PowerShell/Scripts/speak-spanish.ps1

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