# Amazon Polly code examples for the SDK for Ruby

## Overview

Shows how to use the AWS SDK for Ruby to work with Amazon Polly.

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_Amazon Polly is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) cloud service that converts text into lifelike speech._

## ⚠ Important

* Running this code might result in charges to your AWS account. For more details, see [AWS Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/) and [Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/).
* Running the tests might result in charges to your AWS account.
* We recommend that you grant your code least privilege. At most, grant only the minimum permissions required to perform the task. For more information, see [Grant least privilege](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#grant-least-privilege).
* This code is not tested in every AWS Region. For more information, see [AWS Regional Services](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services).

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## Code examples

### Prerequisites

For prerequisites, see the [README](../../README.md#Prerequisites) in the `ruby` folder.


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### Single actions

Code excerpts that show you how to call individual service functions.

- [DescribeVoices](polly_describe_voices.rb#L8)
- [ListLexicons](polly_list_lexicons.rb#L8)
- [SynthesizeSpeech](polly_synthesize_speech.rb#L8)


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## Run the examples

### Instructions


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The quickest way to interact with this example code is to invoke a [Single Action](#single-actions) from your command line. For example, `ruby some_example.rb` will invoke `some_example.rb`.
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### Tests

⚠ Running tests might result in charges to your AWS account.


To find instructions for running these tests, see the [README](../../README.md#Tests)
in the `ruby` folder.



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## Contribute
Code examples thrive on community contribution.

To learn more about the contributing process, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../../CONTRIBUTING.md).
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## Additional resources

- [Amazon Polly Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/what-is.html)
- [Amazon Polly API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_Reference.html)
- [SDK for Ruby Amazon Polly reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-ruby/v3/api/Aws/Polly.html)

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