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Requires PHP 8.1+

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PHP Amazon Polly is an easy and elegant wrapper around Amazon Polly, a service that turns text into lifelike speech.

Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Standard vs Neural Voices
• Convenient Voice Methods
• Speech Marks
• SSML
• Voice Enums
  • Describe Voice

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require ahmadmayahi/php-amazon-polly

Usage

First you need to configure the client:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Config;

$config = (new Config())
    ->setKey('AWS_KEY')
    ->setSecret('AWS_SECRET')
    ->setRegion('eu-west-1'); // default is: us-east-1

Save as MP3 file:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\UnitedStates;
use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Polly;

$polly = Polly::init($config);

$speechFile = $polly
    // Desired voice
    ->voiceId(UnitedStates::Joanna)
    
    // Default is MP3.
    // Available options: asMp3(), asOgg(), asPcm(), asJson()
    ->asOgg()
    
    // Desired Text
    ->text('Hello World')
 
    // Convert and return the object
    ->convert();

The convert method returns an object of type AhmadMayahi\Polly\Data\SpeechFile which has three properties:

• file: the output file as SplFileObject.
• speechMarks (if any).
• took: how long did it take to convert the text.

By default, the convert method saves the file into the default temp. directory; If you want to save the file into a specific directory then you might need to provide the file path as param:

convert('/path/to/desire/file/voice.mp3');

The voiceId() also accepts a string:

voiceId('Joanna')

Alternatively, you may also specify the output format as an enum or a string:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Enums\OutputFormat;
use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Polly;

$polly = Polly::init($config);

$speechFile = $polly
    ->voiceId(UnitedStates::Joanna)
   
    // As enum
    ->outputFormat(OutputFormat::Ogg)
    
    // Or as a string
    ->outputFormat('ogg')
    
    ->text('Hello World')
 
    ->convert();

Speech Marks

You may also request the Speech Mark Types as follows:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Enums\SpeechMarkType;
use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\UnitedStates;
use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Polly;

$polly = Polly::init($config);

$speechFile = $polly
    ->voiceId(UnitedStates::Joanna)
    ->text('Hello World')
    ->withSpeechMarks(SpeechMarkType::Word, SpeechMarkType::Sentence)
    ->convert();

Array
(
    [0] => AhmadMayahi\Polly\Data\SpeechMark Object
        (
            [time] => 0
            [type] => AhmadMayahi\Polly\Enums\SpeechMarkType Enum:string
                (
                    [name] => Sentence
                    [value] => sentence
                )

            [start] => 7
            [end] => 18
            [value] => Hello World
        )

    [1] => AhmadMayahi\Polly\Data\SpeechMark Object
        (
            [time] => 6
            [type] => AhmadMayahi\Polly\Enums\SpeechMarkType Enum:string
                (
                    [name] => Word
                    [value] => word
                )

            [start] => 7
            [end] => 12
            [value] => Hello
        )

    [2] => AhmadMayahi\Polly\Data\SpeechMark Object
        (
            [time] => 273
            [type] => AhmadMayahi\Polly\Enums\SpeechMarkType Enum:string
                (
                    [name] => Word
                    [value] => word
                )

            [start] => 13
            [end] => 18
            [value] => World
        )
)

SSML

If the given text starts with <spaek> then the SSML will be used while synthesizing:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\UnitedStates;
use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Polly;

$text = <<<EOL
<speak>
     He was caught up in the game.<break time="1s"/> In the middle of the 
     10/3/2014 <sub alias="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</sub> meeting, 
     he shouted, "Nice job!" quite loudly. When his boss stared at him, he repeated 
     <amazon:effect name="whispered">"Nice job,"</amazon:effect> in a 
     whisper.
</speak>
EOL;

$polly = Polly::init($config);

$speechFile = $polly
    ->voiceId(UnitedStates::Ivy)
    ->text($text)
    ->convert();

Read more about SSML.

Standard vs Neural Voices

Amazon Polly provides two voice systems Standard and Neural.

The Neural system can produce higher quality voices than the standard voices.

By default, this package will always use the Standard voice if available, however, some voices such as Olivia (English Australian) is only available as Neural.

