alexa-polly

Easily create Polly utterances and cache them in S3

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import alexaPolly from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/alexa-polly';
</script>

README

Who is this for

This is the module for you if you want to:

  • Use Amazon Polly via Lambda
  • Cache the responses in S3 and serve them via S3

How to use

Make sure your AWS Lambda function has permissions to access:

  • your S3 bucket
  • Polly

Installation

npm install alexa-polly

Usage

//Inside a lambda context
exports.handler = async (event) => {
    const { AlexaPolly } = require('alexa-polly');

    const polly = AlexaPolly({
        awsRegion: 'eu-west-1',          // <-- your AWS region
        bucketName: 'your-bucket-name',  // <-- your AWS bucket name
        defaultVoice: 'Brian'            // <-- the unique id of the Polly voice you wish to use
    });

    await polly.say('Hello world');
    // -> https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/your-bucket-name/Brian-feb8c74fc13ec529e245d16227c26a79.mp3

    await polly.say('Hello world in a different voice', 'Kimberly');
    // -> https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/your-bucket-name/Kimberly-e245d16227c26a79feb8c74fc13ec529.mp3
};