PowerShell/Scripts/speak-file.ps1

#!/snap/bin/powershell
<#
.SYNTAX         ./speak-file.ps1 [<file>]
.DESCRIPTION	speaks the content of the given text file by text-to-speech (TTS)
.LINK		https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES		Author:	Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
#>

param([string]$File)

try {
	if ($File -eq "") {
		$File = read-host "Enter path to text file"
	}
	$Text = Get-Content $File

	$Voice = new-object -ComObject SAPI.SPVoice
	$Result = $Voice.Speak($Text)
	exit 0
} catch {
	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}