Amazon Polly

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Hi,
I did some testing with voicerss for text-to-speech but i find that the quality insufficient.
I would like to use amazon aws Polly but I don't know how to authenticate when using the http-api.
The idea would be to also to get an mp3 back just like with voiceless.
Anyone who can help me with this?
Thanks, Bart

hello, did you have the voicerss service working? can you please share your code?

Hi,
Will post it tonight. The mp3 is saved (through ftp) om my synology-nas so that all my sonos-speakers have access to the mp3.
I have it currently setup so that my music (when playing) pauses, plays the mp3 and then continues were it left of.
don't know if this is what you are looking for.
I am using this for my doorbell also: pushbutton connected to knx-input, triggers a script that pauses music (when playing), plays the doorbell sound (or a barking dog if you want ) and continues afterwards.
I wanted to convert this to amazon polly but I don't know how to do the authentication (creation of signature/hash-stuff) when using the http-api.
Amazon Polly has lots of options: parts of text louder or even whispering, parts of text faster or slower...

Check this link for hearing the voices: https://aws.amazon.com/polly/details/
They sound very lifelike...(even dutch female/male voice)
Br,
Bart