Improved voice-control.ps1

Scripts/voice-control.ps1

@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 [double]$MinConfidence = 0.05
 $PathToRepo = "$PSScriptRoot/.."
 
+try {
 	write-output "Initializing the speech recognition engine..."
-$speechRecogEng = [System.Speech.Recognition.SpeechRecognitionEngine]::new();
+	$null = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Speech") 
+	$speechRecogEng = [System.Speech.Recognition.SpeechRecognitionEngine]::new()
 	#$speechRecogEng.InitialSilenceTimeout = 15
-$speechRecogEng.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice();
+	$speechRecogEng.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice()
 
 	write-output "Loading the grammar..."
 	$Items = get-childItem -path "$PathToRepo/Scripts/"
@@ -26,9 +28,9 @@ foreach ($Item in $Items) {
 		$Count++
 	}
 
-$grammar2 = [System.Speech.Recognition.GrammarBuilder]::new();
-$grammar2.Append("exit");
-$speechRecogEng.LoadGrammar($grammar2);
+	$grammar2 = [System.Speech.Recognition.GrammarBuilder]::new()
+	$grammar2.Append("exit")
+	$speechRecogEng.LoadGrammar($grammar2)
 
 	write-output "Got $Count voice commands, listening now..."
 	$done = $false
@@ -48,5 +50,8 @@ do {
 			break
 		}
 	} until ($done)
-
 	exit 0
+} catch {
+	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}