Alexa developers get 8 free voices to use in skills, courtesy of Amazon Polly

May 16 2018 by TechCrunch

 

Now Alexa’s voice apps don’t have to sound like Alexa. Amazon today is offering a way for developers to give their voice apps a unique character with the launch of eight free voices to use in skills, courtesy of the Amazon Polly service. The voices are only available in U.S. English, and include a mix of both male and female, according to Amazon Polly’s website.

Amazon Polly was first introduced at Amazon’s re:Invent developer event in November 2016, and has been steadily ramping...

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