# Sample code and applications for Amazon Polly
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This section provides code samples and example applications that you can use to explore Amazon Polly. 

The **Sample Code** topic contains snippets of code organized by programming language and separated into examples for different Amazon Polly functionality. The **Example Application** topic contains applications organized by programming language that can be used independently to explore Amazon Polly.

Before you start using these examples, we recommend that you first read [How Amazon Polly works](how-text-to-speech-works.md) and follow the steps described in [Getting started with Amazon Polly](getting-started.md). 

**Topics**
+ [Java samples](java-samples.md)
+ [Python samples](python-samples.md)
+ [Java example](examples-java.md)
+ [Python example (HTML5 Client and Python Server)](examples-python.md)
+ [iOS example](examples-ios.md)
+ [Android example](examples-android.md)