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Add Amazon Polly Support **PUH-LEEEEZZE** !!! :-)
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Hello,

First of all, I **LOVE** Freda. ( Heart Heart Heart Heart ) It is a very nice program. I have tried a zillion different e-readers and keep coming back to Freda, IMO it has the best mix of features and is the easiest to use. I use it to write books with.

The one biggest request that I have is would you PLEEEEEEEEASE consider adding support for Amazon Polly? I know that Freda already has support for the built-in (and incredibly monotonous) windows voices, but Amazon Polly voices are so much nicer. They're technically not free, though they do give away the first year for free, but the cost is so low it's trivial-- and if you use the read-aloud feature, the voices are well worth it.

Here is their Info Page: 
https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

Here's Basic info about their API:
https://aws.amazon.com/polly/features/?nc=sn&loc=3

Here's their full API reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest...rence.html


I've looked over the API and I'm guessing that it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to bolt it on. You'd have to add some variables to store the user's AWS Polly ID and probably some voice setup stuff.

Big Grin Big Grin  I would be delighted (and ecstatic) to be your BETA TESTER for this feature!!!  Big Grin Big Grin

I hope you will consider it, the Amazon Polly voices rock!!

Thanks

JWhitten
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Add Amazon Polly Support **PUH-LEEEEZZE** !!! :-) - by jwhitten - 03-31-2020, 04:28 PM

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