2024/05/08 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Add new engine - generative - that builds the most expressive conversational voices.
2024/02/15 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds 1 new voice - Burcu (tr-TR)
2023/11/16 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Add new engine - long-form - dedicated for longer content, such as news articles, training materials, or marketing videos.
2023/11/06 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new US English voices - Danielle and Gregory. Danielle and Gregory are available as Neural voices only.
2023/08/23 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds 1 new voice - Zayd (ar-AE)
2023/08/01 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new French Belgian voice - Isabelle. Isabelle is available as Neural voice only.
2023/07/26 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds 1 new voice - Lisa (nl-BE)
2023/05/30 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds 2 new voices - Sofie (da-DK) and Niamh (en-IE)
2023/02/10 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds two new neural Japanese voices - Kazuha, Tomoko
2023/01/31 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds two new neural American English voices - Ruth, Stephen
2023/01/25 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Add 5 new neural voices - Sergio (es-ES), Andres (es-MX), Remi (fr-FR), Adriano (it-IT) and Thiago (pt-BR).
2022/12/02 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Add language code for Finnish (fi-FI)
2022/11/17 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Add two new neural voices - Ola (pl-PL) and Hala (ar-AE).
2022/11/08 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new voices: Elin (sv-SE), Ida (nb-NO), Laura (nl-NL) and Suvi (fi-FI). They are available as neural voices only.
2022/09/29 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Added support for the new Cantonese voice - Hiujin. Hiujin is available as a Neural voice only.
2022/07/27 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new English and Hindi voice - Kajal. Kajal is available as Neural voice only.
2022/06/28 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Add 4 new neural voices - Pedro (es-US), Liam (fr-CA), Daniel (de-DE) and Arthur (en-GB).
2022/04/19 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new Austrian German voice - Hannah. Hannah is available as Neural voice only.
2022/03/22 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new Catalan voice - Arlet. Arlet is available as Neural voice only.
2021/08/31 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new South African English voice - Ayanda. Ayanda is available as Neural voice only.
2021/08/24 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new New Zealand English voice - Aria. Aria is available as Neural voice only.
2021/06/01 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new Canadian French voice - Gabrielle. Gabrielle is available as Neural voice only.
2020/11/12 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new Australian English female voice - Olivia. Olivia is available as Neural voice only.
2020/06/16 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new US English child voice - Kevin. Kevin is available as Neural voice only.
2019/10/23 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new female voices: US Spanish - Lupe and Brazilian Portuguese - Camila; both voices are available in Standard and Neural engine.
2019/07/30 - 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds support for Neural text-to-speech engine.
2019/04/17 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds Arabic language support with new female voice - "Zeina"
2018/11/12 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new female voices: Italian - Bianca, Castilian Spanish - Lucia and new language: Mexican Spanish with new female voice - Mia.
2018/09/13 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds Mandarin Chinese language support with new female voice - "Zhiyu"
2018/08/02 - 7 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly enables female voice Aditi to speak Hindi language
2018/07/17 - 3 new api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new API for asynchronous synthesis to S3
2018/06/05 - 2 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new French voice - "Lea"
2017/11/15 - 4 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds Korean language support with new female voice - "Seoyeon" and new Indian English female voice - "Aditi"
2017/10/12 - 2 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly exposes two new voices: "Matthew" (US English) and "Takumi" (Japanese)
2017/05/17 - 2 updated api methods
Changes Amazon Polly adds new German voice "Vicki"
2017/04/19 - 1 updated api methods
Changes API Update for Amazon Polly: Add support for speech marks
2016/11/30 - 6 new api methods
Changes Adds `AWS.Polly.Presigner` to create presigned urls for `synthesizeSpeech`. Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, making it easy to develop applications that use high-quality speech to increase engagement and accessibility. With Amazon Polly the developers can build speech-enabled apps that work in multiple geographies.