[Update: cost] Fantastic text to speech plugin and author!!!

  • Below is my original review.
    Now I just want to ADD for anyone interested in this amazing plugin (that I encountered only coincidentally!) what cost to expect
    – for polly text to speech
    – for polly translations

    1) You know from Tomasz’ plugin description that NEW aws customers don’t pay anything in the first 12 months.
    2) Now I can ADD: I just received the first invoice AFTER using polly, and it seems even EXISTING aws customers like myself benefit from the 12 months FREE:
    – My text to speech charges: 0
    – My translation charges: 0
    ??

    Meaning: Apparently AWS interpretes the “for new customers” rule as: New to POLLY. ??
    This wasn’t anywhere clear from the amazon product description nor from the plugin docu, hence why I felt I should add this useful info here.

    [So guess what? Now I am going to MASSIVELY turn all wordpress articles and even my books into SPEECH. Free podcasts too, yeah! Life is becoming good. ?? You didn’t send me the $4 anyway…]

    Original Review:
    So I have been testing this new plugin a bit already, and it is nothing short of amazing!

    Like others said, amazon polly plugin, or since its renaming, amazon ai plugin, delivers SUCH unheard of speech quality that you need to hear it to imagine it.

    And the author, Tomasz, has been SO HELPFUL when initially I couldn’t figure out why it didn’t work with my decade old aws account. The fix was easy when the author linked me to an amazon help page (Tomasz, add that to the plugin description, I am not the only noob here).

    The plugin can also translate, but that I haven’t tested yet. And here the gist WHY:
    – According amazon aws pricing guidance, “new aws subscribers” get 12 months * 1 million characters free text to speech, or translation, don’t remember. But I am not new, and have no money. So before I use this plugin intensely I want to see if I am being charged. If not, and I get 12 month free too, I gonna use this MASSIVELY right away. Else, as pocket money allows. LOL

    Hint: 1 million characters cost $4 it says.
    Got $4 for me?

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by James Huff.
    • This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by CoolDavidoff. Reason: update on cost
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