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skiwithpete / alarmpi

This is the latest version of the alarm clock for Raspberry Pi project.
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Ivona changed to Polly #20

Open mat-v opened 7 years ago

mat-v commented 7 years ago

After a long, long day I finally have my alarmpi working on the Raspberry I received yesterday. Thanks so much for all your effort Pete! This was exactly what I was looking for :)

One final minor problem is that it seems nog longer possible to create credentials for Ivona. Amazon just announced 'Polly'. The Ivona page reads 'We are proud to announce that our Text-to-Speech technology is now available under the Amazon Polly AWS service. Click here to learn more.'
The Amazon press release: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2226605

Is there a way we can still create Ivona credentials or can we use the Polly service?

TylerCode commented 7 years ago

Ivona still works for existing users, but to add to what was said above, they are rolling it off in a few months. Luckily though, it appears this new service is also free free tier eligible with low rates, but I just scratched the surface. They also have this to help someone get a head start.

This service is included in the Free Tier but if like me, you are beyond it. It will definitely be less than a dollar a month, so I think its still worth implementing.

Python Example http://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/examples-python.html