PowerShell/Scripts/speak-italian.ps1

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<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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Speaks text with an Italian text-to-speech voice
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.DESCRIPTION
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This script speaks the given text with an Italian text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to speak
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.EXAMPLE
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PS> ./speak-italian Ciao
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.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
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.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>
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param([string]$text = "")
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try {
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if ($text -eq "") { $text = read-host "Enter the Italian text to speak" }
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$TTSVoice = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
foreach ($Voice in $TTSVoice.GetVoices()) {
if ($Voice.GetDescription() -like "*- Italian*") {
$TTSVoice.Voice = $Voice
[void]$TTSVoice.Speak($text)
exit 0 # success
}
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}
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throw "No Italian text-to-speech voice found - please install one."
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} catch {
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"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
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exit 1
}