice |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabic |
arb |
Zeina |
Female |
No |
Yes |
No |
Arabic (Gulf |
ar-AE |
Hala* Zayd* |
Female Male |
Yes Yes |
No No |
No No |
Dutch (Belgian) |
nl-BE |
Lisa |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
Catalan |
ca-ES |
Arlet |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
Chinese (Cantonese) |
yue-CN |
Hiujin |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
Chinese (Mandarin) |
cmn-CN |
Zhiyu |
Female |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Danish |
da-DK |
Naja Mads Sofie |
Female Male Female |
No No Yes |
Yes Yes No |
No No No |
Dutch |
nl-NL |
Laura Lotte Ruben |
Female Female Male |
Yes No No |
No Yes Yes |
No No No |
English (Australian) |
en-AU |
Nicole Olivia Russell |
Female Female Male |
No Yes No |
Yes No Yes |
No No No |
English (British) |
en-GB |
Amy** Emma Brian Arthur |
Female Female Male Male |
Yes Yes Yes Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
English (Indian) |
en-IN |
Aditi* Raveena Kajal* |
Female Female Female |
No No Yes |
Yes Yes No |
No No No |
English (Ireland) |
en-IE |
Niamh |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
English (New Zealand) |
en-NZ |
Aria |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
English (South African) |
en-ZA |
Ayanda |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
English (US) |
en-US |
Danielle*** Gregory*** Ivy Joanna** Kendra Kimberly Salli Joey Justin Kevin Matthew** Ruth*** Stephen |
Female Male Female (child) Female Female Female Female Male Male (child) Male (child) Male Female Male |
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes |
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No |
Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No |
English (Welsh) |
en-GB-WLS |
Geraint |
Male |
No |
Yes |
No |
Finnish |
fi-FI |
Suvi |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
French |
fr-FR |
Céline/Celine Léa Mathieu Rémi |
Female Female Male Male |
No Yes No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
French (Belgian) |
fr-BE |
Isabelle |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
French (Canadian) |
fr-CA |
Chantal Gabrielle Liam |
Female Female Male |
No Yes Yes |
Yes No No |
No No No |
German |
de-DE |
Marlene Vicki Hans Daniel |
Female Female Male Male |
No Yes No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
German (Austrian) |
de-AT |
Hannah |
Female |
Yes |
No |
No |
Hindi |
hi-IN |
Aditi* Kajal* |
Female Female |
No Yes |
Yes No |
No No |
Icelandic |
is-IS |
Dóra/Dora Karl |
Female Male |
No No |
Yes Yes |
No No |
Italian |
it-IT |
Carla Bianca Giorgio Adriano |
Female Female Male Male |
No Yes No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
Japanese |
ja-JP |
Mizuki Takumi Kazuha Tomoko |
Female Male Female Female |
No Yes Yes Yes |
Yes Yes No No |
No No No No |
Korean |
ko-KR |
Seoyeon |
Female |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Norwegian |
nb-NO |
Liv Ida |
Female Female |
No Yes |
Yes No |
No No |
Polish |
pl-PL |
Ewa Maja Jacek Jan Ola |
Female Female Male Male Female |
No No No No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No No |
Portuguese (Brazilian) |
pt-BR |
Camila Vitória/Vitoria Ricardo Thiago |
Female Female Male Male |
Yes Yes No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
Portuguese (European) |
pt-PT |
Inês/Ines Cristiano |
Female Male |
Yes No |
Yes Yes |
No No |
Romanian |
ro-RO |
Carmen |
Female |
No |
Yes |
No |
Russian |
ru-RU |
Tatyana Maxim |
Female Male |
No No |
Yes Yes |
No No |
Spanish (European) |
es-ES |
Conchita Lucia Enrique Sergio |
Female Female Male Male |
No Yes No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
Spanish (Mexican) |
es-MX |
Mia Andrés |
Female Male |
Yes Yes |
Yes No |
No No |
Spanish (US) |
es-US |
Lupe** Penélope/Penelope Miguel Pedro |
Female Female Male Male |
Yes No No Yes |
Yes Yes Yes No |
No No No No |
Swedish |
sv-SE |
Astrid Elin |
Female Female |
No Yes |
Yes No |
No No |
Turkish |
tr-TR |
Filiz Burcu |
Female Female |
No Yes |
Yes No |
No No |
Welsh |
cy-GB |
Gwyneth |
Female |
No |
Yes |
No |
* This voice is bilingual. For more information, see Bilingual Voices.
** These voices can be used with Newscaster speaking styles when used with the Neural format. For more information, see NTTS Newscaster Speaking Style.
***These voices (Danielle, Gregory, and Ruth) are only available as Long-Form and NTTS voices, but not as Standard voices.
In addition to the above voices, Amazon Polly can build you a custom Brand
Voice that reflects your brand persona. A Brand Voice allows you to offer
unique and exclusive NTTS voices to your customers. To learn more about Amazon Polly Brand Voices, please see
Brand Voice