- favorite import CodeBlock from @theme/CodeBlock; import Admonition from @theme/Admonition; # Supported Voices and Languages SignalWires cloud platform integrates with leading third-party text-to-speech (TTS) providers. This guide describes supported engines, voices, and languages. Refer to each providers documentation for up-to-date model details and service information. ## **Compare providers and models** SignalWires TTS providers offer a wide range of voice engines optimized for various applications. Select a provider, model, and voice according to the following considerations: **Cost:** When cost-efficiency is the top priority, select a Standard-tier voice from [Google Cloud](#google-cloud) or [Amazon Polly](#amazon-polly). Review our [pricing information](#pricing) to learn more. **Language support:** [Amazon Polly](#amazon-polly), [ElevenLabs](#elevenlabs), [Google Cloud](#google-cloud), and [OpenAI](#openai) offer a wide range of supported languages. In addition, all [ElevenLabs](#elevenlabs) and [OpenAI](#openai) voices are fully multilingual. **Model quality and realism:** All four supported providers offer high-quality engines: [Google Cloud](#google-cloud)s WaveNet and Neural2, [Amazon Polly](#amazon-polly) Neural, ElevenLabs [Multilingual v2](#elevenlabs), and Deepgrams [Aura](#deepgram) are all optimized for voice quality. **SSML support:** Google Cloud and Amazon Polly support [SSML](/docs/compatibility-api/cxml/voice/say.mdx#speech-synthesis-markup-language-ssml) (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) as a string wrapped in
## **TTS providers** ### Amazon Polly Amazon Web Services Polly TTS engine includes several models to accommodate different use cases. SignalWire supports the Standard, Neural, and Generative models: - [Standard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/standard-voices.html) is a traditional, cost-effective, and reliable TTS model. It is less natural-sounding but more budget-friendly than Polly Neural. Example voice identifier string: polly.Emma - [Neural](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/neural-voices.html) is an advanced model designed to produce speech that is more natural and closer to human-like pronunciation and intonation. Example voice identifier string: polly.Emma-Neural {/** *- [Generative](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/generative-voices.html) *is a very large English-language model offering Pollys most human-like, emotionally engaged, and *adaptive conversational voices. */} #### Set language for Amazon Polly voices Most Amazon Polly voices support a single language. Select a language by choosing from the [list of supported voices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/available-voices.html). All Amazon Polly voices support [accented bilingual pronunciation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/bilingual-voices.html#accented-bilingual) through the use of the SSML lang tag. Amazon Polly also offers some [fully bilingual voices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/bilingual-voices.html#true-bilingual) designed to fluently speak two languages. #### Amazon Polly voice IDs Polly voices are identified by the voice name (like Amy, Matthew, Mia, Zhiyu, etc ) only, except when the voice exists in multiple models. In that case, append a code after a dash - to specify variations of the model, like neural or generative. If no model code is specified, the Standard model will be used. | Example string | Model used | | : | : | | polly.Amy | Standard | | polly.Amy-Neural | Neural | | polly.Amy-Generative | Generative | **Use Amazon Polly voices on the SignalWire platform**
Prepend cartesia. and the string is ready for use. For example: cartesia.a167e0f3-df7e-4d52-a9c3-f949145efdab **Use Cartesia voices on the SignalWire platform**
**Use Deepgram voices on the SignalWire platform**
**Use ElevenLabs voices on the SignalWire platform**
**Use Google Cloud voices on the SignalWire platform**
**Use OpenAI voices on the SignalWire platform**
Supported Voices and Languages
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