# Amazon Polly

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-polly/  
**Website:** https://console.aws.amazon.com/polly/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Amazon Polly is a cloud service that converts text into lifelike speech, enabling you to create applications that talk and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Polly supports multiple voices, languages, and audio output formats including neural and generative engines for natural-sounding speech.

## Kin Score — 58.9 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 58.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 70.4 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 69.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 68.4 |
| Access Clarity | 68.4 |

## Agent readiness — 38.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **Amazon Polly Lexicons API** — The Lexicons API from Amazon Polly — 2 operation(s) for lexicons.
- **Amazon Polly Speech API** — The Speech API from Amazon Polly — 1 operation(s) for speech.
- **Amazon Polly Speech Synthesis API** — Operations for synthesizing speech from text
- **Amazon Polly SynthesisTasks API** — The SynthesisTasks API from Amazon Polly — 2 operation(s) for synthesistasks.
- **Amazon Polly Voices API** — The Voices API from Amazon Polly — 1 operation(s) for voices.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Polly Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 7 acting

## Security (3)

- **Amazon Polly Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Polly Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Polly Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Polly Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **Voice Assistants** — Build conversational interfaces that speak responses to users.
- **Accessibility Features** — Add text-to-speech reading to applications for visually impaired users.
- **Podcast and Audio Content** — Convert written articles and content into audio podcasts automatically.
- **E-Learning Narration** — Add spoken narration to educational courses and training materials.
- **Call Center IVR** — Create interactive voice response systems with natural-sounding speech.
- **Language Learning Apps** — Provide native-speaker pronunciation examples for language education.

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Machine-Learning, Speech Synthesis, Text-to-Speech, TTS, Voice, SSML, Neural Engine, Generative AI

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-polly/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.