PowerShell/scripts/speak-hebrew.ps1

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<#
2023-08-06 12:16:43 +02:00
.SYNOPSIS
Speaks text in Hebrew
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script speaks the given text with a Hebrew text-to-speech (TTS) voice.
.PARAMETER text
Specifies the Hebrew text to speak
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./speak-hebrew.ps1 "שלום"
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$text = "")
try {
if ($text -eq "") { $text = Read-Host "Enter the Hebrew text to speak" }
$TTS = New-Object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
foreach ($voice in $TTS.GetVoices()) {
if ($voice.GetDescription() -like "*- Hebrew*") {
$TTS.Voice = $voice
[void]$TTS.Speak($text)
exit 0 # success
}
}
throw "No Hebrew text-to-speech voice found - please install one."
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}