Test Alexa's voice responses directly in Visual Studio Code
Select a block of text or SSML in the editor and select Speak Selected SSML
in the Command Palette or right-click menu.
Uses AWS Polly to speak text/SSML in a way that closely approximates Amazon Alexa's voice.
- AWS credentials stored in
~/.aws/credentials
. Credentials must have access to Polly.
- On macOS, the first time you use the extension, you will receive a prompt asking permission to control QuickTime Player. This is required to play the audio files produced by Polly. Subsequent runs will succeed without a prompt.
chatterbox.awsProfile
: Name of AWS profile, as defined in~/.aws/credentials
chatterbox.awsRegion
: AWS region to usechatterbox.pollyVoice
: Name of AWS Polly voice to use
Initial release