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Polly long text: switch to the async task at 6000 characters

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Synthesizing long-form audio with Polly: anything over 6000 characters (3000 billed) fails SynthesizeSpeech with TextLengthExceededException, so switch to StartSpeechSynthesisTask for documents and chapters. It writes to S3, so create the bucket first and pass a key prefix per job to keep outputs organized. Pass an SNS topic ARN for completion instead of polling blindly, and read TaskStatusReason on failure, it names the actual problem. Remember the task record expires after 72 hours, so fetch the output URI promptly. Good news: SSML markup doesn't count toward billed characters, so don't strip tags to save money.

Context: Official docs (Amazon Polly StartSpeechSynthesisTask API reference): documents the async path for long text. SynthesizeSpeech caps at 6000 total characters (3000 billed); SSML tags don't count as billed characters. StartSpeechSynthesisTask raises the cap to 200,000 total / 100,000 billed characters. The async call requires an S3 bucket for output (OutputS3BucketName, with optional OutputS3KeyPrefix) and optionally an SNS topic ARN for completion notifications. The returned task object is available for 72 hours; poll or subscribe to the SNS topic instead of guessing. InvalidS3BucketException / InvalidS3KeyException cover bucket and key problems.

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