You may use the neuralVoice() or standardVoice() methods as follows:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\UnitedStates;
use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Polly;

$polly = Polly::init($config);

$speechFile = $polly
    ->voiceId(UnitedStates::Kendra)
    ->text('Hello World')
    ->neuralVoice()
    ->convert();

Not all the voices support the nueral system, for more information please visit Voices in Amazon Polly page.

Convenient Voice Methods

PHP Amazon Polly provides a convenient way to get the appropriate voice id without the need to inspect the documentation.

For example, if you want to use Joanna you may use englishUnitedStatesJoanna() method as follows:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Polly;

$polly = Polly::init($config);

$speechFile = $speech
    ->englishUnitedStatesJoanna($neural = true)
    ->text('Hello World')
    ->convert();

As you might have noticed, Joanna accepts an optional param $neural, set it to true if you want neural voice.

Here is the full list of voices with their equivalent method:

Voice	Method
Arabic (Zeina)	arabicZeina()
Chinese (Zhiyu)	chineseZhiyu()
Danish (Naja)	danishNaja()
Danish (Mads)	danishMads()
Dutch (Lotte)	dutchLotte()
Dutch (Ruben)	dutchRuben()
English Australian (Nicole)	englishAustralianNicole()
English Australian (Olivia)	englishAustralianOlivia($neural = false)
English Australian (Russel)	englishAustralianRussel()
English British (Amy)	englishBritishAmy($neural = false)
English British (Brian)	englishBritishEmma($neural = false)
English Indian (Aditi)	englishIndianAditi()
English Indian (Raveena)	englishIndianRaveena()
English New Zealand (Aria)	englishNewZealandAria()
English South African (Ayanda)	englishSouthAfricanAyanda()
English United States (Ivy)	englishUnitedStatesIvy($neural = false)
English United States (Joanna)	englishUnitedStatesJoanna($neural = false)
English United States (Kendra)	englishUnitedStatesKendra($neural = false)
English United States (Kimberly)	englishUnitedStatesKimberly($neural = false)
English United States (Salli)	englishUnitedStatesSalli($neural = false)
English United States (Joey)	englishUnitedStatesJoey($neural = false)
English United States (Justin)	englishUnitedStatesJustin($neural = false)
English United States (Kevin)	englishUnitedStatesKevin($neural = false)
English United States (Matthew)	englishUnitedStatesMatthew($neural = false)
English Welsh (Geraint)	englishWelsh()

Voice Enums

All the Amazon Polly Voices are supported as enums:

Language	Enum
Arabic	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Arabic
Chinese, Mandarin	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Chinese
Danish	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Danish
Dutch	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Dutch
English (Australian)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\Australian
English (British)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\British
English (Indian)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\Indian
English (New Zealand)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\NewZealand
English (South African)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\SouthAfrican
English (United States)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\UnitedStates
French	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\French\French
French (Canadian)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\French\Canadian
German	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\German
Hindi	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Hindi
Icelandic	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Icelandic
Italian	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Italian
Japanese	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Japanese
Korean	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Korean
Portuguese (Brazil)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Portuguese\Brazil
Portuguese (Portugal)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Portuguese\Portugal
Romanian	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Romanian
Russian	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Russian
Spanish (Mexican)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Spanish\Mexico
Spanish (Spain)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Spanish\Spain
Spanish (United States)	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Spanish\UnitedStates
Swedish	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Swedish
Turkish	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Turkish
Welsh	AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\Welsh

For example, if you want to get Nicole from English (Australian):

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\Australian;

Australian::Nicole;

Describe Voice

You can also describe the voice using the describe method as follows:

use AhmadMayahi\Polly\Voices\English\Australian;

Australian::Nicole->describe();

The describe method returns an object of type AhmadMayahi\Polly\Data\DescribeVoice with the following properties:

• gender: Determines the voice's gender.
• neural: Is it Neural Voice?
• standard: Is it Standard Voice?
• bilingual: Is it bilingual? Read more.
• newscaster: Does it do a newscaster speaking style? Read more
• child: Child speaker?

According to Amazon Polly documentation, Aditi (Hindi) she's the only one who speaks both Indian English (en-IN) and Hindi (hi-IN) fluently.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Ahmad Mayahi

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.