Guided Lab: Converting Text to Speech with Amazon Polly

Description

Amazon Polly is a cloud-based service that converts text into lifelike speech using advanced deep learning technologies. Polly provides various natural-sounding voices, which can be customized to read text in multiple languages and with different speaking styles.

In this guided lab, you will learn how to use Amazon Polly to automate the text-to-speech conversion. The text input will be provided through an S3 bucket, and the resulting audio file will be stored in another S3 bucket.

Prerequisites

This lab assumes you have a basic understanding of Amazon S3 and AWS Lambda Services.

If you find any gaps in your knowledge, consider taking the following lab:

• Creating an Amazon S3 bucket
• Creating an AWS Lambda function
• Automated File Processing with S3 Event Notifications and Lambda function

Objectives

In this lab, you will learn how to:

• Explore Amazon Polly’s text-to-speech conversion capabilities.
• Set up an S3 bucket for storing text files and audio outputs.
• Create and deploy a Lambda function to automate the text-to-speech conversion process.
• Verify and play the generated audio file from the S3 bucket.

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