# Data retrieval APIs for Amazon Polly
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Amazon Polly provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="polly-DescribeVoices"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_DescribeVoices.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_DescribeVoices.html) | Describe the list of voices that are available for use when requesting speech synthesis | List | 
| <a name="polly-GetLexicon"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_GetLexicon.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_GetLexicon.html) | Retrieve the content of the specified pronunciation lexicon stored in an AWS Region | Read | 
| <a name="polly-GetSpeechSynthesisTask"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_GetSpeechSynthesisTask.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_GetSpeechSynthesisTask.html) | Get information about specific speech synthesis task | Read | 
| <a name="polly-ListLexicons"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_ListLexicons.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_ListLexicons.html) | List the pronunciation lexicons stored in an AWS Region | List | 
| <a name="polly-ListSpeechSynthesisTasks"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_ListSpeechSynthesisTasks.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_ListSpeechSynthesisTasks.html) | List requested speech synthesis tasks | List | 
| <a name="polly-StartSpeechSynthesisStream"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_StartSpeechSynthesisStream.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_StartSpeechSynthesisStream.html) | Perform synthesis with bidirectional streaming | Read | 
| <a name="polly-SynthesizeSpeech"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_SynthesizeSpeech.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/API_SynthesizeSpeech.html) | Synthesize speech | Read |