AWS Launches Hindi Language Support For Amazon Polly
Amazon Web Services on 29th August 2018 announced the addition of Hindi language support for Amazon Polly, a machine learning service that turns text into life like speech, allowing users to create applications that talk and build new categories of speech-enabled products. With the addition of Hindi language support, the company now has its first bilingual voice for Amazon Polly. Aditi, first released as an Indian English voice to the Amazon Polly portfolio in November 2017, now also speaks fluent Hindi. Aditi and Raveena are the two Indian English voices currently available on Amazon Polly, along with a variety of other voices in multiple languages to synthesize speech from text. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hindi is spoken by over 500 million people worldwide. The addition of Hindi language support for Amazon Polly will enhance the experience for Indian customers. Organizations are using the new bilingual Indian English/Hindi voice to enhance automated cust...