With the AWS Plugin for WordPress
In this step-by-step tutorial you will use the AWS Plugin for WordPress to add text-to-speech capability to a WordPress installation. Amazon Polly is a service that uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize speech that sounds like a human voice, enabling you to create applications that talk, and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products.
The AWS Plugin for WordPress example demostrates how content creators can easily add text-to-speech capabilities to any written content. With more and more search happening by voice, it’s essential to have more of your website’s content in audio formats. By adding voice capabilities, visitors to your websites can consume your content via new channels such as inline audio players and podcast applications.
You can add the AWS Plugin for WordPress to a WordPress installation that is set up on an EC2 instance, LightSail or hosted elsewhere. There are numerous options to create a WordPress installation on AWS. If you need a WordPress site on AWS, you can create one easily using LightSail, on EC2 using the Launch a WordPress Website 10-minute tutorial, or with a more advanced tutorial at Build a Wordpress Website project.
Open the AWS Management Console and you can keep this step-by-step guide open. When the screen loads, enter your user name and password to get started. Then type an IAM in the search box, and press Enter to open the dashboard.
If you are hosting your WordPress site on EC2, use the EC2 instructions below.
If you are hosting your WordPress site on LightSail or not on AWS, use the LightSail instructions below.
In this step, you will download and install the Amazon Polly plugin for WordPress.
If you are hosting your WordPress site on EC2, use the EC2 instructions below.
If you are hosting your WordPress site on LightSail (or elsewhere outside of AWS), choose the LightSail instructions below.
At this stage, everything is done and your new web content will be made available to your readers in audio format. Now you can create a new blog post and see if you are able to hear the audio content.
b. Open your WordPress site. You should now see a new post with an embedded player. Click the Play button and listen to the voiced article.
Note: In addition to the HTML embedded player available on WordPress site, you can also enable podcast capabilities via the Amazon Pollycast feeds. These feeds are RSS 2.0 compliant and provide necessary XML data for aggregation by popular Podcast mobile applications and podcast directories such as iTunes. Read the AWS AI Blog for more details!
You can now easily voice your WordPress content with the Amazon Polly plugin. To do something a bit more dynamic, use the Amazon Polly API to access the full set of features such as custom pronunciation, lip-syncing and text highlighting. With dozens of natural sounding voices across a variety of languages, you can select the ideal voice and build speech-enabled applications that work in many different countries.
Now that you have tried Amazon Polly, pick one of the following options to further expand your knowledge.
Webpage
Visit Amazon Polly to find out more about the text-to-speech service.
Documentation
Read the developer guide for detailed instructions on using the various Amazon Polly features.
AI Blog
Get the latest updates and customer stories related to Amazon Polly